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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 282: E1084-E1091, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00489.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 5, E1084-E1091, May 2002

Central leptin increases insulin sensitivity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Chia-Yu Lin1, D. Allan Higginbotham1, Robert L. Judd2, and B. Douglas White1

1 Department of Nutrition and Food Science, and 2 Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849

This study examined the effect of intracerebroventricular leptin on insulin sensitivity in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Male Wistar rats were cannulated in the lateral ventricle and, after recovery, administered either intravenous STZ (50 mg/kg) to induce diabetes or citrate buffer. Chronic leptin (10 µg/10 µl icv) or vehicle injections were administered daily for 14 days beginning 2 days after establishment of hyperglycemia in the diabetic animals. At the end of the 2 wk of injections, insulin sensitivity was measured by the steady-state plasma glucose (SSPG) method. Blood glucose concentrations were dramatically reduced and normalized by the 4th day in diabetic animals receiving intracerebroventricular leptin treatment. Diabetic animals exhibited insulin resistance, whereas intracerebroventricular leptin significantly enhanced insulin sensitivity, as indicated by decreased SSPG. Circulating leptin levels were not increased in animals injected with intracerebroventricular leptin. Thus the increased peripheral insulin sensitivity appears to be due solely to the presence of leptin in the brain, not to leptin acting peripherally. These data imply that inadequate central leptin signaling may lead to insulin resistance.

intracerebroventricular leptin; insulin resistance; hyperglycemia


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