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Feedback Inhibition of Leptin Receptor/Jak2 Signaling via Tyr₁₁₃₈ of the Leptin Receptor and Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3

Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (S.L.D., M.B., S.H.B., M.G.M.), Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0638; and Research Division (Z.C., M.S.), Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Martin G. Myers, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, 4301 MSRB 3, Box 0638, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0638. E-mail: mgmyers{at}umich.edu.

Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that communicates the status of body energy stores to the brain to regulate feeding and energy balance. The inability of elevated leptin levels to adequately suppress feeding in obesity suggests attenuation of leptin action under these conditions; the activation of feedback circuits due to high leptin levels could contribute to this leptin resistance. Using cultured cells exogenously expressing the long form of the leptin receptor (LRb) or an erythropoietin receptor/LRb chimera, we show that chronic stimulation results in the attenuation of LRb signaling and the establishment of a state in which the receptor is refractory to reactivation. Mutation of LRb Tyr₁₁₃₈ (the site that recruits signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) alleviated this feedback inhibition, suggesting that signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 mediates the induction of a feedback inhibitor, such as suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3), during chronic LRb stimulation. Indeed, manipulation of the expression or activity of the LRb-binding tyrosine phosphatase, SH2-domain containing phosphatase-2, by overexpression of wild-type and dominant negative isoforms or RNA interference-mediated knockdown did not alter the attenuation of LRb signals. In contrast, SOCS3 overexpression repressed LRb signaling, whereas RNA interference-mediated knockdown of SOCS3 resulted in increased LRb signaling that was not attenuated during chronic ligand stimulation. These data suggest that Tyr₁₁₃₈ of LRb and SOCS3 represent major effector pathways for the feedback inhibition of LRb signaling. Furthermore, we show that mice expressing an LRb isoform mutant for Tyr₁₁₃₈ display increased activity of the leptin-dependent growth and immune axes, suggesting that Tyr₁₁₃₈-mediated feedback inhibition may regulate leptin sensitivity in vivo.

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