title: Induction of pulsatile secretion of leptin in horses following thyroidectomy.
abstract: Endocrine characteristics of Quarter Horse-type mares were determined during a 68 h feed deprivation and again in the same mares following surgical thyroidectomy (THX). A crossover experimental design was implemented, in which mares received brome hay available ad libitum (FED) or were food deprived (RES) for 68 h. Blood samples were collected every 20 min for 48 h, beginning 20 h after the onset of food deprivation. Concentrations of triiodothyronine and thyroxine were undetectable post-THX. Plasma concentrations of thyrotropin were greater post-THX versus pre-THX (P<0 x 001). Plasma concentrations of leptin were greater in the THX FED group than in the THX RES group (P<0 x 01). The existence of leptin pulse secretion was found only in post-THX compared with the same horses pre-THX (P=0 x 02). We theorize that non-pulsatile secretion of leptin may have contributed to the survival of this species, as it evolved in the regions of seasonal availability of food. Lack of pulsatile secretion of leptin may contribute to the accumulation of energy stores by modulating leptin sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 56211, USA. pbuff@ads.msstate.edu
authors.forename: Preston R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Buff
authors.forename: Nat T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Messer
authors.forename: Andria M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cogswell
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Duane H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Keisler
authors.forename: Venkataseshu K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Ganjam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D005508:Food Deprivation; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods; D012636:Secretory Rate; D013045:Species Specificity; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D020738:Leptin; D013972:Thyrotropin