title: Decreased serum leptin and muscle oxidative enzyme activity with a dietary loss of intra-abdominal fat in rats.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship among intra-abdominal adipose storage, adaptation in the serum leptin concentration and skeletal muscle enzyme activity after a 4-week energy restriction (ER). Thirty-one male Wistar rats were divided into 40% energy restricted (n=24) or ad libitum-fed control (CL) rats (n=7). The energy-restricted rats were grouped into the most fat (MF, n=7), medium (n 10) and the least fat (LF, n=7) by their intra-abdominal fat pads mass (epididymal, mesenteric, and perirenal) after ER. A superficial portion of M. gastrocnemius tissue obtained before and after the diet period were analyzed to determine the activities of hexokinase (HK), beta-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase (beta-HAD) and citrate synthase (CS). Blood samples were also collected for a serum leptin assay. At the baseline, no difference was found in either the leptin concentration or the enzyme activities among LF, MF and CL. The serum leptin concentration was positively correlated with the muscle activities of beta-HAD and CS, while it negatively correlated with HK/beta-HAD. After ER, the activities of HK, beta-HAD and CS were all significantly lower in LF than in CL. Among the energy-restricted rats, the intra-abdominal fat pad weight, leptin concentration and the activities of beta-HAD, CS, beta-HAD/CS all significantly correlated with one another. The changes in leptin and the activity of beta-HAD were also positively correlated. These findings indicate that parallel decreases in the serum leptin and skeletal muscle enzyme activities with the energy restriction-induced intra-abdominal adipose reduction, thus may suggest the leptin to have a regulative effect on the muscle enzyme activity during ER.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan.
authors.forename: Buhao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suwa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Yasuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higaki
authors.forename: Tatsumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katsuta
authors.forename: Shuzo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumagai
mesh_terms: D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D000005:Abdomen; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D004822:Epididymis; D006593:Hexokinase / Q000378:metabolism; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D020738:Leptin; D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase; D006593:Hexokinase