Leptin and prolactin, but not corticosterone, modulate body weight and thyroid function in protein-malnourished lactating rats.
Horm Metab Res
; 38(5): 295-9, 2006 May.
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ABSTRACT
To understand the role of hormonal changes in the lower food ingestion and body weight in protein-restricted lactating rats as well as the higher serum T (3), higher deiodination, iodide and T (3) milk transfer, we measured maternal serum prolactin, leptin, TSH and corticosterone, which are hormones that could influence those parameters. After birth, dams were separated into control-fed with a 23 % protein diet (n = 12) and PR (protein-restricted)-fed with an 8 % protein diet (n = 12). At the 4 (th) and 21 (st) day of lactation, half of the animals in each group were sacrificed. PR dams presented hyperleptinemia (day 4 + 20 %; day 21 + 19 %; p < 0.05) and hypoprolactinemia (day 4 - 85 %; day 21 - 92 %; p < 0.05), which could help explain the lower food consumption and body weight in lactating PR rats since leptin is anorexigenic and prolactin is orexigenic. Also, this hyperleptinemia could contribute for the increase in serum T (3) of PR dams, since leptin stimulates T (3) production, especially acting on deiodinases. Serum corticosterone was not different between PR and C groups, and TSH was lower only at the end of lactation. Thus, we suggest that both leptin and prolactin could play an important role in the body weight and thyroid hormone changes observed in protein-malnourished lactating rats.
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Assunto principal:
Prolactina
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Deficiência de Proteína
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Glândula Tireoide
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Peso Corporal
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Corticosterona
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Leptina
Limite:
Animals
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En
Ano de publicação:
2006
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Article