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- Title
Leptin-activity blockers: development and potential use in experimental biology and medicine<sup>1</sup>.
- Authors
Gertler, Arieh; Solomon, Gili
- Abstract
The first adipokine, leptin, discovered almost 20 years ago, is secreted into circulation mainly from adipose tissue and acts both centrally and peripherally. Leptin regulates energy metabolism, reproductive function, bone metabolism, and immune response. However in some physiological or pathological situations such as enhancement of undesired immune responses in autoimmune diseases, tumorigenesis, elevated blood pressure, and certain cardiovascular pathologies, leptin activity may be harmful. In this review we screen different approaches to blocking leptin action, in vitro and in vivo. The recent development of superactive leptin muteins exhibiting antagonistic properties, and other leptin-action-blocking peptides, proteins, monoclonal antibodies, and nanobodies, opens new perspectives for their use in research, and eventually, therapy for cachexia, autoimmune disease, cancer, and other pathologies.
- Subjects
ADIPOSE tissues; METABOLIC syndrome; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; CACHEXIA; LEPTIN; NEOPLASTIC cell transformation
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology, 2013, Vol 91, Issue 11, p873
- ISSN
0008-4212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjpp-2013-0012