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Roland M, Berglas E, Pines R, Carata I, Castillo A, Nashed M, Sclafani A, Bodnar RJ. Differential patterns of opioid and dopamine D1 receptor antagonism on nutritive and non-nutritive sweetener intakes in C57BL/6:129 hybrid mice relative to inbred C57BL/6 and 129 mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2023; 223:173514. [PMID: 36642390 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2023.173514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Opioid and dopamine (DA) D1 receptor antagonists differentially reduce nutritive and non-nutritive sweetener intakes in inbred mouse strains. Sucrose intake was more effectively reduced by naltrexone in C57BL/6 (B6) mice relative to 129P3 (129) mice, but more effectively reduced by SCH23390 in 129 mice relative to B6 mice. Opioid and DA D1 antagonists differentially reduced saccharin intakes in B6 mice relative to other strains. Given these differential patterns in sweetener intake in B6 and 129 mice, the present study examined whether systemic naltrexone (0.01-5 mg/kg) and SCH23390 (50-1600 nmol/kg) reduced intakes of 10 % sucrose or 0.2 % saccharin solutions over a 120 min time course in first-generation hybrid mice (B6:129) of B6 and 129 parents and reduced low-nutritive sweetener intakes in 129 mice. Naltrexone (5 mg/kg) significantly reduced 10 % sucrose intake in B6:129 hybrid mice more like that of 129 than B6 mice. In contrast, SCH23390 (400-1600 nmol/kg) reduced 10 % sucrose intake in B6:129 hybrid mice more effectively than that observed in B6 or 129 parental strains. Because 129 mice consumed relatively low amounts of 0.2 % saccharin, they were tested with a more attractive low-nutritive solution containing 0.2 % saccharin and 2 % sucrose. Naltrexone failed to reduce saccharin intake in B6:129 hybrid mice but suppressed saccharin+sucrose intake in 129 mice more like that observed in B6 mice. SCH23390 similarly inhibited saccharin or saccharin+sucrose intakes in hybrid B6:129, 129, and B6 mice with B6 mice more resistant to the lowest SCH23390 dose. Thus, whereas sucrose intake in B6:129 hybrid mice exhibited similar sensitivity to opioid and to a lesser degree DA D1 antagonism to their 129, but not B6 parents, opioid and DA D1 mediation of low- and non-nutritive sweet intake produced unique profiles among B6:129 hybrid and B6 and 129 strains which does not support a simple heritability explanation.
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- Matthew Roland
- Department of Psychology, Queens College of the City University of New York, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College of the City University of New York, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College of the City University of New York, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College of the City University of New York, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College of the City University of New York, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College of the City University of New York, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, United States of America; Psychology Doctoral Program, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College of the City University of New York, United States of America; Psychology Doctoral Program, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, United States of America.
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Soybean Oil Modulates the Gut Microbiota Associated with Atherogenic Biomarkers. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8040486. [PMID: 32235412 PMCID: PMC7232217 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8040486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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During the last few decades there has been a staggering rise in human consumption of soybean-oil (SO). The microbiome and specific taxa composing it are dramatically affected by diet; specifically, by high-fat diets. Increasing evidence indicates the association between dysbiosis and health or disease state, including cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and atherosclerosis pathogenesis in human and animal models. To investigate the effects of high SO intake, C57BL/6 mice were orally supplemented with SO-based emulsion (SOE) for one month, followed by analyses of atherosclerosis-related biomarkers and microbiota profiling by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of fecal DNA. SOE-supplementation caused compositional changes to 64 taxa, including enrichment in Bacteroidetes, Mucispirillum, Prevotella and Ruminococcus, and decreased Firmicutes. These changes were previously associated with atherosclerosis in numerous studies. Among the shifted taxa, 40 significantly correlated with at least one atherosclerosis-related biomarker (FDR < 0.05), while 13 taxa positively correlated with the average of all biomarkers. These microbial alterations also caused a microbial-derived metabolic-pathways shift, including enrichment in different amino-acid metabolic-pathways known to be implicated in CVD. In conclusion, our results demonstrate dysbiosis following SOE supplementation associated with atherosclerosis-related biomarkers. These findings point to the microbiome as a possible mediator to CVD, and it may be implemented into non-invasive diagnostic tools or as potential therapeutic strategies.
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Iskhakova J, Mustac T, Yuabov A, Macanian J, Israel E, Dohnalova P, Iskhakov B, Lulu EB, Aminov S, Fazylov D, Bodnar RJ. Acquisition and expression of fat conditioned flavor preferences following dopamine D1, opioid and NMDA receptor antagonism in C57BL/6 mice. Nutr Neurosci 2020; 25:137-145. [PMID: 32050863 DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.2020.1724706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Objectives: Inbred mouse strains differ in the pharmacology mediating sugar and fat intake and conditioned flavor preferences (CFP). C57BL/6, BALB/c and SWR inbred mice are differentially sensitive to dopamine (DA) D1, opioid and muscarinic receptor antagonism of sucrose, saccharin or fat intake, and to DA, opioid, muscarinic and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonism of acquisition of sucrose-CFP. DA D1, opioid and NMDA receptor antagonists differentially alter fat (Intralipid)-CFP in BALB/c and SWR mice. The present study examined whether naltrexone, SCH23390 or MK-801 altered acquisition and expression of Intralipid-CFP in C57BL/6 mice.Methods: In acquisition, groups of male food-restricted C57BL/6 mice received vehicle, naltrexone (1, 5 mg/kg), SCH23390 (50, 200 nmol/kg) or MK-801 (100, 200 μg/kg) before 10 training sessions in which mice alternately consumed two novel-flavored 5% (CS+) and 0.5% (CS-) Intralipid solutions. Six two-bottle CS choice tests followed with both flavors mixed in 0.5% Intralipid without injections. In expression, C57BL/6 mice underwent the 10 training sessions without injections followed by two-bottle CS choice tests 30 min following vehicle, naltrexone (1, 5 mg/kg), SCH23390 (200, 800 nmol/kg) or MK-801 (100, 200 μg/kg).Results: Fat-CFP acquisition in C57BL/6 mice was significantly though marginally reduced following naltrexone, SCH23390 and MK-801. Fat-CFP expression was similarly reduced by naltrexone, SCH23390 and MK-801 in C57BL/6 mice. Discussion: C57BL/6 mice were more sensitive to DA D1, opioid and NMDA antagonists in the expression of fat-CFP relative to sugar-CFP, but were less sensitive to DA D1 and NMDA antagonists in the acquisition of fat-CFP relative to sugar-CFP.
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- Julia Iskhakova
- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, USA.,CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative and Psychology Doctoral Program, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA
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Trevarthen AC, Kappel S, Roberts C, Finnegan EM, Paul ES, Planas-Sitjà I, Mendl MT, Fureix C. Measuring affect-related cognitive bias: Do mice in opposite affective states react differently to negative and positive stimuli? PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226438. [PMID: 31887167 PMCID: PMC6936852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Affect-driven cognitive biases can be used as an indicator of affective (emotional) state. Since humans in negative affective states demonstrate greater responses to negatively-valenced stimuli, we investigated putative affect-related bias in mice by monitoring their response to unexpected, task-irrelevant stimuli of different valence. Thirty-one C57BL/6J and 31 DBA/2J females were individually trained to return to their home-cage in a runway. Mice then underwent an affective manipulation acutely inducing a negative (NegAff) or a comparatively less negative (CompLessNeg) affective state before immediately being tested in the runway with either an 'attractive' (familiar food) or 'threatening' (flashing light) stimulus. Mice were subsequently trained and tested again (same affective manipulation) with the alternative stimulus. As predicted, mice were slower to approach the light and spent more time with the food. DBA/2J mice were slower than C57BL/6J overall. Contrary to predictions, NegAff mice tended to approach both stimuli more readily than CompLessNeg mice, especially the light, and even more so for DBA/2Js. Although the stimuli successfully differentiated the response of mice to unexpected, task-irrelevant stimuli, further refinement may be required to disentangle the effects of affect manipulation and arousal on the response to valenced stimuli. The results also highlight the significant importance of considering strain differences when developing cognitive tasks.
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- Anna C. Trevarthen
- Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological & Marine Science, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological & Marine Science, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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Iskhakov B, Dohnalova P, Iskhakova J, Mustac T, Yuabov A, Macanian J, Israel E, Locurto N, Franz N, Fazilov G, Shenouda M, Bodnar RJ. Strain differences in muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonism of fat intake and acquisition and expression of fat-conditioned flavor preferences in male BALB/c, C57BL/6 and SWR mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2019; 187:172792. [PMID: 31593740 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2019.172792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Murine strain differences occur for both intakes of and preferences for sugars and fats. Previous studies demonstrated that the muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonist, scopolamine (SCOP) more potently reduced sucrose and saccharin intakes in inbred C57BL/6 and BALB/c than SWR mice, sucrose-conditioned flavor preferences (CFP) expression in BALB/c, but not C57BL/6 or SWR mice, and sucrose-CFP acquisition in BALB/c relative to SWR and C57BL/6 mice. Although fat intake and fat-CFP are observed in all three strains, strain-specific effects were previously observed following dopamine D1, opiate and NMDA receptor antagonism of sweet and fat intake and CFP. The present study investigated whether muscarinic receptor antagonism differentially affected fat (Intralipid) intake and preferences in these strains by examining whether SCOP altered fat (Intralipid) intake and fat-CFP expression and acquisition in BALB/c, C57BL/6 and SWR mice. SCOP (0.1-10 mg/kg) significantly reduced Intralipid (5%) intake in all three strains across 2 h. In fat-CFP expression experiments, food-restricted mice consumed one flavored (conditioned stimulus (CS)+, 5 sessions) Intralipid (5%) solution and a differently-flavored (CS-, 5 sessions) Intralipid (0.5%) solution. Two-bottle CS choice tests with the two flavors mixed in 0.5% Intralipid occurred following vehicle and two SCOP doses (1, 5 mg/kg). SCOP elicited small, but significant reductions in fat-CFP expression in BALB/c and C57BL/6, but not SWR mice. In fat-CFP acquisition experiments, separate groups of BALB/c, C57BL/6 and SWR mice were treated prior to the ten acquisition training sessions with vehicle or two SCOP (2.5, 5 mg/kg) doses followed by six two-bottle choice tests without injections. SCOP eliminated fat-CFP acquisition in all three strains. Thus, muscarinic receptor signaling mediates learning, and to a lesser degree maintenance of fat-CFP while maximally inhibiting fat intake in the three strains.
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- Ben Iskhakov
- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, USA; Psychology Doctoral Program and CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Sclafani A, Vural AS, Ackroff K. Profound differences in fat versus carbohydrate preferences in CAST/EiJ and C57BL/6J mice: Role of fat taste. Physiol Behav 2018; 194:348-355. [PMID: 29933030 PMCID: PMC6082157 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In a nutrient self-selection study, CAST/EiJ mice consumed more carbohydrate than fat while C57BL/6J (B6) mice showed the opposite preference. The present study revealed similar strain differences in preferences for isocaloric fat (Intralipid) and carbohydrate (sucrose, maltodextrin) solutions in chow-fed mice. In initial 2-day choice tests, percent fat intakes of CAST and B6 mice were 4-9% and 71-81% respectively. In subsequent nutrient vs. water tests, CAST mice consumed considerably less fat but not carbohydrate compared to B6 mice. Orosensory rather than postoral factors are implicated in the very low fat preference and intake of CAST mice. This is supported by results of a choice test with Intralipid mixed with non-nutritive sweeteners vs. non-sweet maltodextrin. The preference of CAST mice for sweetened fat exceeded that of B6 mice (94 vs. 74%) and absolute fat intakes were similar in the two strains. When given unsweetened Intralipid vs. water tests at ascending fat concentrations CAST mice displayed reduced fat preferences at 0.1-5% and reduced intakes at 0.5-5% concentrations, compared to B6 mice. The differential fat preferences of CAST and B6 mice may reflect differences in fat taste sensing or in central neural processes related to fat selection.
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- Anthony Sclafani
- Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
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Droz BA, Sneed BL, Jackson CV, Zimmerman KM, Michael MD, Emmerson PJ, Coskun T, Peterson RG. Correlation of disease severity with body weight and high fat diet in the FATZO/Pco mouse. PLoS One 2017. [PMID: 28640904 PMCID: PMC5480996 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Obesity in many current pre-clinical animal models of obesity and diabetes is mediated by monogenic mutations; these are rarely associated with the development of human obesity. A new mouse model, the FATZO mouse, has been developed to provide polygenic obesity and a metabolic pattern of hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia, that support the presence of insulin resistance similar to metabolic disease in patients with insulin resistance/type 2 diabetes. The FATZO mouse resulted from a cross of C57BL/6J and AKR/J mice followed by selective inbreeding for obesity, increased insulin and hyperglycemia. Since many clinical studies have established a close link between higher body weight and the development of type 2 diabetes, we investigated whether time to progression to type 2 diabetes or disease severity in FATZO mice was dependent on weight gain in young animals. Our results indicate that lighter animals developed metabolic disturbances much slower and to a lesser magnitude than their heavier counterparts. Consumption of a diet containing high fat, accelerated weight gain in parallel with disease progression. A naturally occurring and significant variation in the body weight of FATZO offspring enables these mice to be identified as low, mid and high body weight groups at a young age. These weight groups remain into adulthood and correspond to slow, medium and accelerated development of type 2 diabetes. Thus, body weight inclusion criteria can optimize the FATZO model for studies of prevention, stabilization or treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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- Brian A. Droz
- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America
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- Crown Bioscience - Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Crown Bioscience - Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Crown Bioscience - Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Genetic control of oromotor phenotypes: A survey of licking and ingestive behaviors in highly diverse strains of mice. Physiol Behav 2017; 177:34-43. [PMID: 28411104 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In order to examine genetic influences on fluid ingestion, 20-min intake of either water or 0.1M sucrose was measured in a lickometer in 18 isogenic strains of mice, including 15 inbred strains and 3 F1 hybrid crosses. Intake and licking data were examined at a number of levels, including lick rate as defined by mean or median interlick interval, as well as several microstructural parameters (i.e. burst-pause structure). In general, strain variation for ingestive phenotypes were correlated across water and sucrose in all strains, indicating fundamental, rather than stimulus-specific, mechanisms of intake. Strain variation was substantial and robust, with heritabilities for phenotypes ranging from 0.22 to 0.73. For mean interlick interval (MPI; a measure of lick rate) strains varied continuously from 94.3 to 127.0ms, a range consistent with previous studies. Furthermore, variation among strains for microstructural traits such as burst size and number suggested that strains possess different overall ingestive strategies, with some favoring more short bursts, and others favoring fewer, long bursts. Strains also varied in cumulative intake functions, exhibiting both linear and decelerated rates of intake across the session.
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Kraft TT, Huang D, LaMagna S, Warshaw D, Natanova E, Sclafani A, Bodnar RJ. Acquisition and expression of fat-conditioned flavor preferences are differentially affected by NMDA receptor antagonism in BALB/c and SWR mice. Eur J Pharmacol 2017; 799:26-32. [PMID: 28132914 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Conditioned flavor preferences are elicited by fat (Intralipid) in inbred mouse strains with BALB/c and SWR mice displaying among the most robust preferences. Dopamine D1 and opioid receptor antagonism differentially reduces the acquisition (learning) and expression (maintenance) of fat-conditioned flavor preferences in these two strains. Because noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonism with MK-801 differentially altered sugar-conditioned flavor preferences in these strains, and because NMDA receptors are involved in fat intake, the present study examined whether MK-801 differentially altered expression and acquisition of fat (Intralipid)-conditioned flavor preferences in BALB/c and SWR mice. In expression studies, food-restricted male mice alternately consumed a flavored (CS+, e.g., cherry, 5 sessions) 5% Intralipid solution and a differently-flavored (CS-, e.g., grape, 5 sessions) 0.5% Intralipid solution. Two-bottle CS choice tests occurred following vehicle or MK-801 (100, 200µg/kg). MK-801 blocked expression of Intralipid-CFP at both doses in BALB/c mice, but only at the 100µg/kg dose in SWR mice. In acquisition studies, groups of BALB/c (0, 100µg/kg) and SWR (0, 100µg/kg) male mice were treated prior to the ten acquisition training sessions followed by six 2-bottle CS choice tests without injections. MK-801 eliminated acquisition of Intralipid-conditioned flavor preferences in BALB/c mice, and actually changed the preference to an avoidance response in SWR mice. Thus, NMDA receptor signaling appears essential especially for the learning of fat-conditioned flavor preferences in both mouse strains.
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- Tamar T Kraft
- CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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- CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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- CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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Rom O, Jeries H, Hayek T, Aviram M. Supplementation with linoleic acid-rich soybean oil stimulates macrophage foam cell formation via increased oxidative stress and diacylglycerol acyltransferase1-mediated triglyceride biosynthesis. Biofactors 2017; 43:100-116. [PMID: 27517171 DOI: 10.1002/biof.1319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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During the last decades there has been a staggering rise in human consumption of soybean oil (SO) and its major polyunsaturated fatty acid linoleic acid (LA). The role of SO or LA in cardiovascular diseases is highly controversial, and their impact on macrophage foam cell formation, the hallmark of early atherogenesis, is unclear. To investigate the effects of high SO or LA intake on macrophage lipid metabolism and the related mechanisms of action, C57BL/6 mice were orally supplemented with increasing levels of SO-based emulsion or equivalent levels of purified LA for 1 month, followed by analyses of lipid accumulation and peroxidation in aortas, serum and in peritoneal macrophages (MPM) of the mice. Lipid peroxidation and triglyceride mass in aortas from SO or LA supplemented mice were dose-dependently and significantly increased. In MPM from SO or LA supplemented mice, lipid peroxides were significantly increased and a marked accumulation of cellular triglycerides was found in accordance with enhanced triglyceride biosynthesis rate and overexpression of diacylglycerol acyltransferase1 (DGAT1), the key enzyme in triglyceride biosynthesis. In cultured J774A.1 macrophages treated with SO or LA, triglyceride accumulated via increased oxidative stress and a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-mediated overexpression of DGAT1. Accordingly, anti-oxidants (pomegranate polyphenols), inhibition of p38 MAPK (by SB202190) or DGAT1 (by oleanolic acid), all significantly attenuated SO or LA-induced macrophage triglyceride accumulation. These findings reveal novel mechanisms by which supplementation with SO or LA stimulate macrophage foam cell formation, suggesting a pro-atherogenic role for overconsumption of SO or LA. © 2016 BioFactors, 43(1):100-116, 2017.
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- Oren Rom
- The Lipid Research Laboratory, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- The Lipid Research Laboratory, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Internal Medicine E, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- The Lipid Research Laboratory, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Internal Medicine E, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- The Lipid Research Laboratory, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Bodnar RJ. Conditioned flavor preferences in animals: Merging pharmacology, brain sites and genetic variance. Appetite 2016; 122:17-25. [PMID: 27988368 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The elucidation of the behavioral, neurochemical, neuroanatomical and genetic substrates mediating the development of conditioned flavor preferences (CFP) is one of the multi-faceted scientific contributions that Dr. Anthony Sclafani has made to the study of food intake. This review summarizes the results of thirty-five publications over nearly twenty years of collaborations between the Sclafani and Bodnar laboratories. This includes the different approaches employed to study the orosensory (flavor-flavor) and post-ingestive (flavor-nutrient) processes underlying CFP including its acquisition (learning) and expression. It describes how CFP is elicited by different sugars (sucrose, glucose, fructose) and fats (corn oil) in rats, and how strain-specific CFP effects can be observed through the use of inbred mouse strains to evaluate genetic variance. The roles of pharmacological substrates (dopamine, glutamate, opioids, acetylcholine, GABA, cannabinoids) mediating sugar- and fat-CFP acquisition and expression are elucidated. Finally, neuroanatomical sites of action (nucleus accumbens, amygdala, medial prefrontal and orbital frontal cortices, lateral hypothalamus) are evaluated at which dopamine signaling mediates acquisition and expression of different forms of CFP.
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- Richard J Bodnar
- Department of Psychology, Queens College and the Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Cluster of the Psychology Doctoral Program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States.
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O C L, A M K, E P F, C F M. Wheat grain consumption and selection by inbred and outbred strains of mice. Physiol Behav 2016; 165:154-8. [PMID: 27436794 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Revised: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Food selection and avoidance are driven primarily by orosensory cues. Previous studies with C57BL/6J mice indicated marked differences in selection and consumption of individual grains of different wheat varieties when presented in binary mixtures. The present study examined the patterns of mouse grain selection across four strains of laboratory mice: two inbred, BALB/c and C57BL/6J, and two outbred, Swiss-Webster and CD1. Four pairs of wheat varieties that were known to vary a priori for consumption preference or seed coat ('bran') color were tested. Two variety pairs were near-isogenic (>98% similar) with contrasting red and white seed coat coloration/pigmentation. All four mice strains exhibited similar preferences between wheat variety pairs, whereas consumption was not highly related to mouse body weight. This result indicates a more generalized phenomenon regarding how mice select and then consume individual wheat grains. The study supported the continued use of C57BL/6J as an effective strain model system to study food perception.
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- Lottes O C
- Formerly with the Dept. of Animal Science, Honors College, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6394, USA
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- USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory, E-202 Food Quality Bldg., Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6394, USA
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- Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6394, USA; USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory, E-202 Food Quality Bldg., Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6394, USA
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- USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory, E-202 Food Quality Bldg., Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6394, USA.
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Kraft TT, Yakubov Y, Huang D, Fitzgerald G, Acosta V, Natanova E, Touzani K, Sclafani A, Bodnar RJ. Dopamine D1 and opioid receptor antagonism effects on the acquisition and expression of fat-conditioned flavor preferences in BALB/c and SWR mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2013; 110:127-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Revised: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Biga PR, Froehlich JM, Greenlee KJ, Galt NJ, Meyer BM, Christensen DJ. Gelatinases impart susceptibility to high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice. J Nutr Biochem 2013; 24:1462-8. [PMID: 23465590 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Revised: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gelatinases play a role in adipose and muscle hypertrophy and could be involved in tissue remodeling in response to high-fat diet (HFD) intake. This study tested potential roles of gelatinases (matrix metalloproteinses-2 and -9 [MMP-2 and -9]) in relationship to an antigrowth factor [myostatin (MSTN)] known to be dysregulated in relation to HFD-induced obesity (HFDIO) propensity. In vitro and ex vivo analyses demonstrated that MMP-9 increased mature MSTN levels, indicating a potential role of gelatinases in MSTN activation in vivo. HFD intake resulted in increased body weight and circulating blood glucose values in C57BL/6J and MMP-9 null mice, with no changes observed in SWR/J mice. HFD intake attenuated MMP-9 and MMP-2 mRNA levels in SWR/J mice while elevating MMP-2 levels in skeletal muscle in C57BL/6J mice. In MMP-9 null mice, the effects of HFD intake were muted. Consistent with changes in mRNA levels, HFD intake increased MMP-9 activity in muscle tissue of C57BL/6J mice, demonstrating a strong relationship between HFDIO susceptibility and local MMP regulation. Overall, resistance to HFDIO appears to correspond to low MMP-9 and MSTN levels, suggesting a role of MMP-9 in MSTN activation in local tissue responses to HFD intake.
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- Peggy R Biga
- Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA.
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Meyer BM, Froehlich JM, Galt NJ, Biga PR. Inbred strains of zebrafish exhibit variation in growth performance and myostatin expression following fasting. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2012; 164:1-9. [PMID: 23047051 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2012] [Revised: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Although the zebrafish (Danio rerio) has been widely utilized as a model organism for several decades, there is little information available on physiological variation underlying genetic variation among the most commonly used inbred strains. This study evaluated growth performance using physiological and molecular markers of growth in response to fasting in six commonly used zebrafish strains [AB, TU, TL, SJA, WIK, and petstore (PET) zebrafish]. Fasting resulted in a standard decrease in whole blood glucose levels, a typical vertebrate glucose metabolism pattern, in AB, PET, TL, and TU zebrafish strains. Alternatively, fasting did not affect glucose levels in SJA and WIK zebrafish strains. Similarly, fasting had no effect on myostatin mRNA levels in AB, PET, TU, and WIK zebrafish strains, but decreased myostatin-1 and -2 mRNA levels in SJA zebrafish. Consistent with previous work, fasting increased myostatin-2 mRNA levels in TL zebrafish. These data demonstrate that variation is present in growth performance between commonly used inbred strains of zebrafish. These data can help future research endeavors by highlighting the attributes of each strain with regard to growth performance so that the most fitting strain may be utilized.
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- Ben M Meyer
- Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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Vollmer RR, Cai HM, Miedlar JA, Amico JA. Voluntary sodium ingestion in wild-type and oxytocin knockout mice. Clin Exp Hypertens 2012; 35:167-74. [PMID: 22784207 DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2012.702836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Oxytocin knockout (OT KO) mice acutely consume inappropriate amounts of sodium following overnight water deprivation suggesting that oxytocinergic neurons inhibit excessive sodium ingestion (Amico JA, Morris M, Vollmer RR. Mice deficient in oxytocin manifest increased saline consumption following overnight fluid deprivation. Am J Physiol - Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001; 281:R1368-R1373). This study sought to determine whether oxytocin (OT) provides long-term regulation of voluntary sodium ingestion. Wild-type (WT) and oxytocin knockout male mice were provided choices between diets or drinking solutions that differed in their sodium content. Mice were given access for 1 week to two diets, one containing low sodium (0.01% sodium chloride [NaCl]) content and a second containing a normal sodium (1.0% NaCl) content. During the second week, the animals were given a choice between a low sodium diet and a high sodium (8.0% NaCl) diet. In the second week, mice consumed 4 times more sodium; however, there were no differences between WT and OT KO mice. In a second experiment, mice had access to a two-bottle choice of tap water and a 0.5 M NaCl solution made palatable by the addition of a 4.1% Intralipid emulsion. Both genotypes consumed large, but equivalent, volumes of the Intralipid/sodium solution. The ingestion of this sodium-rich solution stimulated thirst and enhanced the intake of water. Thus, the availability of palatable sodium-rich food or solutions can lead to excessive voluntary sodium ingestion. Compared with oxytocin knockout mice, enhanced voluntary ingestion of sodium-rich solid and liquid diets proceeded unimpeded in WT mice. Therefore, OT pathways may not be essential for regulating solute intake in this setting.
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- Regis R Vollmer
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Giardino WJ, Cote DM, Li J, Ryabinin AE. Characterization of Genetic Differences within the Centrally Projecting Edinger-Westphal Nucleus of C57BL/6J and DBA/2J Mice by Expression Profiling. Front Neuroanat 2012; 6:22. [PMID: 22347848 PMCID: PMC3278674 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Detailed examination of the midbrain Edinger–Westphal (EW) nucleus revealed the existence of two distinct nuclei. One population of EW preganglionic (EWpg) neurons was found to control oculomotor functions, and a separate population of EW centrally projecting (EWcp) neurons was found to contain stress- and feeding-related neuropeptides. Although it has been shown that EWcp neurons are highly responsive to drugs of abuse and behavioral stress, a genetic characterization of the EWcp was needed. To identify genetic differences in the EWcp of inbred mouse strains that differ in behaviors relevant to EWcp function, we used publicly available tools from the Allen Brain Atlas to identify 68 transcripts that were selectively expressed in the EWcp, and examined their expression within tissue punch microdissection samples containing the EWcp of adult male C57BL/6J (B6) and DBA/2J (D2) mice. Using 96-well quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) arrays that included the EWcp-specific genes, several other genes of interest, and five housekeeping genes, we identified strain differences in expression of 11 EWcp-specific genes (BC023892, Btg3, Bves, Cart, Cck, Ghsr, Neto1, Postn, Ptprn, Rcn1, and Ucn), two immediate early genes (Egr1 and Fos), and one dopamine-related gene (Drd5). All significant expression differences were greater in B6 vs. D2 mice, and several of these were verified either at the protein level using immunohistochemistry (IHC) or in silico using microarray data sets from whole brain and other brain areas. These results demonstrate a significant advance in our understanding of the EWcp on three levels. First, we generated a list of EWcp-specific genes (most of which had not yet been reported within the EWcp in the literature) that will be informative for future studies of EWcp function. Second, due to similarity in results from qPCR and IHC, we revealed that strain differences in basal EWcp neuropeptide content are accounted for by differential transcription and number of peptidergic neurons, rather than by differential rates of peptide release. And third, our identification of differentially expressed EWcp-specific genes between B6 and D2 mice may hold powerful insight into the neurogenetic contributions of the EWcp to stress- and addiction-related behaviors.
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- William J Giardino
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR, USA
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Pinhas A, Aviel M, Koen M, Gurgov S, Acosta V, Israel M, Kakuriev L, Guskova E, Fuzailov I, Touzani K, Sclafani A, Bodnar RJ. Strain differences in sucrose- and fructose-conditioned flavor preferences in mice. Physiol Behav 2012; 105:451-9. [PMID: 21945373 PMCID: PMC3225606 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2011] [Revised: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Genetic factors strongly influence the intake and preference for sugar and saccharin solutions in inbred mouse strains. The present study determined if genetic variance also influences the learned preferences for flavors added to sugar solutions. Conditioned flavor preferences (CFPs) are produced in rodents by adding a flavor (CS+) to a sugar solution and a different flavor (CS-) to a saccharin solution (CS-) in one-bottle training trials; the CS+ is subsequently preferred to the CS- when both are presented in saccharin solutions in two-bottle tests. With some sugars (e.g., sucrose), flavor preferences are reinforced by both sweet taste and post-oral nutrient effects, whereas with other sugars (e.g., fructose), sweet taste is the primary reinforcer. Sucrose and fructose were used in three experiments to condition flavor preferences in one outbred (CD-1) and eight inbred strains which have "sensitive" (SWR/J, SJL/J, C57BL/10J, C57BL/6J) or "sub-sensitive" (DBA/2J, BALB/cJ, C3H/HeJ, 129P3/J) sweet taste receptors (T1R2/T1R3). Food-restricted mice of each strain were trained (1 h/day) to drink flavored 16% sucrose (CS+ 16S, Experiment 1), 16% fructose (CS+ 16F, Experiment 2) or 8% fructose+0.2% saccharin (CS+ 8F, Experiment 3) solutions on five alternate days and a differently flavored saccharin solution (0.05% or 0.2%, CS-) on the other five alternating days. The CS+ and CS- flavors were presented in 0.2% saccharin for two-bottle testing over six days. All strains preferred the CS+ 16S to CS- although there were significant strain differences in the magnitude and persistence of the sucrose preference. The strains also differed in the magnitude and persistence of preferences for the CS+ 16F and CS+ 8F flavors over the CS- with two strains failing to prefer the fructose-paired flavors. Sucrose conditioned stronger preferences than did fructose which is attributed to differences in the taste and post-oral actions of the sugars. These differential training intakes may not have influenced the sucrose-CFP because of the post-oral reinforcing actions of sucrose. Overall, sweet sensitive and sub-sensitive mice did not differ in sucrose-CFP, but unexpectedly, the sub-sensitive mice displayed stronger fructose-CFP. This may be related to differential training intakes of CS+ and CS- solutions: sweet sensitive mice consumed more CS- than CS+ during training while sub-sensitive mice consumed more CS+.
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- Alexander Pinhas
- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Brooklyn Colleges, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Brooklyn Colleges, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Department of Neuropsychology, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Department of Cognition, Brain and Behavior, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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- Department of Psychology, Queens, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Department of Neuropsychology, Doctoral Sub-Programs, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Lyons JA, Haring JS, Biga PR. Myostatin expression, lymphocyte population, and potential cytokine production correlate with predisposition to high-fat diet induced obesity in mice. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12928. [PMID: 20877574 PMCID: PMC2943928 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2009] [Accepted: 08/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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A strong relationship exists between increased inflammatory cytokines and muscle insulin resistance in obesity. This study focused on identifying a relationship between metabolic propensity and myostatin expression in muscle and spleen cells in response to high-fat diet intake. Using a comparative approach, we analyzed the effects of high-fat diet intake on myostatin and follistatin expression, spleen cell composition, and potential cytokine expression in high-fat diet induced obesity (HFDIO) resistant (SWR/J) and susceptible (C57BL/6) mice models. Results demonstrated overall increased myostatin expression in muscle following high-fat diet intake in HFDIO-susceptible mice, while myostatin expression levels decreased initially in muscle from high-fat diet fed resistant mice. In HFDIO-resistant mice, myostatin expression decreased in spleen, while myostatin increased in spleen tissue from HFDIO-susceptible mice. Proinflammatory cytokine (IL-17, IL-1β, and IFNγ) potential increased in splenocytes from HFDIO-susceptible mice. In comparison, C57BL/6 mice fed a high-fat diet exhibited higher frequencies of CD4+/CD44hi and CD8+/CD44hi cells in the spleen compared to control fed mice. Together, these results suggest that susceptibility to high-fat diet induced obesity could be influenced by local myostatin activity in a tissue-specific manner and that splenocytes exhibit differential cytokine production in a strain-dependent manner. This study sets the stage for future investigations into the interactions between growth, inflammation, and metabolism.
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- Jeri-Anne Lyons
- Department of Clinical Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
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White CL, Purpera MN, Ballard K, Morrison CD. Decreased food intake following overfeeding involves leptin-dependent and leptin-independent mechanisms. Physiol Behav 2010; 100:408-16. [PMID: 20385158 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2009] [Revised: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 04/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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After a period of forced overfeeding, many individuals actively compensate for this weight gain by reducing food intake and maintaining this state of hypophagia well into the post-overfeeding period. Our central goal is to define the mechanism underlying this adaptive reduction in food intake. When male Long Evans rats were implanted with indwelling gastric cannula and overfed a liquid low-fat (10% fat) diet for 17 days, overfed rats exhibited increased weight gain (P<0.01) but decreased food intake, and this hypophagia persisted for 4-6 days post-overfeeding (P<0.05). Leptin levels were increased 8-fold by overfeeding (P<0.01), yet returned to baseline within 2 days post-overfeeding, despite the persistent hypophagia. Energy expenditure and oxygen consumption (VO2) were increased on the first day post-overfeeding (P<0.05), but subsequently normalized prior to the normalization of food intake. Lastly, in leptin receptor deficient Obese Zucker (fa/fa) rats, overfeeding produced a significant decrease in food intake during active overfeeding. However, food intake returned to near baseline levels within one day post-overfeeding. Contrastingly, food intake remained suppressed in lean controls for 6 days post-overfeeding. Thus intact leptin signaling is not required for the decrease in food intake that occurs during overfeeding, but the ability to maintain this hypophagia is substantially impaired in the absence of leptin signaling. In addition, this post-overfeeding leptin effect appears to occur despite the fact that leptin levels normalize relatively rapidly post-overfeeding.
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- Christy L White
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
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Atalayer D, Rowland NE. Comparison of C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice in food motivation and satiety. Physiol Behav 2010; 99:679-83. [PMID: 20138902 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Revised: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Demand functions describe the relationship between the consumption of a commodity and its mean or unit price. In the first experiment, we analyzed food demand in two strains of mice (C57BL/6 and DBA/2) that differ on several behavioral dimensions, but have not been examined extensively for differences in feeding and meal patterns. Mice worked for food pellets in a continuous access closed economy in which total intake and meal patterns could be measured. A series of fixed (FUP), variable (VUP), and progressive (PUP) unit price schedules were imposed. Under all schedules, DBA/2 mice consumed significantly more food than C57BL/6, a difference that was not attributable to disparity in body weight or weight gain. The higher intake of DBA/2 mice was due predominantly to larger meal size compared with C57BL/6, with no strain difference in meal frequency. In a second experiment, strain differences in meal size were not found to correlate with anorectic sensitivity to cholecystokinin (CCK) administration, or with c-Fos expression induced by CCK in PVN, AP and NTS. Thus, DBA/2 mice were motivated to sustain a higher daily food intake and meal size than C57BL/6 under the range of demand costs employed in the present work, but this strain difference is unlikely to be due to CCK action or responsiveness.
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- Deniz Atalayer
- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2250, USA
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Genetic variance contributes to dopamine and opioid receptor antagonist-induced inhibition of intralipid (fat) intake in inbred and outbred mouse strains. Brain Res 2009; 1316:51-61. [PMID: 20026311 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Revised: 12/02/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Preference for and intake of solid and emulsified fat (intralipid) solutions vary across different mouse strains. Fat intake in rodents is inhibited by dopamine and opioid receptor antagonists, but any variation in these responses as a function of genetic background is unknown. Therefore, the present study compared the ability of dopamine D1-like (SCH23390) and general opioid (naltrexone) receptor antagonism to alter intake of fat emulsions (intralipid) in mice. Two-hour intakes of 5% intralipid were measured (5-120 min) in seven inbred (BALB/c, C57BL/6, C57BL/10, DBA/2, SJL, SWR, 129P3) and one outbred (CD-1) mouse strains following treatment with vehicle, SCH23390 (50-1600 nmol/kg, ip) and naltrexone (0.001-5 mg/kg, sc). SCH23390 significantly, dose-dependently and differentially reduced intralipid intake at all five (DBA/2, SWR, CD-1), four (SJL, C57BL/6), three (129P3) and one (C57BL/10) of the doses tested, but failed to affect intralipid intake in BALB/c mice. Naltrexone significantly, dose-dependently and differentially reduced intralipid intake at all four (DBA/2), three (SWR, SJL), two (CD-1, C57BL/10) and one (C57BL/6, 129P3) of the doses tested, and also failed to affect intralipid intake in BALB/cJ mice. SCH23390 and naltrexone were respectively 13.3-fold and 9.3-fold more potent in inhibiting intralipid intake in the most sensitive (DBA/2) relative to the least sensitive (BALB/c) mouse strains. A strong positive relationship (r=0.91) was observed for the abilities of SCH23390 and naltrexone to inhibit intralipid intake across strains. These findings indicate that dopaminergic and opioid signaling mechanisms differentially control intralipid intake across different mouse strains, suggesting important genetic and pharmacological interactions in the short-term control of rewarding and post-ingestive consequences of fat intake.
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de Krom M, Bauer F, Collier D, Adan RAH, la Fleur SE. Genetic variation and effects on human eating behavior. Annu Rev Nutr 2009; 29:283-304. [PMID: 19400703 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-080508-141124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Feeding is a physiological process, influenced by genetic factors and the environment. In recent years, many studies have been performed to unravel the involvement of genetics in both eating behavior and its pathological forms: eating disorders and obesity. In this review, we provide a condensed introduction on the neurological aspects of eating and we describe the current status of research into the genetics of eating behavior, primarily focused on specific traits such as taste, satiation, and hunger. This is followed by an overview on the genetic studies done to unravel the heritable background of obesity and eating disorders. We examine the discussion currently taking place in the field of genetics of complex disorders and phenotypes on how to perform good and powerful studies, with the use of large-scale whole-genome association studies as one of the possible solutions. In the final part of this review, we give our view on the latest developments, including endophenotype approaches and animal studies. Studies of endophenotypes of eating behavior may help to identify core traits that are genetically influenced. Such studies would yield important knowledge on the underlying biological scaffold on which diagnostic criteria for eating disorders could be based and would provide information to influence eating behavior toward healthier living.
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- Mariken de Krom
- Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Dietary oils such as corn oil, olive oil, and canola oil, which primarily contain triacylglycerol and small quantities of fatty acids, are highly palatable to animals. In a previous study, we examined the short-term (60 s) licking behavior of mice and observed that they exhibited a high licking response to a low concentration of fatty acid (linoleic acid), which is comparable to that observed for pure corn oil. This finding suggests that fatty acids contribute to the palatability of dietary oils. In order to supplement our knowledge of the fundamental features of fatty acid palatability in the oral cavity, we assessed the licking behavior of BALB/c mice to investigate the palatability of various types of long-chain fatty acids. The mice showed high licking responses to 1% unsaturated 16- and 18-carbon fatty acids (palmitoleic acid, 16:1; oleic acid, 18:1; linoleic acid, 18:2; and linolenic acid, 18:3), low licking responses to 16- and 20-carbon fatty acids (palmitic acid, 16:0 and arachidonic acid, 20:4), and no significant response to saturated fatty acids (stearic acid, 18:0 and arachidic acid, 20:0) or fatty acid derivatives (methyl linoleate and linole alcohol). Additionally, there were differences in the palatability of 18-carbon unsaturated fatty acids at very low concentrations. At fatty acid concentrations of 0.04% and 0.0625%, the mice showed significant preference for linoleic acid and linolenic acid, but not oleic acid, when compared with mineral oil. These results suggest that mice show high licking responses to 16- and 18-carbon unsaturated long-chain fatty acids at low concentrations. Further, we suggest that sensitivity to fatty acids is affected by the saturated state of the fatty acid, carbon chain length, and terminal carboxyl group.
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Aldinger KA, Sokoloff G, Rosenberg DM, Palmer AA, Millen KJ. Genetic variation and population substructure in outbred CD-1 mice: implications for genome-wide association studies. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4729. [PMID: 19266100 PMCID: PMC2649211 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2008] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Outbred laboratory mouse populations are widely used in biomedical research. Since little is known about the degree of genetic variation present in these populations, they are not widely used for genetic studies. Commercially available outbred CD-1 mice are drawn from an extremely large breeding population that has accumulated many recombination events, which is desirable for genome-wide association studies. We therefore examined the degree of genome-wide variation within CD-1 mice to investigate their suitability for genetic studies. The CD-1 mouse genome displays patterns of linkage disequilibrium and heterogeneity similar to wild-caught mice. Population substructure and phenotypic differences were observed among CD-1 mice obtained from different breeding facilities. Differences in genetic variation among CD-1 mice from distinct facilities were similar to genetic differences detected between closely related human populations, consistent with a founder effect. This first large-scale genetic analysis of the outbred CD-1 mouse strain provides important considerations for the design and analysis of genetic studies in CD-1 mice.
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- Kimberly A. Aldinger
- Committee on Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Committee on Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Committee on Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Committee on Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Food intake of humans is governed by the food's nutritional value and pleasing taste, but also by other factors such as food cost and availability, cultural imperatives, and social status. The biological determinants of human food intake are not easily parsed from these other factors, making them hard to study against the whirligig aspects of human life in a modern age. The study of animals provides a useful alternative. Humans have a history of studying animal food intake, for agricultural reasons (e.g., pigs and cows), and for personal reasons (e.g., dogs and cats), and these practical concerns have been joined with the appreciation that other models can teach us the principles of behavior, genetics, and nutrition. Thus there is a steady use of the traditional animal models in this type of research, as well as growth in the use of other systems such as worms and flies. Rats and mice occupy a special niche as animal models for two reasons; first, they share with humans a love of the same types of food, and second, they are the target of a number of well-developed genetic tools. The available genetic tools that make mice a popular model include a well-annotated genome (Mouse Build 37), profiles of RNA expression from many tissues, a diverse panel of inbred strains, and the ability to manipulate genes in the whole animal, including removing a gene only in specific tissues (e.g., Cre-lox system). Mice have been harnessed to find genotypes that contribute to sweet-liking, and other studies are underway to understand how genetic variation might at least partially explain other puzzles of human appetites. Animal models provide a way to study the genetic determinants of food selection with experimental rigor and therefore complement human genetics studies.
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- Danielle R Reed
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Contribution of orosensory stimulation to strain differences in oil intake by mice. Physiol Behav 2008; 95:476-83. [PMID: 18691606 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2008] [Revised: 07/10/2008] [Accepted: 07/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Little is known about why animals differ in daily intake of oils. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the oral acceptability of oil is a key determinant of daily intake. To this end, we examined short- and long-term ingestive responses of eight mouse strains (FVB/NJ, SWR/J, SM/J, C57BL/6J, BALB/cJ, 129P3/J, DBA/2J and AKR/J) to Intralipid, a stable emulsion of soybean oil. In Experiment 1, we compared orosensory responsiveness (as indicated by initial licking rates) of eight mouse strains to a range of concentrations of Intralipid and sucrose. We included sucrose because there are two natural alleles of Tas1r3 (the gene that encodes the T1R3 sweet taste receptor), and strains with the Tas1r3Sac-b allele exhibit higher daily intake of sucrose and oil than strains with the Tas1r3Sac-d allele. All strains exhibited concentration-dependent increases in lick rates for both sucrose and Intralipid, but the extent of these increases varied greatly across strains. The strains with the Tas1r3Sac-b allele licked more vigorously for sucrose at concentrations < or =0.3 M, but not for Intralipid at any concentration. In Experiment 2, we ran the mice through 24-h preference tests, in which they had a choice between water and each of four concentrations of Intralipid (1, 5, 10 and 20%). The strains differed greatly in daily intake of Intralipid, particularly at the 1 and 5% concentrations. Regression analyses revealed that strain differences in orosensory responsiveness reliably predicted strain differences in daily intake of 1 and 5% Intralipid, but not 10 or 20% Intralipid. These findings indicate (i) that Tas1r3 genotype does not modulate orosensory stimulation from oil, (ii) that orosensory stimulation contributes to strain differences in daily intake of dilute oil emulsions, but not concentrated ones, and (iii) that daily intake of concentrated oil emulsions is controlled primarily by post-oral satiety mechanisms.
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Tordoff MG, Alarcon LK, Lawler MP. Preferences of 14 rat strains for 17 taste compounds. Physiol Behav 2008; 95:308-32. [PMID: 18639567 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2008] [Revised: 06/16/2008] [Accepted: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Two-bottle choice tests were used to assess the taste preferences of 8 male and 8 female rats from 3 outbred strains (SD, LE, WI) and 11 inbred strains (BN, BUF, COP, DA, Dahl-S, F344, FHH, LEW, Noble, PVG, SHR). Each rat received a series of 109 48-h tests with a choice between water and a "taste solution". Four to eight concentrations of the following compounds were tested: NaCl, CaCl2, NH4Cl, KCl, MgCl2, saccharin, sucrose, ethanol, HCl, citric acid, quinine hydrochloride (QHCl), caffeine, denatonium, monosodium glutamate (MSG), Polycose, corn oil, and capsaicin. Strain differences (p<0.001) were observed in preferences for at least one concentration of all compounds tested except denatonium (p=0.0015). There were also strain differences in the following ancillary measures: fungiform papillae number, water intake, food intake, and body weight. There were sex differences in food intake and body weight but no concerted sex differences in any of the other measures, including preferences for any taste solution. This comprehensive source of information can be used to guide the choice of appropriate rat strains and taste solution concentrations for future genetic studies.
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- Michael G Tordoff
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308, USA.
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Morrison CD. Leptin resistance and the response to positive energy balance. Physiol Behav 2008; 94:660-3. [PMID: 18508097 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2008] [Accepted: 04/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Animals readily reduce food intake and normalize body weight following a period of involuntary overfeeding, suggesting that regulatory systems are engaged to defend against excess weight gain. However, these data exist in the background of an ongoing obesity epidemic, where the ready availability of palatable, energy dense foods often leads to obesity. Currently we know very little about the mechanisms underlying the normalization of body weight following involuntary overfeeding, nor do we fully understand why select individuals successfully remain lean despite living in an obesigenic environment. Recent progress in the study of leptin signaling indicates that manipulations which enhance leptin sensitivity reduce food intake and attenuate diet-induced obesity, while reductions in leptin signaling predispose to obesity. While it remains unclear whether a failure or insufficiency in the weight regulatory system contributes to obesity, this work highlights the importance of this system for the regulation of body weight and its potential value for the treatment of obesity. Nonetheless, it is necessary to more clearly identify those mechanisms that protect lean individuals from weight gain and mediate the normalization of body weight that follows involuntary overfeeding, because it is only with this knowledge that we can clearly determine whether obesity is dependent on, or independent of, a failure in the weight regulatory system.
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Yoneda T, Taka Y, Okamura M, Mizushige T, Matsumura S, Manabe Y, Tsuzuki S, Inoue K, Fushiki T. Reinforcing effect for corn oil stimulus was concentration dependent in an operant task in mice. Life Sci 2007; 81:1585-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2007] [Revised: 09/20/2007] [Accepted: 09/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sclafani A, Zukerman S, Glendinning JI, Margolskee RF. Fat and carbohydrate preferences in mice: the contribution of alpha-gustducin and Trpm5 taste-signaling proteins. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R1504-13. [PMID: 17652359 PMCID: PMC2375390 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00364.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Trpm5 and alpha-gustducin are key to the transduction of tastes of sugars, amino acids, and bitter compounds. This study investigated the role of these signaling proteins in the preference for fat, starch, and starch-derived polysaccharides (Polycose), using Trpm5 knockout (Trpm5 KO) and alpha-gustducin knockout (Gust KO) mice. In initial two-bottle tests (24 h/day), Trpm5 KO mice showed no preference for soybean oil emulsions (0.313-2.5%), Polycose solutions (0.5-4%), or starch suspensions (0.5-4%). Gust KO mice displayed an attenuated preference for Polycose, but their preferences for soybean oil and starch were comparable to those of C57BL/6J wild-type (WT) mice. Gust KO mice preferred starch to Polycose, whereas WT mice had the opposite preference. After extensive experience with soybean oil emulsions (Intralipid) and Polycose solutions, the Trpm5 KO mice developed preferences comparable to the WT mice, although their absolute intakes remained suppressed. Similarly, Gust KO mice developed a strong Polycose preference with experience, but they continued to consume less than the WT mice. These results implicate alpha-gustducin and Trpm5 as mediators of polysaccharide taste and Trpm5 in fat taste. The disruption in Polycose, but not starch, preference in Gust KO mice indicates that distinct sensory signaling pathways mediate the response to these carbohydrates. The experience-induced rescue of fat and Polycose preferences in the KO mice likely reflects the action of a postoral-conditioning mechanism, which functions in the absence of alpha-gustducin and Trpm5.
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- Anthony Sclafani
- Dept. of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA.
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Miedlar JA, Rinaman L, Vollmer RR, Amico JA. Oxytocin gene deletion mice overconsume palatable sucrose solution but not palatable lipid emulsions. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R1063-8. [PMID: 17596329 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00228.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We previously reported that oxytocin knockout (OT KO) mice display markedly enhanced intake of sweet and nonsweet carbohydrate solutions compared with intake by wild-type (WT) mice of the same background strain. The present study was conducted to determine whether OT KO mice demonstrate enhanced intake of Intralipid, a palatable lipid emulsion. Male or female mice of both genotypes that were naive to the test solution were given continuous two-bottle access to Intralipid and water with food available ad libitum for 3 days. Throughout the experiment, mice of both genotypes showed a marked preference for Intralipid over water. On the 1st day, OT KO mice displayed twofold greater preference and consumed nearly twice as much Intralipid compared with WT cohorts. However, on subsequent days of exposure, Intralipid preference and intake did not differ between genotypes over a range of lipid concentrations presented in descending or ascending order. Daily and hourly measures of lipid vs. sucrose intake confirmed that OT KO mice consumed more sucrose solution, but not lipid emulsion, than WT mice. During ad libitum access to Intralipid, both genotypes consumed significantly more calories from the emulsion as concentration increased. Both genotypes maintained consistent total daily caloric intake (lipid plus chow) and compensated by decreasing chow intake over the course of the study. These findings, coupled with prior reports from our laboratory, support the view that OT signaling pathways participate in limiting intake of palatable carbohydrate-containing solutions, but do not appear to play a role in limiting intake of Intralipid.
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- J A Miedlar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 540 Salk Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Sclafani A. Fat and sugar flavor preference and acceptance in C57BL/6J and 129 mice: Experience attenuates strain differences. Physiol Behav 2007; 90:602-11. [PMID: 17210165 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2006] [Revised: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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C57BL/6J (B6) mice display stronger preference and acceptance for various sweeteners than do 129 mice (129P3/J, 129X1/SvJ). The present experiment compared the preference of these strains for fat flavor as well as sweet taste using 24-h two-bottle preference tests. Fat flavor preference was evaluated using non-nutritive (olestra) and nutritive (Intralipid) oil emulsions. In initial oil vs. water tests olestra preference and intake were greater in B6 mice than 129 mice. Similar strain differences were obtained with low (0.313%-5%) but not high (10%-20%) Intralipid concentrations. When retested with Intralipid the B6 and 129 mice showed strong (>90%) preferences for the nutritive oil although B6 mice still consumed more oil at low concentrations. A second olestra test revealed increased oil preference and acceptance in B6 and 129X1/SvJ mice while 129P3/J mice still did not prefer olestra to water. Sweetener tests revealed stronger saccharin and sucrose preferences in B6 mice than in 129 mice. These strain differences in sweetener preference disappeared when the mice were retested with sucrose and saccharin. However, B6 mice continued to consume more saccharin and sucrose (at low concentrations) than did 129 mice. The profile of strain differences for non-nutritive and nutritive oils was similar to those observed for non-nutritive and nutritive sweeteners. The differential sweetener preferences of B6 and 129 mice is explained by differences in their sweet taste receptors but why the strains also differ in their initial fat flavor preference is not clear. The experientially-induced increases in oil and sweetener preferences displayed by the mice are attributed to the post-oral actions of Intralipid and sucrose. These findings along with intragastric infusion data suggest that B6 and 129 mice differ in their oral but not their post-oral response to fat and sugar.
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- Anthony Sclafani
- Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College and the Graduate School, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889, USA.
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Sclafani A, Rinaman L, Vollmer RR, Amico JA. Oxytocin knockout mice demonstrate enhanced intake of sweet and nonsweet carbohydrate solutions. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 292:R1828-33. [PMID: 17272659 PMCID: PMC2360481 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00826.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oxytocin knockout (OT KO) mice display enhanced intake of nutritive and nonnutritive sweet solutions (i.e., sucrose and saccharin) compared with wild-type (WT) mice of the same C57BL/6 background strain. The present study further investigated the differential behavioral response of OT KO and WT mice to sucrose solutions and also examined intake preferences of OT KO and WT mice for palatable but nonsweet isocaloric solutions of carbohydrate and fat. A progressive ratio operant licking procedure demonstrated that OT KO and WT mice display a similar motivational drive to consume 10% sucrose. A series of two-bottle intake tests revealed that OT KO mice consume significantly larger amounts of both sweet and nonsweet carbohydrate solutions (i.e., sucrose, Polycose, and cornstarch) compared with WT cohorts. Intake pattern analyses revealed that OT KO mice overconsume carbohydrate solutions by initiating more drinking bouts compared with WT mice; bout sizes did not differ between the genotypes. In contrast, OT KO and WT mice did not differ in their intake of Intralipid, a palatable soybean oil emulsion. These findings indicate that the absence of OT in mice does not affect their appetitive drive to consume palatable sucrose solutions. Instead, the absence of OT may increase daily intake of palatable sweet and nonsweet solutions of carbohydrate (but not fat) by selectively blunting or masking processes that contribute to postingestive satiety.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anthony Sclafani
- Department of Psychology, City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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