Fetal leptin and insulin levels only correlate in large-for-gestational age infants

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 623-629

  Wolf, H J ^a   Ebenbichler, C F ^b   Huter, O ^b   Bodner, J ^b   Lechleitner, M ^b   Foger B ^b   Patsch, J R ^b   Desoye, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN; PLACENTA LACTOGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034043226     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1420623     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Campbell S & Soothill P. Detection and management of intrauterine growth retardation: a British approach. In Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 2, pp 1452-1435. Eds FA Chevenak, GC Isaacson & S Campbell. Boston: Little Brown, 1993.
2. Gluckman PD & Heymann MA (eds). Scientific Basis of Pediatrics and Perinatal Medicine, edn 2. London: Edward Arnold Publisher, 1996.
3. Huter O, Drexel H, Futo E, Soelder E & Zapf J. Insulin-like growth factors and neonatal weight. Diabetes 1993 42 (Suppl 1) A579.
4. Zhang Y, Proenca R, Maffei M, Barone M, Leopold L & Friedman JM. Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue. Nature 1994 372 425-432.
5. Hamilton BS, Paglia D, Kwan AYM & Deitel M. Increased obese mRNA expression in omental fat cells from massively obese humans. Nature Medicine 1995 1 953-956.
6. Caro JF, Kolaczynski JW, Nyce MR, Ohannesian JP, Opentanova I, Goldman WH et al. Decreased cerebrospinal-fluid serum leptin ratio in obesity: A possible mechanism for leptin resistance. Lancet 1996 348 159-161.
7. Stephens TW, Basinski M, Bristow BK, Bue-Valleskey JM, Burgett SG, Craft L et al. The role of neuropeptide Y in the antiobesity action of the obese gene product. Nature 1995 377 530-532.
8. Pelleymounter MA, Cullen MJ, Baker MB, Hecht R, Winters D, Boone T et al. Effects of the ob gene product on body weight regulation in ob/ob mice. Science 1995 269 540-543.
9. Halaas JL, Gajiwala KS, Maffei M, Cohen SL, Chait BT, Rabinowitz D et al. Weight-reducing effects of the plasma protein encoded by the obese gene. Science 1995 269 543-546.
10. Considine RV, Sinha MK, Heiman ML, Kriauciunas A, Stephens TW, Nyce MR et al. Serum immuoreactive-leptin concentrations in normal-weight and obese humans. New England Journal of Medicine 1996 334 292-295.
11. Hassink SG, Sheslow DV, de Lancey E, Opentanove I, Considine RV & Caro JF. Serum leptin in children with obesity: relationship to gender and development. Pediatrics 1996 98 201-203.
12. Montague CT, Farooqi IS, Whitehead JP, Soos MA, Rau H, Wareham NJ et al. Congenital leptin deficiency is associated with severe early-onset obesity in humans. Nature 1997 387 903-908.
13. Sivan E, Lin WM, Homko CJ, Reece EA & Boden G. Leptin is present in human cord blood. Diabetes 1997 46 917-919.
14. Schubring C, Kiess W, Englaro P, Rascher W, Dotsch J, Hamitsch S et al. Levels of leptin in maternal serum, amniotic fluid, and arterial and venous cord blood: relation to neonatal and placental weight. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1997 82 1480-1483.
15. Hassink SG, de Lancey E, Sheslow DV, Opentanoue I, Considine RV, Caro JF et al. Placental leptin: An important new growth factor in intrauterine and neonatal development? Pediatrics 1997 100 e1-e6.
16. Masuzaki H, Ogawa Y, Sagawa N, Hosoda K, Matsumoto T, Mise H et al. Nonadipose tissue production of leptin. Leptin as a novel placenta-derived hormone in humans. Nature Medicine 1997 9 1029-1033.
17. Handwerger S. The physiology of placental lactogen in human pregnancy. Endocrine Reviews 1991 12 329-336.
18. Desoye G, Schweditsch MO, Pfeifler KP, Zechner R & Kostner GM. Correlation of hormones with lipid and lipoprotein levels during normal pregnancy and postpartum. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1987 64 704-712.
19. Saladin R, De Vos P, Guerre-Millo M, Deturgue A, Girard J, Staeis B et al. Transient increase in obese gene expression after food intake or insulin administration. Nature 1995 377 527-529.
20. Kolakzynski JW, Nyce MR, Considine RV, Boden G, Nolan JJ, Hanry R et al. Acute and chronic effect of insulin on leptin production in humans: Studies in vivo and in vitro. Diabetes 1996 45 699-701.
21. Dagogo-Jack S, Fanelli C, Paramore D, Brothers J & Landt M. Plasma leptin and insulin relationships in obese and nonobese humans. Diabetes 1996 45 695-698.
22. Nolan JJ, Olefsky JM, Nyce MR, Considine RV & Caro JF. Effect of troglitazone on leptin production: Studies in vitro and in human subjects. Diabetes 1996 45 1276-1278.
23. Sinha MK, Ohannesian JP & Heimann ML. Nocturnal rise of leptin in lean, obese, and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus subjects. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 1996 97 1344-1347.
24. Hardie L, Trayhurn P, Abramovich D & Fowler P. Circulating leptin in women: a longitudinal study in the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy. Clinical Endocrinology 1997 47 101-106.
25. Senaris R, Garcia-Caballero T, Casabiell X, Gallego R, Castro R, Considine RV et al. Synthesis of leptin in the human placenta. Endocrinology 1997 138 4501-4504.
26. Hoggard N, Hunter L, Duncan JS, Williams LM, Trayhurn P & Mercer JG. Leptin and leptin receptor mRNA and protein expression in the murine fetus and placenta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 1997 94 11073-11078.
27. Matsuda J, Yokota I, Iida M, Murakami T, Naito E, Ito M et al. Serum leptin concentration in cord blood: relationship to birth weight and gender. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1997 82 1642-1644.
28. Ostlund RE Jr, Yang JW, Klein S & Gingerich R. Relation between plasma leptin concentrations and body fat, gender, diet, age and metabolic covariates. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1996 81 3909-3913.
29. Havel PJ, Kasim-Karakas S, Dubuc GR, Mueller W & Phinney SD. Gender differences in plasma leptin concentrations. Nature Medicine 1996 2 949-950.
30. Rosenbaum M, Nicolson M, Hirsch J, Heimsfield SB, Gallagher D, Chu F et al. Effects of gender, body composition, and menopause on plasma concentration of leptin. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1996 81 3424-3427.
31. Catalano PM, Drago NM & Amini SB. Factors affecting fetal growth and body composition. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1995 172 1459-1463.
32. Kehl RJ, Krew MA, Thomas A & Catalano P. Fetal growth and body composition in infants of women with diabetes mellitus during pregnancy. Journal of Maternal/Fetal Medicine 1996 5 273-280.
33. Considine RV, Considine EL, Williams CJ, Nyce MR, Magosin SA, Bauer TL et al. Evidence against either a premature stop codon or the absence of obese gene mRNA in human obesity. Journal of Clinical Investigation 1995 95 2986-2988.
34. Maffei M, Halaas J, Ravussin E, Pratley RE, Lee GH, Zhang Y et al. Leptin levels in human and rodent: Measurement of plasma leptin and obese RNA in obese and weight-reduced subjects. Nature Medicine 1995 1 1155-1161.
35. Kolaczynski JW, Ohannesian J, Considine RV, Marco C & Caro JF. Response of leptin to short term and prolonged overfeeding in humans. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1996 91 4162-4165.
36. Krew MA, Kehl RJ, Thomas A & Catalano P. Relation of amniotic fluid C-peptide levels to neonatal body composition. American Jourrnal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1994 84 96-100.
37. Wabitsch M, Jensen PB, Blum WF, Christofferson CT, Englaro P, Heinze E et al. Insulin and cortisol promote leptin production in cultured human fat cells. Diabetes 1996 45 1435-1438.
38. Lepercq J, Cauzac M, Lahlou N, Timsit J, Girard J, Auwerx J et al. Overexpression of placental leptin in diabetic pregnancy. Diabetes 1998 47 847-850.
39. Lostao MP, Urdaneta E, Martinez-Anso E, Barber A & Martinez JA. Presence of leptin receptors in small intestine and leptin effect on sugar absorption. FEBS Letters 1998 423 302-306.
40. Hahn T, Barth S, Weiss U, Mosgöller W & Desoye G. Sustained hvperglycemia in vitro downregulates the GLUT1 glucose transport system of cultured human term placental trophoblast. A mechanism to protect fetal development? FASEB Journal 1998 12 1221-1231.