PMID- 34063911 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210622 LR - 20240402 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 11 DP - 2021 May 21 TI - Deficient Leptin Cellular Signaling Plays a Key Role in Brain Ultrastructural Remodeling in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. LID - 10.3390/ijms22115427 [doi] LID - 5427 AB - The triad of obesity, metabolic syndrome (MetS), Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and advancing age are currently global societal problems that are expected to grow over the coming decades. This triad is associated with multiple end-organ complications of diabetic vasculopathy (maco-microvessel disease), neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, cardiomyopathy, cognopathy encephalopathy and/or late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Further, obesity, MetS, T2DM and their complications are associated with economical and individual family burdens. This review with original data focuses on the white adipose tissue-derived adipokine/hormone leptin and how its deficient signaling is associated with brain remodeling in hyperphagic, obese, or hyperglycemic female mice. Specifically, the ultrastructural remodeling of the capillary neurovascular unit, brain endothelial cells (BECs) and their endothelial glycocalyx (ecGCx), the blood-brain barrier (BBB), the ventricular ependymal cells, choroid plexus, blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB), and tanycytes are examined in female mice with impaired leptin signaling from either dysfunction of the leptin receptor (DIO and db/db models) or the novel leptin deficiency (BTBR ob/ob model). FAU - Hayden, Melvin R AU - Hayden MR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5178-4245 AD - Departments of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Center, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA. FAU - Banks, William A AU - Banks WA AD - Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S. Columbian Way, 810C/Bldg 1, Seattle, WA 98108, USA. AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98108, USA. LA - eng GR - 1R01AG059088/NH/NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210521 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Leptin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood-Brain Barrier/metabolism MH - Brain/*metabolism MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Humans MH - Leptin/*metabolism MH - Mice, Obese/metabolism MH - Obesity/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - Mice PMC - PMC8196569 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adipose tissue OT - aging OT - blood-brain barrier OT - blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier OT - endothelial cell OT - endothelial glycocalyx OT - insulin resistance OT - leptin resistance OT - microglia OT - neurovascular unit OT - obesity OT - permeability OT - ultrastructure COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/06/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/23 06:00 PMCR- 2021/05/21 CRDT- 2021/06/02 01:08 PHST- 2021/04/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/05/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/02 01:08 [entrez] PHST- 2021/06/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms22115427 [pii] AID - ijms-22-05427 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms22115427 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2021 May 21;22(11):5427. doi: 10.3390/ijms22115427.