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Lau J, Herzog H. CART in the regulation of appetite and energy homeostasis. Front Neurosci 2014; 8:313. [PMID: 25352770 PMCID: PMC4195273 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) has been the subject of significant interest for over a decade. Work to decipher the detailed mechanism of CART function has been hampered by the lack of specific pharmacological tools like antagonists and the absence of a specific CART receptor(s). However, extensive research has been devoted to elucidate the role of the CART peptide and it is now evident that CART is a key neurotransmitter and hormone involved in the regulation of diverse biological processes, including food intake, maintenance of body weight, reward and addiction, stress response, psychostimulant effects and endocrine functions (Rogge et al., 2008; Subhedar et al., 2014). In this review, we focus on knowledge gained on CART's role in controlling appetite and energy homeostasis, and also address certain species differences between rodents and humans.
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- Jackie Lau
- Neuroscience Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Neuroscience Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Wang T, Zhou C, Yuan D, Lin F, Chen H, Wu H, Wei R, Xin Z, Liu J, Gao Y, Li Z. Schizothorax prenanti corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH): molecular cloning, tissue expression, and the function of feeding regulation. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2014; 40:1407-1415. [PMID: 24696302 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-014-9935-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is a potent mediator of endocrine, autonomic, behavioral, and immune responses to stress. For a better understanding of the structure and function of the CRH gene and to study its effect on feeding regulation in cyprinid fish, the cDNA of the CRH gene from the brain of Schizothorax prenanti was cloned and sequenced. The full-length CRH cDNA consisted of 1,046 bp with an open reading frame of 489 bp encoding a protein of 162 amino acids. Real-time quantitative PCR analyses revealed that CRH was widely expressed in central and peripheral tissues. In particular, high expression level of CRH was detected in brain. Furthermore, CRH mRNA expression was examined in different brain regions, especially high in hypothalamus. In addition, there was no significant change in CRH mRNA expression in fed group compared with the fasted group in the S. prenanti hypothalamus during short-term fasting. However, CRH gene expression presented significant decrease in the hypothalamus in fasted group compared with the fed group (P < 0.05) on day 7; thereafter, re-feeding could lead to a significant increase in CRH mRNA expression in fasted group on day 9. The results suggest that the CRH may play a critical role in feeding regulation in S. prenanti.
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- Tao Wang
- Department of Aquaculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 46# Xinkang Road, Ya'an, 625014, China
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Soengas JL. Contribution of glucose- and fatty acid sensing systems to the regulation of food intake in fish. A review. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2014; 205:36-48. [PMID: 24530522 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Revised: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Food intake in fish is a complex process regulated through many different factors including abundance of energy and nutrients. In recent years, evidence have been obtained in several fishes, mainly in rainbow trout, regarding the presence and functioning in brain areas of metabolic sensors informing about changes in the levels of nutrients like glucose and fatty acids. The activity of these sensors relate to the control of food intake through changes in the expression of anorexigenic and orexigenic neuropeptides. The present review will provide a picture of the main results obtained to date in these studies, as well as perspectives for future research in the field.
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- José L Soengas
- Laboratorio de Fisioloxía Animal, Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional e Ciencias da Saúde, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, Spain.
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De Santis M, Pan B, Lian J, Huang XF, Deng C. Different effects of Bifeprunox, Aripiprazole, and Haloperidol on body weight gain, food and water intake, and locomotor activity in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2014; 124:167-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2014.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Revised: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bradford B, Maude R. Fetal response to maternal hunger and satiation - novel finding from a qualitative descriptive study of maternal perception of fetal movements. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2014; 14:288. [PMID: 25154868 PMCID: PMC4152596 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 08/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Maternal perception of decreased fetal movements is a specific indicator of fetal compromise, notably in the context of poor fetal growth. There is currently no agreed numerical definition of decreased fetal movements, with the subjective perception of a decrease on the part of the mother being the most significant definition clinically. Both qualitative and quantitative aspects of fetal activity may be important in identifying the compromised fetus. Yet, how pregnant women perceive and describe fetal activity is under-investigated by qualitative means. The aim of this study was to explore normal fetal activity, through first-hand descriptive accounts by pregnant women. Methods Using qualitative descriptive methodology, interviews were conducted with 19 low-risk women experiencing their first pregnancy, at two timepoints in their third trimester. Interview transcripts were later analysed using qualitative content analysis and patterns of fetal activity identified were then considered along-side the characteristics of the women and their birth outcomes. Results This paper focuses on a novel finding; the description by pregnant women of fetal behaviour indicative of hunger and satiation. Full findings will be presented in later papers. Most participants (74% 14 of 19) indicated mealtimes were a time of increased fetal activity. Eight participants provided detailed descriptions of increased activity around meals, with seven (37% 7 of 19) of these specifying increased fetal activity prior to meals or in the context of their own hunger. These movements were interpreted as a fetal demand for food often prompting the mother to eat. Interestingly, the women who described increased fetal activity in the context of hunger subsequently gave birth to smaller infants (mean difference 364 gm) than those who did not describe a fetal response to hunger. Conclusions Food seeking behaviour may have a pre-birth origin. Maternal-fetal interaction around mealtimes could constitute an endocrine mediated communication, in the interests of maintaining optimal intrauterine conditions. Further research is warranted to explore this phenomenon and the potential influence of feeding on the temporal organisation of fetal activity in relation to growth.
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- Billie Bradford
- Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Victoria University of Wellington, P O Box 7625, 6242, Newtown Wellington, New Zealand.
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Obesity is a major health problem worldwide. Although diet and physical activity are crucial in the management of obesity, the long-term success rate is low. Therefore antiobesity drugs are of great interest, especially when lifestyle modification has failed. As obesity is not an immediate life-threatening disease, these drugs are required to be safe. Antiobesity drugs that have been developed so far have limited efficacies and considerable adverse effects affecting tolerability and safety. Therefore, most antiobesity drugs have been withdrawn. Fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine were withdrawn because of the potential damage to heart valves. Sibutramine was associated with an increase in major adverse cardiovascular events in the Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcomes (SCOUT) trial and it was withdrawn from the market in 2010. Rimonabant was withdrawn because of significant psychiatric adverse effects. Orlistat was approved in Europe and the United States for long-term treatment of obesity, but many patients cannot tolerate its gastrointestinal side effects. Phentermine and diethylpropion can only be used for less than 12 weeks because the long-term safety of these drugs is unknown. Ephedrine and caffeine are natural substances but the effects on weight reduction are modest. As a result there is a huge unmet need for effective and safe antiobesity drugs. Recently lorcaserin and topiramate plus phentermine have been approved for the treatment of obesity but long-term safety data are lacking.
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- Bernard Man Yung Cheung
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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The fetal or early origins of adult disease hypothesis states that environmental factors, particularly nutrition, act in early life to program the risks for chronic diseases in adult life. As eating habits can be linked to the development of several diseases including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, it could be proposed that persistent food preferences across the life-span in people who were exposed to an adverse fetal environment may partially explain their increased risk to develop metabolic disease later in life. In this paper, we grouped the clinical and experimental evidence demonstrating that the fetal environment may impact the individual's food preferences. In addition, we review the feeding preferences development and regulation (homeostatic and hedonic pathways, the role of taste/olfaction and the reward/pleasure), as well as propose mechanisms linking early life conditions to food preferences later in life. We review the evidence suggesting that in utero conditions are associated with the development of specific food preferences, which may be involved in the risk for later disease. This may have implications in terms of public health and primary prevention during early ages.
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Sánchez-Hernández D, Cho CE, Kubant R, Reza-López SA, Poon AN, Wang J, Huot PSP, Smith CE, Anderson GH. Increasing vitamin A in post-weaning diets reduces food intake and body weight and modifies gene expression in brains of male rats born to dams fed a high multivitamin diet. J Nutr Biochem 2014; 25:991-6. [PMID: 24993918 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Revised: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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High multivitamin gestational diets (HV, 10-fold AIN-93G levels) increase body weight (BW) and food intake (FI) in rat offspring weaned to a recommended multivitamin (RV), but not to a HV diet. We hypothesized that high vitamin A (HA) alone, similar to HV, in post-weaning diets would prevent these effects of the HV maternal diet consistent with gene expression in FI and reward pathways. Male offspring from dams fed HV diets were weaned to a high vitamin A (HA, 10-fold AIN-93G levels), HV or RV diet for 29 weeks. BW, FI, expression of genes involved in regulation of FI and reward and global and gene-specific DNA methylation of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) in the hypothalamus were measured. Both HV and HA diets slowed post-weaning weight gain and modified gene expression in offspring compared to offspring fed an RV post-weaning diet. Hypothalamic POMC expression in HA offspring was not different from either HV or RV, and dopamine receptor 1 was 30% (P<.05) higher in HA vs. HV, but not different from RV group. Hippocampal expression of serotonin receptor 1A (40%, P<.01), dopamine receptor 2 (40%, P<.05) and dopamine receptor 5 (70%, P<.0001) was greater in HA vs. RV fed pups and is 40% (P<.01), 50% (P<.05) and 40% (P<.0001) in HA vs. HV pups, respectively. POMC DNA methylation was lower in HA vs. RV offspring (P<.05). We conclude that high vitamin A in post-weaning diets reduces post-weaning weight gain and FI and modifies gene expression in FI and reward pathways.
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Kissler JL, Sirohi S, Reis DJ, Jansen HT, Quock RM, Smith DG, Walker BM. The one-two punch of alcoholism: role of central amygdala dynorphins/kappa-opioid receptors. Biol Psychiatry 2014; 75:774-82. [PMID: 23611261 PMCID: PMC3749293 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The dynorphin (DYN)/kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) system undergoes neuroadaptations following chronic alcohol exposure that promote excessive operant self-administration and negative affective-like states; however, the exact mechanisms are unknown. The present studies tested the hypothesis that an upregulated DYN/KOR system mediates excessive alcohol self-administration that occurs during withdrawal in alcohol-dependent rats by assessing DYN A peptide expression and KOR function, in combination with site-specific pharmacologic manipulations. METHODS Male Wistar rats were trained to self-administer alcohol using operant behavioral strategies and subjected to intermittent alcohol vapor or air exposure. Changes in self-administration were assessed by pharmacologic challenges during acute withdrawal. In addition, 22-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations were utilized to measure negative affective-like states. Immunohistochemical techniques assessed DYN A peptide expression and [(35)S]GTPγS coupling assays were performed to assess KOR function. RESULTS Alcohol-dependent rats displayed increased alcohol self-administration, negative affective-like behavior, DYN A-like immunoreactivity, and KOR signaling in the amygdala compared with nondependent control rats. Site-specific infusions of a KOR antagonist selectively attenuated self-administration in dependent rats, whereas a mu-opioid receptor/delta-opioid receptor antagonist cocktail selectively reduced self-administration in nondependent rats. A mu-opioid receptor antagonist/partial KOR agonist attenuated self-administration in both cohorts. CONCLUSIONS Increased DYN A and increased KOR signaling could set the stage for a one-two punch during withdrawal that drives excessive alcohol consumption in alcohol dependence. Importantly, intracentral nucleus of the amygdala pharmacologic challenges functionally confirmed a DYN/KOR system involvement in the escalated alcohol self-administration. Together, the DYN/KOR system is heavily dysregulated in alcohol dependence and contributes to the excessive alcohol consumption during withdrawal.
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- Jessica L. Kissler
- Laboratory of Alcoholism and Addictions Neuroscience, Department of Psychology Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Laboratory of Alcoholism and Addictions Neuroscience, Department of Psychology Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Laboratory of Alcoholism and Addictions Neuroscience, Department of Psychology Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Veterinary, Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology Department Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery, H. Lundbeck A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Alcoholism and Addictions Neuroscience, Department of Psychology Washington State University, Pullman, WA,Corresponding Author: Dr. Brendan M. Walker Laboratory of Alcoholism and Addictions Neuroscience Department of Psychology Graduate Program in Neuroscience Mail Code: 644820 Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-4820 509-335-8526 (phone) 509-335-5043 (fax)
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Yamaguchi K, Nakamura K, Oga T, Nakajima Y. Eating tools in hand activate the brain systems for eating action: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Neuropsychologia 2014; 59:142-7. [PMID: 24835403 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2013] [Revised: 04/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There is increasing neuroimaging evidence suggesting that visually presented tools automatically activate the human sensorimotor system coding learned motor actions relevant to the visual stimuli. Such crossmodal activation may reflect a general functional property of the human motor memory and thus can be operating in other, non-limb effector organs, such as the orofacial system involved in eating. In the present study, we predicted that somatosensory signals produced by eating tools in hand covertly activate the neuromuscular systems involved in eating action. In Experiments 1 and 2, we measured motor evoked response (MEP) of the masseter muscle in normal humans to examine the possible impact of tools in hand (chopsticks and scissors) on the neuromuscular systems during the observation of food stimuli. We found that eating tools (chopsticks) enhanced the masseter MEPs more greatly than other tools (scissors) during the visual recognition of food, although this covert change in motor excitability was not detectable at the behavioral level. In Experiment 3, we further observed that chopsticks overall increased MEPs more greatly than scissors and this tool-driven increase of MEPs was greater when participants viewed food stimuli than when they viewed non-food stimuli. A joint analysis of the three experiments confirmed a significant impact of eating tools on the masseter MEPs during food recognition. Taken together, these results suggest that eating tools in hand exert a category-specific impact on the neuromuscular system for eating.
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- Kaori Yamaguchi
- National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Research Institute, 4-1 Namiki, Tokorozawa 359-8555, Japan.
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- National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Research Institute, 4-1 Namiki, Tokorozawa 359-8555, Japan; Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya Department of Rehabilitation, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan
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- National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Research Institute, 4-1 Namiki, Tokorozawa 359-8555, Japan
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Romano A, Karimian Azari E, Tempesta B, Mansouri A, Micioni Di Bonaventura MV, Ramachandran D, Lutz TA, Bedse G, Langhans W, Gaetani S. High dietary fat intake influences the activation of specific hindbrain and hypothalamic nuclei by the satiety factor oleoylethanolamide. Physiol Behav 2014; 136:55-62. [PMID: 24802360 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Revised: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Chronic exposure to a diet rich in fats changes the gastrointestinal milieu and alters responses to several signals involved in the control of food intake. Oleoylethanolamide (OEA) is a gut-derived satiety signal released from enterocytes upon the ingestion of dietary fats. The anorexigenic effect of OEA, which requires intestinal PPAR-alpha receptors and is supposedly mediated by vagal afferents, is associated with the induction of c-fos in several brain areas involved in the control of food intake, such as the nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) and the hypothalamic paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic nuclei (SON). In the present study we investigated whether the exposure to a high fat diet (HFD) alters the hindbrain and hypothalamic responses to OEA. To this purpose we evaluated the effects of OEA at a dose that reliably inhibits eating (10mg/kg i.p.) on the induction of c-fos in the NST, area postrema (AP), PVN and SON in rats maintained either on standard chow or a HFD. We performed a detailed analysis of the different NST subnuclei activated by i.p. OEA and found that peripheral OEA strongly activates c-fos expression in the AP, NST and in the hypothalamus of both chow and HFD fed rats. The extent of c-fos expression was, however, markedly different between the two groups of rats, with a weaker activation of selected NST subnuclei and stronger activation of the PVN in HFD-fed than in chow-fed rats. HFD-fed rats were also more sensitive to the immediate hypophagic action of OEA than chow-fed rats. These effects may be due to a decreased sensitivity of vagal afferent fibers that might mediate OEA's actions on the brain and/or an altered sensitivity of brain structures to OEA.
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- A Romano
- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza Univ. of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza Univ. of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, and Center of Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza Univ. of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza Univ. of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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Subhedar NK, Nakhate KT, Upadhya MA, Kokare DM. CART in the brain of vertebrates: circuits, functions and evolution. Peptides 2014; 54:108-30. [PMID: 24468550 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART) with its wide distribution in the brain of mammals has been the focus of considerable research in recent years. Last two decades have witnessed a steady rise in the information on the genes that encode this neuropeptide and regulation of its transcription and translation. CART is highly enriched in the hypothalamic nuclei and its relevance to energy homeostasis and neuroendocrine control has been understood in great details. However, the occurrence of this peptide in a range of diverse circuitries for sensory, motor, vegetative, limbic and higher cortical areas has been confounding. Evidence that CART peptide may have role in addiction, pain, reward, learning and memory, cognition, sleep, reproduction and development, modulation of behavior and regulation of autonomic nervous system are accumulating, but an integration has been missing. A steady stream of papers has been pointing at the therapeutic potentials of CART. The current review is an attempt at piecing together the fragments of available information, and seeks meaning out of the CART elements in their anatomical niche. We try to put together the CART containing neuronal circuitries that have been conclusively demonstrated as well as those which have been proposed, but need confirmation. With a view to finding out the evolutionary antecedents, we visit the CART systems in sub-mammalian vertebrates and seek the answer why the system is shaped the way it is. We enquire into the conservation of the CART system and appreciate its functional diversity across the phyla.
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- Nishikant K Subhedar
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Sai Trinity Building, Sutarwadi, Pashan, Pune 411 021, Maharashtra, India.
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- Rungta College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Rungta Educational Campus, Kohka-Kurud Road, Bhilai 490 024, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur 440 033, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur 440 033, Maharashtra, India
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The sum of its parts--effects of gastric distention, nutrient content and sensory stimulation on brain activation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90872. [PMID: 24614074 PMCID: PMC3948722 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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During food consumption the brain integrates multiple interrelated neural and hormonal signals involved in the regulation of food intake. Factors influencing the decision to stop eating include the foods' sensory properties, macronutrient content, and volume, which in turn affect gastric distention and appetite hormone responses. So far, the contributions of gastric distention and oral stimulation by food on brain activation have not been studied. The primary objective of this study was to assess the effect of gastric distention with an intra-gastric load and the additional effect of oral stimulation on brain activity after food administration. Our secondary objective was to study the correlations between hormone responses and appetite-related ratings and brain activation. Fourteen men completed three functional magnetic resonance imaging sessions during which they either received a naso-gastric infusion of water (stomach distention), naso-gastric infusion of chocolate milk (stomach distention + nutrients), or ingested chocolate-milk (stomach distention + nutrients + oral exposure). Appetite ratings and blood parameters were measured at several time points. During gastric infusion, brain activation was observed in the midbrain, amygdala, hypothalamus, and hippocampus for both chocolate milk and water, i.e., irrespective of nutrient content. The thalamus, amygdala, putamen and precuneus were activated more after ingestion than after gastric infusion of chocolate milk, whereas infusion evoked greater activation in the hippocampus and anterior cingulate. Moreover, areas involved in gustation and reward were activated more after oral stimulation. Only insulin responses following naso-gastric infusion of chocolate milk correlated with brain activation, namely in the putamen and insula. In conclusion, we show that normal (oral) food ingestion evokes greater activation than gastric infusion in stomach distention and food intake-related brain areas. This provides neural evidence for the importance of sensory stimulation in the process of satiation. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01644539.
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Gadde KM. Current pharmacotherapy for obesity: extrapolation of clinical trials data to practice. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2014; 15:809-22. [PMID: 24548209 DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2014.890590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION When used prudently and in combination with lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy has an important role in the management of obesity. AREAS COVERED This review covers targets for antiobesity drugs, challenges and limitations, failed translation of basic science to clinical practice, methodological and regulatory issues in clinical trials of pharmacotherapy, efficacy and risks of drugs currently approved for obesity, and clinical practice issues when using antiobesity drugs with emphasis on recently approved drugs. EXPERT OPINION Drugs currently approved for long-term therapy of obesity offer modest benefits for most patients, substantial benefits for some and no benefits for others. Numerous methodological problems including exclusion of the type of patients who are most often seen in clinical practices, inadequate enrollment of men and minorities, exclusion of patients taking antidepressants, high dropout rates, lack of follow-up after treatment discontinuation, and less than ideal imputation methods in data analysis limit the interpretation of clinical trials data and generalizability. Single-drug therapies offer small to moderate weight-loss benefits, but are generally better tolerated. Efficacy is enhanced with combination drug therapies, but so are the hazards. Clinicians should base their decisions on the expected and observed benefit-to-risk balance.
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- Kishore M Gadde
- Duke University Medical Centre, Obesity Clinical Trials Programme , Box 3292, Durham, NC 27710 , USA
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Kocalis HE, Hagan SL, George L, Turney MK, Siuta MA, Laryea GN, Morris LC, Muglia LJ, Printz RL, Stanwood GD, Niswender KD. Rictor/mTORC2 facilitates central regulation of energy and glucose homeostasis. Mol Metab 2014; 3:394-407. [PMID: 24944899 PMCID: PMC4060224 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2014.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2014] [Revised: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Insulin signaling in the central nervous system (CNS) regulates energy balance and peripheral glucose homeostasis. Rictor is a key regulatory/structural subunit of the mTORC2 complex and is required for hydrophobic motif site phosphorylation of Akt at serine 473. To examine the contribution of neuronal Rictor/mTORC2 signaling to CNS regulation of energy and glucose homeostasis, we utilized Cre-LoxP technology to generate mice lacking Rictor in all neurons, or in either POMC or AgRP expressing neurons. Rictor deletion in all neurons led to increased fat mass and adiposity, glucose intolerance and behavioral leptin resistance. Disrupting Rictor in POMC neurons also caused obesity and hyperphagia, fasting hyperglycemia and pronounced glucose intolerance. AgRP neuron specific deletion did not impact energy balance but led to mild glucose intolerance. Collectively, we show that Rictor/mTORC2 signaling, especially in POMC-expressing neurons, is important for central regulation of energy and glucose homeostasis.
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- Heidi E. Kocalis
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, United States
- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
- Corresponding author. 7435G MRB IV, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, United States. Tel.: +1 615 936 0500.
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Perkins SD, Key CN, Garrett CF, Foradori CD, Bratcher CL, Kriese-Anderson LA, Brandebourg TD. Residual feed intake studies in Angus-sired cattle reveal a potential role for hypothalamic gene expression in regulating feed efficiency. J Anim Sci 2014; 92:549-60. [PMID: 24398827 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-7019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Mechanisms underlying variation in residual feed intake (RFI), a heritable feed efficiency measure, are poorly understood while the relationship between RFI and meat quality is uncertain. To address these issues, 2 divergent cohorts consisting of High (HRFI) and Low (LRFI) RFI individuals were created by assessing RFI in 48 Angus-sired steers during a 70 d feeding trial to identify steers with divergent RFI. The association of RFI with indices of meat quality and expression of genes within hypothalamic and adipose tissue was then determined in LRFI and HRFI steers. While on test, feed intake was recorded daily with BW and hip heights recorded at 14 d intervals. Ultrasound measurements of rib eye area (REA) and backfat (BF) were recorded initially and before harvest. Carcass and growth data were analyzed using a mixed model with RFI level (LRFI, HRFI) as the independent variable. The least-square means (lsmeans) for RFI were -1.25 and 1.51 for the LRFI and HRFI cohorts (P < .0001). Dry matter intake was higher for the HRFI individuals versus the LRFI steers (P < .0001) while on test BW gain was not different between the 2 groups (P < 0.73). There were no differences detected in marbling score (P < 0.93), BF (P < 0.61), REA (P < 0.15), yield grade (P < 0.85) or objective Hunter color measures between LRFI and HRFI steers indicating that there was no relationship between RFI and meat quality. Neuropeptide-Y (NPY), relaxin-3 (RLN3), melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R), and GnRH mRNA expression was 64%, 59%, 58%, 86% lower (P < 0.05), respectively, while gonadotropin inhibiting hormone (GnIH) and pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA expression was 198% and 350% higher (P < 0.01) in the arcuate nucleus of LRFI steers. Expression of agouti-related protein (AGRP), relaxin/insulin-like family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1), and melanocortin 3 receptor mRNA was similar between LRFI and HRFI animals. Pituitary expression of FSHβ (P < 0.03) and LHβ (P < 0.01) was correlated to hypothalamic GnRH levels suggesting that changes in gene expression within the arcuate nucleus had functional consequences. Leptin mRNA expression was 245% higher in the adipose tissue of LRFI steers consistent with lower levels of NPY and higher expression of POMC in their hypothalami. These data support the hypothesis that differences in hypothalamic neuropeptide gene expression underlie variation in feed efficiency in steers while the gonadotropin axis may also influence feed efficiency.
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- S D Perkins
- Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
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Neural regulatory mechanism of desire for food: Revealed by magnetoencephalography. Brain Res 2014; 1543:120-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Revised: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The second-generation antipsychotic drug olanzapine has become a widely prescribed drug in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, its therapeutic benefits are partly outweighed by significant weight gain and other metabolic side effects, which increase the risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Because olanzapine remains superior to other antipsychotic drugs that show less weight gain liability, insight into the mechanisms responsible for olanzapine-induced weight gain is crucial if it is to be effectively addressed. Over the past few decades, several groups have investigated the effects of olanzapine on energy balance using rat models. Unfortunately, results from different studies have not always been consistent and it remains to be determined which paradigms should be used in order to model olanzapine-induced weight gain most accurately. This review summarizes the effects of olanzapine on energy balance observed in different rat models and discusses some of the factors that appear to contribute to the inconsistencies in observed effects. In addition it compares the effects reported in rats with clinical findings to determine the predictive validity of different paradigms.
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Kennedy J, Dimitropoulos A. Influence of feeding state on neurofunctional differences between individuals who are obese and normal weight: a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. Appetite 2013; 75:103-9. [PMID: 24380884 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Obesity is a complex disorder associated with serious health risks. Examining differences in brain activity between normal weight and obese populations in response to food cues may help researchers and clinicians understand the underlying causes of overeating and obesity and help prevent them. Multiple neuroimaging studies have investigated weight differences in functional activity to food cues but have found varying results. We performed six meta-analyses of functional neuroimaging studies of weight differences in response to food images and isolated differences in processing between normal weight and obese participants. Within this study, 7 papers and 3 sets of unpublished data on functional activation to food images were analyzed using an Activation Likelihood Estimation meta-analytic approach. These analyses also addressed how feeding state impacts functional activity between weight groups. Feeding state affected weight related differences in neurofunctional activity triggered by visual food cues. In the premeal state, greater activation in the amygdala/hippocampus was found in obese participants compared to normal weight participants and, in the postmeal state, obese individuals had greater activation in the caudate and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) as compared to normal weight individuals. Regions of the brain associated with caloric evaluation, arousal, and memory were more active in the obese before eating, while less activity was found in an area linked to interoceptive processing. In the postmeal state, greater activity was found in the obese in areas related to risk vs. reward evaluation and reward processing. These findings may help researchers and clinicians understand and treat obesity related behaviors by identifying the altered functional regions that lead to obesity, providing a guide for future research on which neural regions need to be the target of further investigation.
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- James Kennedy
- Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7123, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7123, USA.
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Reguero L, Puente N, Elezgarai I, Ramos-Uriarte A, Gerrikagoitia I, Bueno-López JL, Doñate F, Grandes P. Subcellular localization of NAPE-PLD and DAGL-α in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus by a preembedding immunogold method. Histochem Cell Biol 2013; 141:543-50. [PMID: 24346263 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1174-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The hypothalamus and the endocannabinoid system are important players in the regulation of energy homeostasis. In a previous study, we described the ultrastructural distribution of CB1 receptors in GABAergic and glutamatergic synaptic terminals of the dorsomedial region of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH). However, the specific localization of the enzymes responsible for the synthesis of the two main endocannabinoids in the hypothalamus is not known. The objective of this study was to investigate the precise subcellular distribution of N-arachidonoylphospatidylethanolamine phospholipase D (NAPE-PLD) and diacylglycerol lipase α (DAGL-α) in the dorsomedial VMH of wild-type mice by a high resolution immunogold electron microscopy technique. Knock-out mice for each enzyme were used to validate the specificity of the antibodies. NAPE-PLD was localized presynaptically and postsynaptically but showed a preferential distribution in dendrites. DAGL-α was mostly postsynaptic in dendrites and dendritic spines. These anatomical results contribute to a better understanding of the endocannabinoid modulation in the VMH nucleus. Furthermore, they support the idea that the dorsomedial VMH displays the necessary machinery for the endocannabinoid-mediated modulation of synaptic transmission of brain circuitries that regulate important hypothalamic functions such as feeding behaviors.
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- Leire Reguero
- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48940, Leioa, Vizcaya, Spain
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Over the past 30 years, it has been established that hormones produced by the gut, pancreas, and adipose tissue are key players in the control of body weight. These hormones act through a complex neuroendocrine system, including the hypothalamus, to regulate metabolism and energy homeostasis. In obesity, this homeostatic balance is disrupted, either through alterations in the levels of these hormones or through resistance to their actions. Alterations in gut hormone secretion following gastric bypass surgery are likely to underlie the dramatic and persistent loss of weight following this procedure, as well as the observed amelioration in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Medications based on the gut hormone GLP-1 are currently in clinical use to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus and have been shown to produce weight loss. Further therapies for obesity based on other gut hormones are currently in development.
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- Rebecca Scott
- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Metabolism, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Báez-Ruiz A, Luna-Moreno D, Carmona-Castro A, Cárdenas-Vázquez R, Díaz-Muñoz M, Carmona-Alcocer V, Fuentes-Granados C, Manuel MA. Hypothalamic expression of anorexigenic and orexigenic hormone receptors in obese femalesNeotomodon alstoni:Effect of fasting. Nutr Neurosci 2013; 17:31-6. [DOI: 10.1179/1476830513y.0000000063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Individual meals are products of a complex interaction of signals related to both short-term and long-term availability of energy stores. In addition to maintaining the metabolic demands of the individual in the short term, levels of energy intake must also maintain and defend body weight over longer periods. To accomplish this, satiety pathways are regulated by a sophisticated network of endocrine and neuroendocrine pathways. Higher brain centers modulate meal size through descending inputs to caudal brainstem regions responsible for the motor pattern generators associated with ingestion. Gastric and intestinal signals interact with central nervous system pathways to terminate food intake. These inputs can be modified as a function of internal metabolic signals, external environmental influences, and learning to regulate meal size.
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Sin YY, Ballantyne LL, Mukherjee K, St. Amand T, Kyriakopoulou L, Schulze A, Funk CD. Inducible arginase 1 deficiency in mice leads to hyperargininemia and altered amino acid metabolism. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80001. [PMID: 24224027 PMCID: PMC3817112 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Arginase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder resulting from a loss of the liver arginase isoform, arginase 1 (ARG1), which is the final step in the urea cycle for detoxifying ammonia. ARG1 deficiency leads to hyperargininemia, characterized by progressive neurological impairment, persistent growth retardation and infrequent episodes of hyperammonemia. Using the Cre/loxP-directed conditional gene knockout system, we generated an inducible Arg1-deficient mouse model by crossing “floxed” Arg1 mice with CreERT2 mice. The resulting mice (Arg-Cre) die about two weeks after tamoxifen administration regardless of the starting age of inducing the knockout. These treated mice were nearly devoid of Arg1 mRNA, protein and liver arginase activity, and exhibited symptoms of hyperammonemia. Plasma amino acid analysis revealed pronounced hyperargininemia and significant alterations in amino acid and guanidino compound metabolism, including increased citrulline and guanidinoacetic acid. Despite no alteration in ornithine levels, concentrations of other amino acids such as proline and the branched-chain amino acids were reduced. In summary, we have generated and characterized an inducible Arg1-deficient mouse model exhibiting several pathologic manifestations of hyperargininemia. This model should prove useful for exploring potential treatment options of ARG1 deficiency.
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- Yuan Yan Sin
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, and Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, and Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Sharp JW, Ross-Inta CM, Baccelli I, Payne JA, Rudell JB, Gietzen DW. Effects of essential amino acid deficiency: down-regulation of KCC2 and the GABAA receptor; disinhibition in the anterior piriform cortex. J Neurochem 2013; 127:520-30. [PMID: 24024616 PMCID: PMC3858386 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Revised: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The anterior piriform cortex (APC) is activated by, and is the brain area most sensitive to, essential (indispensable) amino acid (IAA) deficiency. The APC is required for the rapid (20 min) behavioral rejection of IAA deficient diets and increased foraging, both crucial adaptive functions supporting IAA homeostasis in omnivores. The biochemical mechanisms signaling IAA deficiency in the APC block initiation of translation in protein synthesis via uncharged tRNA and the general amino acid control kinase, general control nonderepressing kinase 2. Yet, how inhibition of protein synthesis activates the APC is unknown. The neuronal K(+) Cl(-) cotransporter, neural potassium chloride co-transporter (KCC2), and GABAA receptors are essential inhibitory elements in the APC with short plasmalemmal half-lives that maintain control in this highly excitable circuitry. After a single IAA deficient meal both proteins were reduced (vs. basal diet controls) in western blots of APC (but not neocortex or cerebellum) and in immunohistochemistry of APC. Furthermore, electrophysiological analyses support loss of inhibitory elements such as the GABAA receptor in this model. As the crucial inhibitory function of the GABAA receptor depends on KCC2 and the Cl(-) transmembrane gradient it establishes, these results suggest that loss of such inhibitory elements contributes to disinhibition of the APC in IAA deficiency. The circuitry of the anterior piriform cortex (APC) is finely balanced between excitatory (glutamate, +) and inhibitory (GABA, -) transmission. GABAA receptors use Cl(-), requiring the neural potassium chloride co-transporter (KCC2). Both are rapidly turning-over proteins, dependent on protein synthesis for repletion. In IAA (indispensable amino acid) deficiency, within 20 min, blockade of protein synthesis prevents restoration of these inhibitors; they are diminished; disinhibition ensues. GCN2 = general control non-derepressing kinase 2, eIF2α = α-subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2.
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- James W. Sharp
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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- Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA, Voice +1 530 752 3336, FAX +1 530 752 5423
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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Onyewuenyi IC, Muldoon MF, Christie IC, Erickson KI, Gianaros PJ. Basal ganglia morphology links the metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms. Physiol Behav 2013; 123:214-22. [PMID: 24096008 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2013] [Revised: 09/07/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk factors that are often comorbid with depressive symptoms. Individual components of the MetS also covary with the morphology of basal ganglia regions that are altered by depression. However, it remains unknown whether the covariation between the MetS and depressive symptomatology can be accounted for in part by morphological changes in the basal ganglia. Accordingly, we tested the hypothesis that increased depressive symptoms among individuals with the MetS might be statistically mediated by reduced gray matter volume in basal ganglia regions. The presence of the MetS was determined in 147 middle-aged adults using the criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III. Basal ganglia volumes were determined on an a priori basis by automated segmentation of high-resolution magnetic resonance images. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire. Even after controlling for demographic and other confounding factors, having the MetS and meeting more MetS criteria covaried with reduced globus pallidus volume. Meeting more MetS criteria and reduced pallidal volume were also related to depressive symptoms. Moreover, the MetS-depression association was statistically mediated by pallidal volume. In summary, reduced globus pallidus volume is a neural correlate of the MetS that may partly account for its association with depressive symptoms.
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- Ikechukwu C Onyewuenyi
- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 3131 Sennott Square, 210 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States
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Atalayer D, Astbury NM. Anorexia of aging and gut hormones. Aging Dis 2013; 4:264-75. [PMID: 24124632 DOI: 10.14336/ad.2013.0400264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2013] [Revised: 08/02/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We are expected to live longer than if we had been born 100 years ago however, the additional years are not necessarily spent in good health or free from disability. Body composition changes dramatically over the course of life. There is a gradual increase in body weight throughout adult life until the age of about 60-65 years. In contrast, body weight appears to decrease with age after the age of 65-75 years, even in those demonstrating a previous healthy body weight. This age related decrease in body weight, often called unintentional weight loss or involuntary weight loss can be a significant problem for the elderly. This has been shown to be related to decline in appetite and food intake is common amongst the elderly and is often referred to the anorexia of aging. Underlying mechanisms regulate energy homeostasis and appetite may change as people age. In this review, peripheral factors regulating appetite have been summarized in regards to their age-dependent changes and role in the etiology of anorexia of aging. Understanding the alterations in the mechanisms regulating appetite and food intake in conjunction with aging may help inform strategies that promote healthy aging and promote health and wellbeing in the elderly years, with the end goal to add life to the years and not just years to our lives.
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- Deniz Atalayer
- Department of Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA ; Department of Medicine, New York Obesity Research and Nutrition Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY 10025, USA
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Schwenk RW, Vogel H, Schürmann A. Genetic and epigenetic control of metabolic health. Mol Metab 2013; 2:337-47. [PMID: 24327950 PMCID: PMC3854991 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2013.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Obesity is characterized as an excess accumulation of body fat resulting from a positive energy balance. It is the major risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D). The evidence for familial aggregation of obesity and its associated metabolic diseases is substantial. To date, about 150 genetic loci identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are linked with obesity and T2D, each accounting for only a small proportion of the predicted heritability. However, the percentage of overall trait variance explained by these associated loci is modest (~5-10% for T2D, ~2% for BMI). The lack of powerful genetic associations suggests that heritability is not entirely attributable to gene variations. Some of the familial aggregation as well as many of the effects of environmental exposures, may reflect epigenetic processes. This review summarizes our current knowledge on the genetic basis to individual risk of obesity and T2D, and explores the potential role of epigenetic contribution.
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Key Words
- ADCY3, adenylate cyclase 3
- AQP9, aquaporin 9
- BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor
- CDKAL1, CDK5 regulatory subunit associated protein 1-like 1
- CPEB4, cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein 4
- DUSP22, dual specificity phosphatase 22
- DUSP8, dual specificity phosphatase 8
- Epigenetics
- GALNT10, UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-d-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 10 (GalNAc-T10)
- GIPR, gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor
- GNPDA2, glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase 2
- GP2, glycoprotein 2 (zymogen granule membrane)
- GWAS
- HIPK3, homeodomain interacting protein kinase 3
- IFI16, interferon, gamma-inducible protein 16
- KCNQ1, potassium voltage-gated channel, KQT-like subfamily, member 1
- KLHL32, kelch-like family member 32
- LEPR, leptin receptor
- MAP2K4, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4
- MAP2K5, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 5
- MIR148A, microRNA 148a
- MMP9, matrix metallopeptidase 9 (gelatinase B, 92 kDa gelatinase, 92 kDa type IV collagenase)
- MNDA, myeloid cell nuclear differentiation antigen
- NFE2L3, nuclear factor, erythroid 2-like 3
- Obesity
- PACS1, phosphofurin acidic cluster sorting protein 1
- PAX6, paired box gene 6
- PCSK1, proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1
- PGC1α, peroxisome proliferative activated receptor, gamma, coactivator 1 alpha, PM2OD1
- PRKCH, protein kinase C, eta
- PRKD1, protein kinase D1
- PRKG1, protein kinase, cGMP-dependent, type I
- Positional cloning
- QPCTL, glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like
- RBJ, DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, subfamily C, member 27
- RFC5, replication factor C (activator 1) 5
- RMST, rhabdomyosarcoma 2 associated transcript (non-protein coding)
- SEC16B, SEC16 homolog B
- TFAP2B, transcription factor AP-2 beta (activating enhancer binding protein 2 beta)
- TNNI3, troponin I type 3 (cardiac)
- TNNT1, troponin T type 1 (skeletal, slow)
- Type 2 diabetes
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- Corresponding author. Tel.: +49 33200 882368; fax: +49 33200 882334.
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Delaere F, Akaoka H, De Vadder F, Duchampt A, Mithieux G. Portal glucose influences the sensory, cortical and reward systems in rats. Eur J Neurosci 2013; 38:3476-86. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Revised: 08/06/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Fabien Delaere
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale; U855; Lyon France
- Université Lyon 1; Villeurbanne France
- Université de Lyon; Lyon France
- AgroParisTech; ENGREF; Paris France
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- Université Lyon 1; Villeurbanne France
- Université de Lyon; Lyon France
- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center; INSERM U1028-CNRS UMR 5292; Lyon France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale; U855; Lyon France
- Université Lyon 1; Villeurbanne France
- Université de Lyon; Lyon France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale; U855; Lyon France
- Université Lyon 1; Villeurbanne France
- Université de Lyon; Lyon France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale; U855; Lyon France
- Université Lyon 1; Villeurbanne France
- Université de Lyon; Lyon France
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Pazos P, Lima L, Casanueva FF, Diéguez C, García MC. Interleukin 6 deficiency modulates the hypothalamic expression of energy balance regulating peptides during pregnancy in mice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72339. [PMID: 24015235 PMCID: PMC3756067 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Pregnancy is associated with hyperphagia, increased adiposity and multiple neuroendocrine adaptations. Maternal adipose tissue secretes rising amounts of interleukin 6 (IL6), which acts peripherally modulating metabolic function and centrally increasing energy expenditure and reducing body fat. To explore the role of IL6 in the central mechanisms governing dam's energy homeostasis, early, mid and late pregnant (gestational days 7, 13 and 18) wild-type (WT) and Il6 knockout mice (Il6-KO) were compared with virgin controls at diestrus. Food intake, body weight and composition as well as indirect calorimetry measurements were performed in vivo. Anabolic and orexigenic peptides: neuropeptide Y (Npy) and agouti-related peptide (Agrp); and catabolic and anorectic neuropeptides: proopiomelanocortin (Pomc), corticotrophin and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (Crh and Trh) mRNA levels were determined by in situ hybridization. Real time-PCR and western-blot were used for additional tissue gene expression and protein studies. Non-pregnant Il6-KO mice were leaner than WT mice due to a decrease in fat but not in lean body mass. Pregnant Il6-KO mice had higher fat accretion despite similar body weight gain than WT controls. A decreased fat utilization in absence of Il6 might explain this effect, as shown by increased respiratory exchange ratio (RER) in virgin Il6-KO mice. Il6 mRNA levels were markedly enhanced in adipose tissue but reduced in hypothalamus of mid and late pregnant WT mice. Trh expression was also stimulated at gestational day 13 and lack of Il6 blunted this effect. Conversely, in late pregnant mice lessened hypothalamic Il6 receptor alpha (Il6ra), Pomc and Crh mRNA were observed. Il6 deficiency during this stage up-regulated Npy and Agrp expression, while restoring Pomc mRNA levels to virgin values. Together these results demonstrate that IL6/IL6Ra system modulates Npy/Agrp, Pomc and Trh expression during mouse pregnancy, supporting a role of IL6 in the central regulation of body fat in this physiological state.
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- Patricia Pazos
- Department of Physiology/Research Center of Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physiology/Research Center of Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physiology/Research Center of Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Laboratorio de Endocrinología Molecular y Celular, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physiology/Research Center of Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physiology/Research Center of Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Asarian L, Geary N. Sex differences in the physiology of eating. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2013; 305:R1215-67. [PMID: 23904103 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00446.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis function fundamentally affects the physiology of eating. We review sex differences in the physiological and pathophysiological controls of amounts eaten in rats, mice, monkeys, and humans. These controls result from interactions among genetic effects, organizational effects of reproductive hormones (i.e., permanent early developmental effects), and activational effects of these hormones (i.e., effects dependent on hormone levels). Male-female sex differences in the physiology of eating involve both organizational and activational effects of androgens and estrogens. An activational effect of estrogens decreases eating 1) during the periovulatory period of the ovarian cycle in rats, mice, monkeys, and women and 2) tonically between puberty and reproductive senescence or ovariectomy in rats and monkeys, sometimes in mice, and possibly in women. Estrogens acting on estrogen receptor-α (ERα) in the caudal medial nucleus of the solitary tract appear to mediate these effects in rats. Androgens, prolactin, and other reproductive hormones also affect eating in rats. Sex differences in eating are mediated by alterations in orosensory capacity and hedonics, gastric mechanoreception, ghrelin, CCK, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), glucagon, insulin, amylin, apolipoprotein A-IV, fatty-acid oxidation, and leptin. The control of eating by central neurochemical signaling via serotonin, MSH, neuropeptide Y, Agouti-related peptide (AgRP), melanin-concentrating hormone, and dopamine is modulated by HPG function. Finally, sex differences in the physiology of eating may contribute to human obesity, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating. The variety and physiological importance of what has been learned so far warrant intensifying basic, translational, and clinical research on sex differences in eating.
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- Lori Asarian
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Center for Integrated Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and
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Jordi J, Herzog B, Camargo SMR, Boyle CN, Lutz TA, Verrey F. Specific amino acids inhibit food intake via the area postrema or vagal afferents. J Physiol 2013; 591:5611-21. [PMID: 23897232 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.258947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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To maintain nutrient homeostasis the central nervous system integrates signals that promote or inhibit eating. The supply of vital amino acids is tuned by adjusting food intake according to its dietary protein content. We hypothesized that this effect is based on the sensing of individual amino acids as a signal to control food intake. Here, we show that food intake was most potently reduced by oral L-arginine (Arg), L-lysine (Lys) and L-glutamic acid (Glu) compared to all other 17 proteogenic amino acids in rats. These three amino acids induced neuronal activity in the area postrema and the nucleus of the solitary tract. Surgical lesion of the area postrema abolished the anorectic response to Arg and Glu, whereas vagal afferent lesion prevented the response to Lys. These three amino acids also provoked gastric distension by differentially altering gastric secretion and/or emptying. Importantly, these peripheral mechanical vagal stimuli were dissociated from the amino acids' effect on food intake. Thus, Arg, Lys and Glu had a selective impact on food processing and intake suggesting them as direct sensory input to assess dietary protein content and quality in vivo. Overall, this study reveals novel amino acid-specific mechanisms for the control of food intake and of gastrointestinal function.
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- Josua Jordi
- F. Verrey: Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Beck B, Pourié G. Ghrelin, neuropeptide Y, and other feeding-regulatory peptides active in the hippocampus: role in learning and memory. Nutr Rev 2013; 71:541-61. [PMID: 23865799 DOI: 10.1111/nure.12045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The hippocampus is a brain region of primary importance for neurogenesis, which occurs during early developmental states as well as during adulthood. Increases in neuronal proliferation and in neuronal death with age have been associated with drastic changes in memory and learning. Numerous neurotransmitters are involved in these processes, and some neuropeptides that mediate neurogenesis also modulate feeding behavior. Concomitantly, feeding peptides, which act primarily in the hypothalamus, are also present in the hippocampus. This review aims to ascertain the role of several important feeding peptides in cognitive functions, either through their local synthesis in the hippocampus or through their actions via specific receptors in the hippocampus. A link between neurogenesis and the orexigenic or anorexigenic properties of feeding peptides is discussed.
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- Bernard Beck
- INSERM U954, Nutrition, Génétique et Expositions aux Risques Environnementaux, Faculté de Médecine, Vandœuvre, France.
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Schwartz GJ, Zeltser LM. Functional organization of neuronal and humoral signals regulating feeding behavior. Annu Rev Nutr 2013; 33:1-21. [PMID: 23642202 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071812-161125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Energy homeostasis--ensuring that energy availability matches energy requirements--is essential for survival. One way that energy balance is achieved is through coordinated action of neural and neuroendocrine feeding circuits, which promote energy intake when energy supply is limited. Feeding behavior engages multiple somatic and visceral tissues distributed throughout the body--contraction of skeletal and smooth muscles in the head and along the upper digestive tract required to consume and digest food, as well as stimulation of endocrine and exocrine secretions from a wide range of organs. Accordingly, neurons that contribute to feeding behaviors are localized to central, peripheral, and enteric nervous systems. To promote energy balance, feeding circuits must be able to identify and respond to energy requirements, as well as the amount of energy available from internal and external sources, and then direct appropriate coordinated responses throughout the body.
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- Gary J Schwartz
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Upton KR, Riley LG. Acute stress inhibits food intake and alters ghrelin signaling in the brain of tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus). Domest Anim Endocrinol 2013; 44:157-64. [PMID: 23291012 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2012.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Revised: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This study investigated the effect of an acute stress on food intake and on the expression of neuropeptide Y (NPY), corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), and ghrelin and its receptors, growth hormone secretagogue receptors (GHSRs) in the tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus). Food intake was significantly (P < 0.01) reduced in fish after a 30-min crowding and handling stress. In a second group of animals exposed to the same 30-min stressor, tissue samples were collected immediately after the stressor to determine changes in the neuroendocrine regulators of food intake. Although CRH and NPY are considered the major mediators of appetite during stress, both mRNA levels were unaltered in the telencephalon/pre-optic area and in the hypothalamic/optic tectum. Interestingly, there was an elevation in the ghrelin transcript (P < 0.05) in the telencephalon/pre-optic area and elevation of its functional receptor (GHSR1a-LR) (P < 0.001) in the hypothalamic/optic tectum. Elevation of GHSR-LR heteronuclear RNA (P < 0.01) in the telencephalon/pre-optic area and suppression in the hypothalamic/optic tectum (P < 0.001) suggest rapid control of the ghrelin regulatory system in response to acute stress. These results suggest that ghrelin signaling is altered during acute stress. It is not clear if these changes result in altered feeding behavior because no changes in CRH or NPY mRNA expression were observed or if ghrelin is playing a role in regulating overall metabolic changes after acute stress.
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- K R Upton
- Department of Biology, California State University at Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740, USA
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Steculorum SM, Vogt MC, Brüning JC. Perinatal programming of metabolic diseases: role of insulin in the development of hypothalamic neurocircuits. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2013; 42:149-64. [PMID: 23391245 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2012.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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It is increasingly accepted that the metabolic future of an individual can be programmed as early as at developmental stages. For instance, offspring of diabetic mothers have a greater risk of becoming obese and diabetic later in life. Animal studies have demonstrated that hyperinsulinemia and/or hyperglycemia during perinatal life permanently impair the organization and long-term function of hypothalamic networks that control appetite and glucose homeostasis. This review summarizes the main findings regarding the key regulatory roles of perinatal insulin and glucose levels on hypothalamic development and on long-term programming of metabolic diseases reported in different rodent models.
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- Sophie M Steculorum
- Department of Mouse Genetics and Metabolism, University Hospital Cologne and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Köln 50674, Germany
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Hoch T, Kreitz S, Gaffling S, Pischetsrieder M, Hess A. Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for mapping of whole brain activity patterns associated with the intake of snack food in ad libitum fed rats. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55354. [PMID: 23408973 PMCID: PMC3567069 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Accepted: 12/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Non-homeostatic hyperphagia, which is a major contributor to obesity-related hyperalimentation, is associated with the diet’s molecular composition influencing, for example, the energy content. Thus, specific food items such as snack food may induce food intake independent from the state of satiety. To elucidate mechanisms how snack food may induce non-homeostatic food intake, it was tested if manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI) was suitable for mapping the whole brain activity related to standard and snack food intake under normal behavioral situation. Application of the MnCl2 solution by osmotic pumps ensured that food intake was not significantly affected by the treatment. After z-score normalization and a non-affine three-dimensional registration to a rat brain atlas, significantly different grey values of 80 predefined brain structures were recorded in ad libitum fed rats after the intake of potato chips compared to standard chow at the group level. Ten of these areas had previously been connected to food intake, in particular to hyperphagia (e.g. dorsomedial hypothalamus or the anterior paraventricular thalamic nucleus) or to the satiety system (e.g. arcuate hypothalamic nucleus or solitary tract); 27 areas were related to reward/addiction including the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens, the ventral pallidum and the ventral striatum (caudate and putamen). Eleven areas associated to sleep displayed significantly reduced Mn2+-accumulation and six areas related to locomotor activity showed significantly increased Mn2+-accumulation after the intake of potato chips. The latter changes were associated with an observed significantly higher locomotor activity. Osmotic pump-assisted MEMRI proved to be a promising technique for functional mapping of whole brain activity patterns associated to nutritional intake under normal behavior.
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- Tobias Hoch
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Food Chemistry Division, Emil Fischer Center, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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van der Klaauw AA, Keogh JM, Henning E, Blackwood A, Haqq AM, Purnell JQ, Farooqi IS. Postprandial total ghrelin suppression is modulated by melanocortin signaling in humans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013; 98:E288-92. [PMID: 23316086 PMCID: PMC3565120 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTENTS Ghrelin is implicated in meal initiation because circulating levels increase before and fall after meal consumption. In rodents, ghrelin stimulates food intake via hypothalamic circuits expressing the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R). OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of central melanocortinergic tone on ghrelin secretion in humans. DESIGN/SETTING/PATIENTS/MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: We measured plasma total ghrelin before and after 3 standardized meals in patients with MC4R mutations and obese and lean controls. Fasting total ghrelin, area under the curve, and early (30-min) and intermeal postprandial total ghrelin suppression (the percentage difference between the premeal and the 30-min postprandial or intermeal nadir total ghrelin concentration) were calculated. RESULTS Fasting total ghrelin concentrations and area under the curve for total ghrelin concentrations were significantly decreased in both obese groups compared to lean controls (fasting total ghrelin: lean controls, 1083 ± 203 pg/ml; and obese controls, 696 ± 81 pg/ml; MC4R: 609 ± 99 pg/ml, P < .05). Early and intermeal postprandial total ghrelin suppression was attenuated in MC4R-deficient patients compared to lean controls (P < .05); a similar pattern was observed for early postprandial suppression in comparison with obese controls, but this difference did not reach statistical significance (P = .09). CONCLUSIONS These findings are consistent with a role for central melanocortinergic signaling in modulating meal-related total ghrelin suppression.
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- Agatha A van der Klaauw
- University of Cambridge, Metabolic Research Laboratories Box 289, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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Shin AC, Berthoud HR. Obesity surgery: happy with less or eternally hungry? Trends Endocrinol Metab 2013; 24:101-8. [PMID: 23317811 PMCID: PMC3565073 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2012.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2012] [Revised: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The superior efficacy of bariatric surgery compared with intensive medical treatment in reversing metabolic disease is now well accepted, but the critical mechanisms remain unknown. Unlike dieting, which triggers strong counter-regulatory responses such as hunger and craving, some obesity surgeries appear to permanently reset the level of defended body weight. Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind successful surgery would thus go a long way in developing future 'knifeless' treatment options. Major candidates include changes in gut-brain signaling by hormones, bile acids, and other still unidentified factors. By re-sensitizing homeostatic regulatory circuits in the hypothalamus and hedonic-motivational processing in corticolimbic systems to internal signals, bariatric surgery could thus lead to a state of being content with less.
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- Andrew C Shin
- Neurobiology of Nutrition Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
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Atalayer D, Gibson C, Konopacka A, Geliebter A. Ghrelin and eating disorders. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2013; 40:70-82. [PMID: 22960103 PMCID: PMC3522761 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2012] [Revised: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 08/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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There is growing evidence supporting a multifactorial etiology that includes genetic, neurochemical, and physiological components for eating disorders above and beyond the more conventional theories based on psychological and sociocultural factors. Ghrelin is one of the key gut signals associated with appetite, and the only known circulating hormone that triggers a positive energy balance by stimulating food intake. This review summarizes recent findings and several conflicting reports on ghrelin in eating disorders. Understanding these findings and inconsistencies may help in developing new methods to prevent and treat patients with these disorders.
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- Deniz Atalayer
- Department of Medicine, New York Obesity Research and Nutrition Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, New York Obesity Research and Nutrition Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, New York Obesity Research and Nutrition Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, New York Obesity Research and Nutrition Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York NY, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA,Department of Psychology, Touro College, New York, NY, USA
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One of the ‘side effects’ of our modern lifestyle is a range of metabolic diseases: the incidence of obesity, type 2 diabetes and associated cardiovascular diseases has grown to pandemic proportions. This increase, which shows no sign of reversing course, has occurred despite education and new treatment options, and is largely due to a lack of knowledge about the precise pathology and etiology of metabolic disorders. Accumulating evidence suggests that the communication pathways linking the brain, gut and adipose tissue might be promising intervention points for metabolic disorders. To maintain energy homeostasis, the brain must tightly monitor the peripheral energy state. This monitoring is also extremely important for the brain’s survival, because the brain does not store energy but depends solely on a continuous supply of nutrients from the general circulation. Two major groups of metabolic inputs inform the brain about the peripheral energy state: short-term signals produced by the gut system and long-term signals produced by adipose tissue. After central integration of these inputs, the brain generates neuronal and hormonal outputs to balance energy intake with expenditure. Miscommunication between the gut, brain and adipose tissue, or the degradation of input signals once inside the brain, lead to the brain misunderstanding the peripheral energy state. Under certain circumstances, the brain responds to this miscommunication by increasing energy intake and production, eventually causing metabolic disorders. This poster article overviews current knowledge about communication pathways between the brain, gut and adipose tissue, and discusses potential research directions that might lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying metabolic disorders.
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- Chun-Xia Yi
- Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Centre for Health and Environment and Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Stadlbauer U, Arnold M, Weber E, Langhans W. Possible mechanisms of circulating PYY-induced satiation in male rats. Endocrinology 2013; 154:193-204. [PMID: 23239815 DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Peptide tyrosine-tyrosine (PYY) is implicated in eating control, but the site(s) and mechanism(s) of its action remain uncertain. We tested acute effects of intrameal hepatic portal vein (HPV) PYY(3-36) infusions on eating in adult, male rats and measured HPV and jugular vein (JV) plasma levels of PYY in response to a solid, mixed-nutrient meal. We also examined the effects of HPV PYY(3-36) infusions on JV plasma levels, flavor acceptance, and neuronal activation. Intrameal HPV PYY(3-36) infusions [1 and 3 nmol/kg body weight (BW)] selectively reduced (P < 0.05) ongoing meal size. HPV PYY levels increased (P < 0.05) during a chow (12.5 kcal) or an isocaloric high-fat meal. JV PYY levels were generally lower than HPV levels but also increased in response to the chow meal. HPV PYY(3-36) infusion (1 nmol/kg BW) caused a greater increase in JV PYY than a meal, but neither 1 nor 3 nmol/kg BW PYY(3-36) caused conditioned flavor avoidance. HPV PYY(3-36) (1 nmol/kg BW) increased the number of c-Fos-expressing cells in the nucleus tractus solitarii, the hypothalamic arcuate and paraventricular nuclei, the central area of the amygdala, and the nucleus accumbens but not in the area postrema and parabrachial nucleus. These data show that HPV infusions of PYY(3-36) inhibit eating in rats without causing avoidance, and they identify some brain areas that might be involved. Endogenous PYY may induce satiation by acting directly in the brain, but further studies should examine whether PYY(3-36) administrations that mimic the meal-induced increase in plasma PYY are sufficient to inhibit eating.
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- Ulrike Stadlbauer
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Schorenstrasse 16, 8603 Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.
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Escobar C, González Guerra E, Velasco-Ramos M, Salgado-Delgado R, Angeles-Castellanos M. Poor quality sleep is a contributing factor to obesity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s2007-1523(13)72000-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Labouesse MA, Stadlbauer U, Weber E, Arnold M, Langhans W, Pacheco-López G. Vagal afferents mediate early satiation and prevent flavour avoidance learning in response to intraperitoneally infused exendin-4. J Neuroendocrinol 2012; 24:1505-16. [PMID: 22827554 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02364.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Revised: 06/28/2012] [Accepted: 07/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists such as exendin-4 (Ex-4) affect eating and metabolism and are potential candidates for treating obesity and type II diabetes. In the present study, we tested whether vagal afferents mediate the eating-inhibitory and avoidance-inducing effects of Ex-4. Subdiaphragmatic vagal deafferentation (SDA) blunted the short-term (< 1 h) but not long-term eating-inhibitory effect of i.p.-infused Ex-4 (0.1 μg/kg) in rats. A dose of 1 μg/kg Ex-4 reduced 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 h cumulative food intake in SDA and sham-operated rats to a similar extent. Paradoxically, SDA but not sham rats developed a conditioned flavour avoidance (CFA) after i.p. Ex-4 (0.1 μg/kg). SDA completely blunted the induction of c-Fos expression by Ex-4 in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Ex-4, however, increased the number of c-Fos expressing cells, independent of intact vagal afferents, in the nucleus accumbens and in the central nucleus of the amygdala, the lateral external parabrachial nucleus, the caudal ventrolateral medulla and the dorsal vagal complex. These data suggest that intact vagal afferents are only necessary for the full expression of the early satiating effect of Ex-4 but not for later eating-inhibitory actions, when circulating Ex-4 might reach the brain via the circulation. Our data also dissociate the satiating and avoidance-inducing effects of the low Ex-4 dose tested under our conditions and suggest that vagal afferent signalling may protect against the development of CFA. Taken together, these findings reveal a complex role of vagal afferents in mediating the effects of GLP-1R activation on ingestive behaviour.
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- M A Labouesse
- Physiology and Behaviour Laboratory, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.
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Panickar KS. Effects of dietary polyphenols on neuroregulatory factors and pathways that mediate food intake and energy regulation in obesity. Mol Nutr Food Res 2012; 57:34-47. [DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Kiran S. Panickar
- Department of Pediatrics; University of Maryland School of Medicine; Baltimore MD USA
- Diet, Genomics, & Immunology Laboratory; Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center; Agricultural Research Service; United States Department of Agriculture; Beltsville MD USA
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The objective of this non-systematic review of the literature is to highlight some of the neural systems and pathways that are affected by the various intake-promoting aspects of the modern food environment and explore potential modes of interaction between core systems such as hypothalamus and brainstem primarily receptive to internal signals of fuel availability and forebrain areas such as the cortex, amygdala and meso-corticolimbic dopamine system, primarily processing external signals. The modern lifestyle with its drastic changes in the way we eat and move puts pressure on the homoeostatic system responsible for the regulation of body weight, which has led to an increase in overweight and obesity. The power of food cues targeting susceptible emotions and cognitive brain functions, particularly of children and adolescents, is increasingly exploited by modern neuromarketing tools. Increased intake of energy-dense foods high in fat and sugar is not only adding more energy, but may also corrupt neural functions of brain systems involved in nutrient sensing as well as in hedonic, motivational and cognitive processing. It is concluded that only long-term prospective studies in human subjects and animal models with the capacity to demonstrate sustained over-eating and development of obesity are necessary to identify the critical environmental factors as well as the underlying neural systems involved. Insights from these studies and from modern neuromarketing research should be increasingly used to promote consumption of healthy foods.
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- Hans-Rudolf Berthoud
- Neurobiology of Nutrition Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
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Kirsz K, Zieba DA. A review on the effect of the photoperiod and melatonin on interactions between ghrelin and serotonin. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 179:248-53. [PMID: 22974511 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2012] [Revised: 07/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Ghrelin and serotonin, which exhibit rhythmic secretion profiles under feeding/fasting conditions, are sensitive to increases and decreases in the day length and form a close web of interrelationships in the regulation of energy homeostasis. Ghrelin and serotonin are biochemically and functionally linked to the suprachiasmatic nucleus, which is a circadian pacemaker, and melatonin, which is an internal transducer of photic environmental changes. Ghrelin and serotonin might be candidates for integrating photic and nonphotic signals, such as light and food availability in the central nervous system. The mechanisms that convert a light signal into a variety of physiological and behavioral rhythms remain unknown. However, we know that the conversion of light signals is necessary to maximize an animal's chances of survival and reproduction.
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- Katarzyna Kirsz
- Department of Swine and Small Ruminant Breeding, Laboratory of Genomics and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Krakow 30-059, Poland
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