Hypothalamic Leptin Resistance: Causes and Mechanisms (Prof Ashford) Flashcards

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What does CNS disruption of STAT3 induce

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Hyperphagia, obesity, diabetes andninfertility (resembles ob/ob and db/db mice)

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What tyrosine residue on LEP-Rb undergoes phosphorylation to activate STAT3

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Y1138

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What happens when Y1138 is changed to S1138

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Hyperphagia (reduced energy expenditure-like db/db mice), become less hyperglycaemia (unlike db/db mice) and no increase in NPY mRNA (unlike db/db mice)

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4
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What does STAT3 not control in terms of leptins properties

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Glucose homeostasis and reproduction control

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5
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What is phosphorylated y1077 associated with and what is its action

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STAT5 and not much

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6
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What does phosphorylated y985 recruit

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tyrosine phosphatase (SHP-2)

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7
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Look over the y985 pathway

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dae it

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8
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What do mutant y985 mice show

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Reduced feeding, adiposity and ARC orexigenic neuropeptide expression
Increased leptin sensitivity and this site plays a role in the inhibition of leptin receptor signalling

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What is the PI3K pathway important for

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Glucose homeostasis and NPY mRNA production

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10
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Why is Fox01 important in terms of insulin

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It mediates many of the metabolic actions of insulin

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What does fox01 and STAT3 do in relation to transcription of AgRP and POMC

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Fox01 increases AgRP transcription and decreases POMC transcription
STAT3 increases POMC transcription and decreases AgRP transcription

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12
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What inhibits the JAK-STAT signalling

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Suppressor of the cytokine signalling (SOCS)

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13
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How does leptin induced JAK2 phosphorylation introduce a negative feedback loop

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Phosphorylation of Y1138 and STAT3 activation results in SOCS3 mRNA induction

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14
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What other things inhibit STAT3 (apart from SOCS)

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TCPTP

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15
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What chromosome is the FTO on and what is it

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Fat mass and obesity associated SNP cluster

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16
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What does FTO code for

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2-oxyglutarate demethylase

17
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What are the importances of gut microbiota

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Digestion, metabolism, nutrient extraction and immunomodulation

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What are the three types of gut bacteria and its gram stain

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Firmacutes (G+ve), bacteroidetes (G-ve) and actinobacteria

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What does an increase of fat intake do to gut microbiota

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Increase abundance of firmacutes and decreased bacteroidetes

20
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How long does it take to change gut microbiota by diet

21
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What medication can change gut microbiota

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Antibiotics

22
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What is the connection to obesity and diabetes

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Altered LPS (lipopolysaccharides which are endotoxins of gram -ve bacteria) driving inflammation (TLR4 and NFkB)

23
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What is the connection between leptin resistance and obesity

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Obesity causes increased leptin resistance. Also reduced leptin in CSF compared to plasma (reduced crossing in the BBB)

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What is the relationship between age and leptin resistance

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Humans demonstrate a steady increase in body weight and adiposity when ageing and so too does leptin

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What can short term fat intake induce in the liver
Steatosis
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What negative regulators rise in ageing an obesity
SOCS3 (overexpression of SOCS3 in POMC neurons cause leptin resistance and obesity) PTP1B (overexpression inhibits cells leptin-driven STAT3 phosphorylation) and TCPTP
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What does deletion of SOCS3 in the brain do in relation to leptin sensitivity
Causes a high leptin sensitivity
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What does leptin administration do to insulin function
Improves insulin function in peripheral tissues
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What three tissues are mainly attenuated by leptin resistance
Adipose, liver and skeletal
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What are leptin's impacts on adipose tissues
Has large effect on adipocyte number Directly inhibits lipid synthesis (suppresses fatty acid synthase) Inhibits insulin responsiveness
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What does leptin resistance do in adipocytes
Leptin resistance leads to proliferation of bigger adipocytes and this leads to excessive fat mass in obese individuals
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What two pro inflammatory immune cells cause inflammation in obesity
M1 macrophages and CD8+ T cells
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A high fat diet increases what immunoglobulins in the arcuate nucleus
IgG
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What is a neuroprotective response to a high fat diet and what can this end up becoming in chronic high fat feeding
Early microglial activation is considered a neuroprotective response to a high fat diet
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What receptors do free fatty acids bind to to cause obesity, type 2 diabetes and hypertension
Toll like receptor (4)
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What part of the cell is highly responsive to nutrient and energy status
Endoplasmic reticulum
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What is switched on in the endoplasmic reticulum under high fat feeding
ER-mediated stress signalling and adaption pathways
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Give a brief description of ER stress in high fat diet situations
ER processing