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(Clinical Chemistry. 2000;46:854-858.)
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Leptin in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Children: Correlation with Plasma Leptin, Sexual Dimorphism, and Lack of Protein Binding

Michael Landt1,a, Curtis A. Parvin2 and Michael Wong3

Departments of
1 Pediatrics,
2 Pathology, and
3 Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63110.
a Address correspondence to this author at: Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, One Children’s Place, St. Louis, MO 63110. Fax 314-454-2274; e-mail landt{at}kids.wustl.edu

Background: Previous studies in adults have established that leptin is present at very low concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), but few data exist concerning CSF leptin in children. Current evidence suggests that CSF leptin concentrations interact with hypothalamic centers controlling food intake. Serum leptin concentrations manifest a sexual dimorphism that arises during puberty.

Methods: Leptin concentrations were determined in CSF from 42 pre- and postpubertal children who had been objectively classified into non-neurological disease or aseptic meningitis groups. Multivariate analysis of the dependence of CSF leptin on gender, pubertal state, body mass index (BMI), presence of aseptic meningitis, and CSF protein concentration was performed.

Results: CSF leptin concentrations correlated with log-transformed plasma leptin concentrations in concomitantly collected samples (r = 0.582; P = 0.029). BMI and gender were significant determinants of CSF leptin in postpubertal children, but only BMI was significant in prepubertal children. Analysis with HPLC to separate protein-bound and free forms of leptin found only free leptin in CSF.

Conclusions: CSF leptin concentrations in children reflect plasma leptin concentrations, including the advent of sexual dimorphism at puberty. Only free leptin is detectable in CSF, suggesting that it is the biologically active form.




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