title: Serum leptin concentration and fuel homeostasis in healthy man.
abstract: We studied the interrelationship between the obese gene product serum leptin, insulin and counter-regulatory hormone concentrations and glycogen synthesis in 26 healthy men. A 4-h euglycaemic insulin clamp with muscle biopsies was performed after a resting control day in 26 subjects, and in 14 of them also after heavy, glycogen-depleting (32%, P < 0.01) exercise. Serum leptin concentrations were at baseline 34% (0.67 +/- 0.18 vs. 1.03 +/- 0.13 ng L-1, P < 0.05) lower after the exercise, and rose during hyperinsulinaemia by 56% (to 1.38 +/- 0.19 ng L-1, P < 0.001) and 34% (to 1.05 +/- 0.20 ng L-1, P < 0.01) after the post-exercise and control studies respectively. Basal serum leptin concentration correlated positively with body mass index (r = 0.42, P < 0.05), serum cortisol concentration (r = 0.70, P < 0.001) and the rise in muscle glycogen content during the clamp (r = 0.43, P < 0.05) and inversely with serum growth hormone concentration (r = -0.43, P < 0.05). There was a positive correlation between serum leptin after hyperinsulinaemia and serum insulin concentration during the hyperinsulinaemia (r = 0.42, P < 0.05). After exercise, basal serum leptin level correlated with serum triglyceride concentration (r = 0.82, P < 0.001) and after hyperinsulinaemi serum leptin correlated positively with muscle glycogen content (r = 0.56, P < 0.05). It was concluded that serum leptin concentrations correlate directly with serum insulin, cortisol and triglyceride and inversely with growth hormone concentrations. They are decreased by glycogen-depleting exercise and increase during hyperinsulinaemic clamp. These data suggest that leptin is associated with factors regulating fuel homeostasis and its hormonal control in man.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tuominen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ebeling
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Laquier
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Heiman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Koivisto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D020738:Leptin; D008297:Male; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D007328:Insulin; D020738:Leptin; D011506:Proteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D006003:Glycogen; D006854:Hydrocortisone