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Hyperleptinemia increases the susceptibility of the cortex to generate cortical spreading depression
Eiji Kitamura1, Naomi Kanazawa2, Junichi Hamada2
1Department of Neurology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan ekitamura@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp.
Background:
Obesity is a risk factor for episodic migraine to develop into chronic migraine; hence, it is speculated that obesity and hyperleptinemia are associated with migraine. We hypothesized that leptin is involved in the mechanisms of cortical spreading depression (CSD). Therefore, we examined whether leptin affected a rat model of CSD to clarify the relationship between leptin and migraine.
Methods:
We evaluated the effect of intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of leptin on a rat CSD model. We then examined whether once-a-day intraperitoneal administration of leptin for seven days (as a chronic hyperleptinemia model) affected rat CSD models. Finally, we induced CSD in Zucker fatty (ZF) rats, which is a well-known model of obesity.
Results:
In the parietal cortex, the percent change in cerebral blood flow and direct current (DC) potential decreased after ICV administration of leptin. A similar decrease in DC potential was observed in rats treated with intraperitoneal leptin. The number of CSDs increased significantly in rats given intraperitoneal leptin and in ZF rats.
Conclusions:
The present study suggests that leptin is involved in the mechanisms of CSD.
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