Use of leptin for infant with low birth weight for...

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A61K 38/22 (2006.01) A23C 9/152 (2006.01) A23L 1/305 (2006.01)

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CA 2459015

The invention discloses the therapeutic and prophylactic administration of leptin to (i) an infant of low birth weight for age; (ii) a nursing mother of an infant, the infant having low birth weight for age; or (iii) a pregnant female predisposed to giving birth to an infant of low birth weight for age; for the prevention or treatment, in later life of the infant, of a metabolic disorder or other condition associated with low birth weight, such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, gestational diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, hypertension or syndrome X. It is thought that the beneficial properties of leptin may be due at least in part to an effect on glucocorticoid metabolism, in particular to an increase in type 2 11.beta.-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity.

L'invention concerne l'administration thérapeutique et prophylactique de leptine à : (i) un enfant de faible poids de naissance; (ii) une mère allaitante d'un enfant ayant un faible poids de naissance; ou (iii) une femme enceinte prédisposée à accoucher d'un enfant de faible poids à la naissance. Cette administration permet la prévention ou le traitement, dans la vie de l'enfant, de troubles métaboliques ou d'autres états pathologiques associés au faible poids à la naissance, tels que le diabète de type 2, l'obésité, les maladies cardio-vasculaires, le diabète gestationnel, la tolérance diminuée à la glucose, la résistance à l'insuline, l'hypertension ou le syndrome X. Il est vraisemblable que les propriétés salutaires de la peptine puissent être dues au moins en partie à un effet sur le métabolisme des glucocorticoïdes, notamment à une augmentation de l'activité de type 2 11.beta.-hydroxystéroïde déshydrogénase.

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