Triiodothyronine and leptin repletion in humans similarly reverse weight-loss induced changes in skeletal muscle.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM(2018)
Abstract
Subjeds maintaining a >= 10% dietary weight loss exhibit decreased circulating concentrations of bioactive thyroid hormones and increased skeletal muscle work efficiency largely due to increased expression of more-efficient myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms (MHC I) and significantly mediated by the adipocyte-derived hormone leptin. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effects of triiodothyronine (T-3) repletion on energy homeostasis and skeletal muscle physiology in weight-reduced subjects and to compare these results with the effects of leptin repletion. Nine healthy inpatients with obesity were studied at usual weight (Wt(initial)) and following a 10% dietary weight loss while receiving 5 wk of a placebo (Wt(-10%placebo)) or T-3 (Wt(-10%T3)) in a single-blind crossover design. Primary outcome variables were skeletal muscle work efficiency and vastus lateralis muscle mRNA expression. These results were compared with the effects of leptin repletion in a population of 22 subjects, some of whom participated in a previous study. At Wt(-10%placebo), skeletal muscle work efficiency and relative expression of the moreefficient/less-efficient MHC I/MHC II isoforms were significantly increased and the ratio of the less-efficient to the more-efficient sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase isoforms (SERCA1/SERCA2) was significantly decreased. These changes were largely reversed by T-3 repletion to a degree similar to the changes that occurred with leptin repletion. These data support the hypothesis that the effects of leptin on energy expenditure in weight-reduced individuals are largely mediated by T-3 and suggest that further study of the possible role of thyroid hormone repletion as adjunctive therapy to help sustain weight loss is needed.
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Key words
energy homeostasis,leptin,muscle,thyroid,weight loss
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