title: Effect of leptin and insulin resistance on properties of human monocytes in lean and obese healthy participants.
abstract: We assessed the effect of leptin on human monocytes. Monocytes were isolated from 16 healthy obese and 10 lean healthy participants. Insulin sensitivity was assessed by euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp. Obese participants were subdivided into 2 subgroups, insulin sensitive (IS) and insulin resistant (IR). Monocyte properties (attachment to laminin 1, migration through laminin 1, surface expression of CD36, oxidized low-density lipoprotein [oxLDL] phagocytosis) were assessed pre- and poststimulation in vitro with leptin. Experiments were repeated after incubation with rosiglitazone and a Na(+)/H(+) exchanger-1 inhibitor (cariporide). We found a significant correlation between insulin resistance and monocyte attachment to laminin and oxLDL phagocytosis. Leptin increased the atherosclerosis-related properties of monocytes in all groups, apart from surface expression of CD36 in IS obese participants. Incubation with rosiglitazone or cariporide attenuated the observed effects. Leptin induces monocyte dysfunction which may be atherogenic. Correlation with insulin resistance suggests that atherosclerosis might be accelerated before the onset of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Metabolic Diseases Unit, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarigianni
authors.forename: Sarigianni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maria
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bekiari
authors.forename: Bekiari
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eleni
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsapas
authors.forename: Tsapas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Apostolos
authors.forename: Kostidou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Elena
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaloyianni
authors.forename: Kaloyianni
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Martha
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koliakos
authors.forename: Koliakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Paletas
authors.forename: Paletas
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Konstantinos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018955:CD36 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D015309:Glucose Clamp Technique; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D013851:Thinness / Q000378:metabolism*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018955:CD36 Antigens; D020738:Leptin; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; C099252:oxidized low density lipoprotein