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  • Metabolic research
  • Endocrinology
  • Obesity research

Background:

  • Serum soluble leptin receptor (sOb-R) may indicate protection against type 2 diabetes.
  • Regulation of sOb-R levels is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of glucose, insulin, body fat, BMI, food intake, and physical activity on serum sOb-R levels.

Main Methods:

  • Epidemiological triangulation combining cross-sectional, interventional, and Mendelian randomization studies.
  • Quantification of sOb-R using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits.
  • Mixed-model regression and 2-sample Mendelian randomization analyses.

Main Results:

  • sOb-R inversely correlated with BMI, body fat, and fasting C-peptide.
  • Acute hyperinsulinemia decreased sOb-R, while exercise and food intake increased it.
  • Higher fasting insulin and BMI causally linked to lower sOb-R; no causal link found for fasting glucose.

Conclusions:

  • BMI and insulin causally decrease serum sOb-R.
  • Intensive exercise and food intake acutely increase sOb-R.
  • sOb-R is involved in short-term leptin signaling regulation; hyperinsulinemia may reduce leptin signaling.