Leptin receptor also known as LEP-R or OB-R is a Type I cytokine receptor,[1] a protein that in humans is encoded by the LEPRgene.[2][3] LEP-R functions as a receptor for the fat cell-specific hormone leptin. LEP-R has also been designated as CD295 (cluster of differentiation 295). Its location is the cell membrane, and it has extracellular, trans-membrane, and intracellular sections (protein regions).
After co-discovering the Leptin gene with Jeffrey Friedman et al. in 1994, which involved a reverse genetic/positional cloning strategy to clone ob and db, Rudolph Leibel, working with collaborators at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and colleague Streamson Chua, confirmed cloning of the leptin receptor by demonstrating that an apparent leptin receptor cloned from a choroid plexus library using leptin as ligand, mapped to a physical map that included db and fa.[4]
Structure
Like other cytokine receptors, Leptin receptor protein has three different regions: i) extracellular, ii) trans-membrane, and iii) intracellular. The extracellular part has 5 functional domains[5]: i) membrane distal 1st cytokine receptor homology (CRH1), ii) Immunoglobulin like (Ig), iii) 2nd cytokine receptor homology (CRH2) and iv) two membrane proximal fibronectine type-III (FNIII) domains. CRH1 domains is not essential for Leptin binding, but may have regulatory roles[5]. Ig domain interacts with Leptin and is essential for conformational change in the receptor upon ligand binding[5]. CRH2 is essential for leptin binding, deletion of this domain abolishes the leptin binding[5]. FNIII domains are essential for receptor activation upon leptin binding[5].The structure of the quaternary complex of the complete extracellular part in complex with the cognate ligand Leptin (i.e. 2 receptor and 2 ligand) has been solved by both electron microscopy[6] and SAXS[7].
Function
The leptin hormone regulates adipose-tissue mass through hypothalamus effects on hunger and energy use. It acts through the leptin receptor (LEP-R), a single-transmembrane-domain receptor of the cytokine receptor family.[8] In hypothalamic neurons, adequate leptin receptor function and subsequent regulation of energy metabolism and body weight depends on interactions of the receptor with gangliosides in the cell membrane.[9]
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↑Tartaglia LA, Dembski M, Weng X, Deng N, Culpepper J, Devos R, Richards GJ, Campfield LA, Clark FT, Deeds J, Muir C, Sanker S, Moriarty A, Moore KJ, Smutko JS, Mays GG, Wool EA, Monroe CA, Tepper RI (December 1995). "Identification and expression cloning of a leptin receptor, OB-R". Cell. 83 (7): 1263–71. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(95)90151-5. PMID8548812.
↑Winick JD, Stoffel M, Friedman JM (August 1996). "Identification of microsatellite markers linked to the human leptin receptor gene on chromosome 1". Genomics. 36 (1): 221–2. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0455. PMID8812446.
↑Considine RV, Considine EL, Williams CJ, Nyce MR, Zhang P, Opentanova I, Ohannesian JP, Kolaczynski JW, Bauer TL, Moore JH, Caro JF (March 1996). "Mutation screening and identification of a sequence variation in the human ob gene coding region". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 220 (3): 735–9. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.0473. PMID8607834.
↑Masuo K, Straznicky NE, Lambert GW, Katsuya T, Sugimoto K, Rakugi H, Socratous F, Hastings J, Lambert EA, Ogihara T, Esler MD (June 2008). "Leptin-receptor polymorphisms relate to obesity through blunted leptin-mediated sympathetic nerve activation in a Caucasian male population". Hypertension Research. 31 (6): 1093–100. doi:10.1291/hypres.31.1093. PMID18716356.
↑Sharma K, McCue P, Dunn SR (June 2003). "Diabetic kidney disease in the db/db mouse". American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology. 284 (6): F1138–44. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00315.2002. PMID12736165.
↑Oh KS, Kim EY, Yoon M, Lee CM (June 2007). "Swim training improves leptin receptor deficiency-induced obesity and lipid disorder by activating uncoupling proteins". Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 39 (3): 385–94. doi:10.1038/emm.2007.43. PMID17603293.
Further reading
Heshka JT, Jones PJ (July 2001). "A role for dietary fat in leptin receptor, OB-Rb, function". Life Sciences. 69 (9): 987–1003. doi:10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01201-2. PMID11508653.
Chen H, Charlat O, Tartaglia LA, Woolf EA, Weng X, Ellis SJ, Lakey ND, Culpepper J, Moore KJ, Breitbart RE, Duyk GM, Tepper RI, Morgenstern JP (February 1996). "Evidence that the diabetes gene encodes the leptin receptor: identification of a mutation in the leptin receptor gene in db/db mice". Cell. 84 (3): 491–5. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81294-5. PMID8608603.
Cioffi JA, Shafer AW, Zupancic TJ, Smith-Gbur J, Mikhail A, Platika D, Snodgrass HR (May 1996). "Novel B219/OB receptor isoforms: possible role of leptin in hematopoiesis and reproduction". Nature Medicine. 2 (5): 585–9. doi:10.1038/nm0596-585. PMID8616721.
Considine RV, Considine EL, Williams CJ, Hyde TM, Caro JF (July 1996). "The hypothalamic leptin receptor in humans: identification of incidental sequence polymorphisms and absence of the db/db mouse and fa/fa rat mutations". Diabetes. 45 (7): 992–4. doi:10.2337/diabetes.45.7.992. PMID8666155.
Chung WK, Power-Kehoe L, Chua M, Leibel RL (May 1996). "Mapping of the OB receptor to 1p in a region of nonconserved gene order from mouse and rat to human". Genome Research. 6 (5): 431–8. doi:10.1101/gr.6.5.431. PMID8743992.
Bennett BD, Solar GP, Yuan JQ, Mathias J, Thomas GR, Matthews W (September 1996). "A role for leptin and its cognate receptor in hematopoiesis". Current Biology. 6 (9): 1170–80. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70684-2. PMID8805376.
Luoh SM, Di Marco F, Levin N, Armanini M, Xie MH, Nelson C, Bennett GL, Williams M, Spencer SA, Gurney A, de Sauvage FJ (February 1997). "Cloning and characterization of a human leptin receptor using a biologically active leptin immunoadhesin". Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 18 (1): 77–85. doi:10.1677/jme.0.0180077. PMID9061609.
Echwald SM, Sørensen TD, Sørensen TI, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Andersen T, Chung WK, Leibel RL, Pedersen O (April 1997). "Amino acid variants in the human leptin receptor: lack of association to juvenile onset obesity". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 233 (1): 248–52. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1997.6430. PMID9144432.
Thompson DB, Ravussin E, Bennett PH, Bogardus C (May 1997). "Structure and sequence variation at the human leptin receptor gene in lean and obese Pima Indians". Human Molecular Genetics. 6 (5): 675–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/6.5.675. PMID9158141.
Gotoda T, Manning BS, Goldstone AP, Imrie H, Evans AL, Strosberg AD, McKeigue PM, Scott J, Aitman TJ (June 1997). "Leptin receptor gene variation and obesity: lack of association in a white British male population". Human Molecular Genetics. 6 (6): 869–76. doi:10.1093/hmg/6.6.869. PMID9175732.
Chung WK, Power-Kehoe L, Chua M, Chu F, Aronne L, Huma Z, Sothern M, Udall JN, Kahle B, Leibel RL (September 1997). "Exonic and intronic sequence variation in the human leptin receptor gene (LEPR)". Diabetes. 46 (9): 1509–11. doi:10.2337/diab.46.9.1509. PMID9287054.
Bjørbaek C, Uotani S, da Silva B, Flier JS (December 1997). "Divergent signaling capacities of the long and short isoforms of the leptin receptor". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (51): 32686–95. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.51.32686. PMID9405487.
Clément K, Vaisse C, Lahlou N, Cabrol S, Pelloux V, Cassuto D, Gourmelen M, Dina C, Chambaz J, Lacorte JM, Basdevant A, Bougnères P, Lebouc Y, Froguel P, Guy-Grand B (March 1998). "A mutation in the human leptin receptor gene causes obesity and pituitary dysfunction". Nature. 392 (6674): 398–401. doi:10.1038/32911. PMID9537324.
Kielar D, Clark JS, Ciechanowicz A, Kurzawski G, Sulikowski T, Naruszewicz M (July 1998). "Leptin receptor isoforms expressed in human adipose tissue". Metabolism. 47 (7): 844–7. doi:10.1016/S0026-0495(98)90124-X. PMID9667233.
Haniu M, Arakawa T, Bures EJ, Young Y, Hui JO, Rohde MF, Welcher AA, Horan T (October 1998). "Human leptin receptor. Determination of disulfide structure and N-glycosylation sites of the extracellular domain". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (44): 28691–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.44.28691. PMID9786864.