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Secretion of Free and Protein-Bound Leptin from Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Lean and Obese Women

Abteilungen Klinische Endokrinologie (G.B., B.M.), Anatomie (H.N.), Viszeral and Transplantationschirurgie (M.B.), Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30623 Hannover, Germany; and Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute Huddinge University Hospital (V.v.H., P.A.), S14186 Huddinge, Sweden

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: G. Brabant, Abteilung Klinische Endokrinologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl Neubergstrasse 1, D-30623 Hannover, Germany. E-mail: . brabant.georg{at}mh-hannover.de

Abstract

Leptin circulates as a free (FL) and a protein-bound (BL) form, with the soluble leptin receptor (LR) as an important binding compound. Here we measured these components of leptin in serum and in the incubation medium of sc adipose tissue in healthy lean (n = 10) and obese (n = 13) female subjects using recently developed specific RIA systems. In addition, immunostaining for FL, BL, and LR in adipose tissue was performed. Serum FL levels were increased in the obese subjects (P < 0.0001), whereas BL and LR concentrations in serum of lean and obese subjects were similar. Both FL and BL were secreted from human preadipocytes and increased in parallel to the differentiation of the cells. In sc fat cell explants LR antibodies predominantly stained the fat cell membrane, whereas FL and BL antibodies revealed intracytoplasmatic adipocyte staining. The release of FL, BL, and LR from adipose tissue was increased in obese compared with lean subjects (P < 0.005 for FL; P < 0.02 for BL, and P < 0.01 for LR). In summary, fat cells are capable of releasing not only FL, but also BL and LR.

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