title: Changes in leptin expression are not associated with corresponding changes in CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-alpha.
abstract: C/EBP-alpha binds a C/EBP consensus site in the leptin promoter and activates transcription in vitro. We assessed adipose tissue expression of C/EBP-alpha, leptin and beta-actin in Sprague Dawley rats under conditions that modulate leptin mRNA abundance in order to study the relationship between leptin and C/EBP-alpha expression patterns. During acute fasting, which decreased the level of leptin and beta-actin mRNA, C/EBP-alpha mRNA expression was unaltered. In leptin-treated and pair-fed animals, C/EBP-alpha mRNA was unaltered compared to ad libitum fed controls, while leptin and beta-actin mRNA expression was again decreased. These results indicate that changes in the level of leptin gene expression are not directly associated with changes in the level of C/EBP-alpha abundance.
authors.affiliation: Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46285, USA.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Sloop
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Surface
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Heiman
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Slieker
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D004822:Epididymis / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin; D008297:Male; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D020738:Leptin; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012260:Ribonucleases