Effects of leptin on norepinephrine in acute ischemic stroke

Pharmazie. 2019 Aug 1;74(8):477-480. doi: 10.1691/ph.2019.9379.

Abstract

Stroke is a multifactorial disease and a consequence of morbidities of diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and heart diseases. Leptin is a major adipokine that regulates weight balance and energy homeostasis, the level of which has been considered as an indicator of acute ischemic stroke. In the present study, we confirmed the high level of leptin and noradrenaline in stroke patients and mouse models as well as oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) primary cerebral neurons. Leptin administration increased noradrenaline concentration and dopamine β-monooxygenase (DBH) but decreased noradrenaline transporter (NET) expression in primary cerebral neurons. Moreover, induced noradrenaline concentration, DBH activity, and inhibited NET were blunted by TG101348 (JAK2 inhibitor). JAK2 silencing also abolished the effects of leptin on noradrenaline metabolism.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain Ischemia / drug therapy*
  • Brain Ischemia / metabolism*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Janus Kinase 2 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Janus Kinase 2 / metabolism
  • Leptin / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Neurons / cytology
  • Neurons / metabolism
  • Norepinephrine / metabolism*
  • Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / metabolism
  • Pyrrolidines / pharmacology
  • Sulfonamides / pharmacology

Substances

  • Leptin
  • Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Pyrrolidines
  • Sulfonamides
  • fedratinib
  • Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase
  • JAK2 protein, human
  • Jak2 protein, mouse
  • Janus Kinase 2
  • Norepinephrine