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Soluble leptin receptor levels in patients with anorexia nervosa
Jarmila Krizova1, Hana Papezova, Denisa Haluzikova
13rd Department of Medicine, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, U Nemocnice 1, Prague 2, 128 08, Czech Republic. jsvob@email.cz
Objective:
To examine whether changes of serum soluble leptin receptor levels (S-LEPR) can modify leptin half-life and its tissue effects. The aim of our study was to measure S-LEPR levels in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) before and 6 weeks after partial refeeding.
Methods:
Anthropometric variables, serum leptin, S-LEPR, insulin, cortisol and TNF-alpha were measured in 15 AN patients before and after partial refeeding and 15 healthy control women.
Results:
S-LEPR levels in AN patients were significantly higher than in healthy subjects (26.8 +/- 8.1 vs. 16.36+/-2.6U/mL, p < 0.01) and were not affected by partial refeeding (26.8 +/- 8.1 vs. 24.2 +/- 6.1 U/mL). In contrast, body mass index (BMI), body fat content, and serum leptin levels in AN patients increased significantly after partial refeeding. Except for the inverse relationship of S-LEPR levels to BMI and body fat content no clear relationship of this parameter to serum leptin, cortisol, insulin or TNF-alpha was found.
Conclusion:
S-LEPR levels are significantly increased in AN patients and this increase is unaffected by partial refeeding. The possibility of etiological role of increased S-LEPR levels in AN patients by affecting leptin central and/or peripherial effects should be further elucidated.
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