title: Role of AMP-activated protein kinase in leptin-induced fatty acid oxidation in muscle.
abstract: Leptin regulates energy homoeostasis through central and peripheral mechanisms. Initial steps in leptin action include signalling through a cytokine-like receptor which activates the JAK/STAT pathway. We investigated whether the metabolic effects of leptin in muscle could be mediated by the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMP kinase). Through studies involving leptin injection intrahypothalamically or intravenously, as well as incubation of soleus muscle or cultured muscle cells with leptin, we determined that leptin stimulates fatty acid oxidation in skeletal muscle by activating AMP kinase. Leptin exerts this effect directly at the level of muscle and also through the hypothalamic sympathetic nervous system, specifically engaging alpha-adrenergic receptors in muscle. This represents a novel and important pathway mediating leptin's metabolic actions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Research North 325E, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and The Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Minokoshi
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Kahn
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D000818:Animals; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D020738:Leptin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D020738:Leptin; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D010100:Oxygen