Central resistance to the actions of insulin and leptin is strongly associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). These anorexigenic hormones modulate one another’s actions at the neuronal level. To investigate the cellular events underlying the effect of insulin resistance on leptin modulation of hypothalamic neurons, a neuronal cell model was established. The rHypoE-19 cell line expresses the insulin and leptin receptors alongside a complement of signaling molecules rendering it an appropriate model to study the molecular events underlying leptin and insulin crosstalk. Hyperinsulinemia was used to induce insulin resistance and leptin
regulation of the rHypoE-19 neurons was analyzed prior to and following the induction of insulin resistance. It was found that the attenuation of insulin signal transduction affects leptin signaling and transcriptional modulation of the rHypoE-19 neurons. These studies will ultimately lend itself to an improved understanding of the complex cellular events that accompany neuronal hormone resistance.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/35549 |
| Date | 10 July 2013 |
| Creators | Nazarians-Armavil, Anaies |
| Contributors | Denise, Belsham |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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