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Leptina y función ovárica

Authors: Faletti, Alicia Graciela;

Leptina y función ovárica

Abstract

Paste one version of a text here.La leptina, producto del gen de la obesidad (ob), es una proteína sintetizada principalmente por el tejido adiposo y secretada al torrente sanguíneo. Está caracterizada como una hormona que regula el apetito y el gasto energético a través de su acción a nivel central. Sin embargo, esta hormona tiene muchos otros efectos como consecuencia de su interacción directa en sistemas periféricos. Esta proteína media sus efectos a través de receptores específicos, que presentan distintas isoformas y están ampliamente distribuidos en diversos tejidos, incluyendo el eje hipotálamo-hipófisis-ovario. La leptina ejerce diferentes efectos sobre la reproducción en múltiples sistemas y el principal sitio de acción depende de los niveles circulantes de la proteína y de la expresión de sus receptores. Se necesita un estrecho y específico rango de concentración de leptina para mantener una función reproductiva normal, ya que concentraciones por debajo o superiores a esos umbrales interfieren en la capacidad reproductiva tanto a nivel central como ovárico. Es capaz de ejercer efectos directos sobre la función ovárica, tanto inhibitorios como estimulantes. Varios estudios demostraron que la leptina es capaz de regular la expresión de sus propios receptores a lo largo del eje hipotálamo-adenohipófisis-ovario en forma diferencial según el tejido y el estado hormonal. Por lo tanto, bajos o altos niveles de leptina, producidos por diferentes patologías o desequilibrios metabólicos como la obesidad, la diabetes o la anorexia nerviosa, pueden alterar la función ovárica a través de una regulación positiva o negativa sobre sus receptores.

Leptin, the protein codified by the obesity gene (ob), is synthesized primarily by adipose tissue and secreted into the blood stream. Initially, leptin was known to be a satiety hormone regulating both food intake and energy expenditure, but it is now known that this protein plays an important role in neuroendocrine signaling and reproduction. Leptin is recognized by the leptin receptor, which exists in six different isoforms that have been found to be widely distributed in many peripheral organs, including the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis. Leptin has a dual effect on reproduction and the main site of action depends on its circulating levels in the blood and on its receptor expression. A specific and narrow range of leptin concentrations is necessary to maintain a normal reproductive function, since concentrations either below or above these thresholds might interfere in opposing ways with the function of the reproductive axis. Leptin is able to produce both stimulating and inhibitory effects on the ovarian function. The expression pattern of the leptin receptors in the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis is regulated by leptin levels and in a tissue and hormonal state-dependent manner. Thus, low or high levels of leptin, as a result of different pathologies or energy imbalance like, obesity, diabetes or anorexia nervosa, can alter the ovarian function by either a negative or a positive regulation on its receptors.

Fil: Faletti, Alicia Graciela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos; Argentina

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Leptina, Ovario, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3, Ovulación

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