Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui, Japan.
J Physiol Sci. 2012 Jan;62(1):45-51. doi: 10.1007/s12576-011-0184-5. Epub 2011 Dec 6.
Leptin has been thought to work as a mediator for body weight control by inhibiting food intake. Leptin, however, cannot prevent obesity induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) probably because of leptin resistance. We investigated daily feeding and weight gain when ordinary chow (OC) was changed to a HFD in male rats. Food intake, by weight, significantly increased the next day, but gradually decreased until at 20 days the HFD intake contained the same calories as consumed by the OC-fed control rats. The reduction in food intake occurred only during the night without change of preference for the HFD, even after leptin resistance had developed. Nonetheless, the HFD-fed rats gained more weight than the controls. From the present experiment, it is concluded that leptin resistance does not induce hyperphagia, and suggested that body weight is not regulated to be constant.
瘦素被认为通过抑制食物摄入来作为体重控制的介质。然而,瘦素不能预防高脂肪饮食(HFD)引起的肥胖,可能是因为存在瘦素抵抗。我们研究了雄性大鼠普通饲料(OC)转换为 HFD 时的日常进食和体重增加情况。HFD 的摄入量在第二天按重量计显著增加,但逐渐减少,直到第 20 天,HFD 的摄入量与 OC 喂养的对照大鼠摄入的卡路里相同。这种食物摄入量的减少仅发生在夜间,而对 HFD 的偏好没有改变,即使在发生瘦素抵抗之后也是如此。尽管如此,HFD 喂养的大鼠比对照组体重增加更多。从本实验可以得出结论,瘦素抵抗不会引起多食,并且表明体重不受调节以保持恒定。