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Park S, Oh S, Kim N, Kim EK. HMBA ameliorates obesity by MYH9- and ACTG1-dependent regulation of hypothalamic neuropeptides. EMBO Mol Med 2023; 15:e18024. [PMID: 37984341 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.202318024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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The global epidemic of obesity remains a daunting problem. Here, we report hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA) as a potent anti-obesity compound. Peripheral and central administration of HMBA to diet-induced obese mice regulated the expression of hypothalamic neuropeptides critical for energy balance, leading to beneficial metabolic effects such as anorexia and weight loss. We found that HMBA bound to MYH9 and ACTG1, which were required for the anti-obesity effects of HMBA in both NPY-expressing and POMC-expressing neurons. The binding of HMBA to MYH9 and ACTG1 elevated the expression of HEXIM1 and enhanced its interaction with MDM2, resulting in the dissociation of the HEXIM1-p53 complex in hypothalamic cells. Subsequently, the free HEXIM1 and p53 translocated to the nucleus, where they downregulated the transcription of orexigenic NPY, but p53 and acetylated histone 3 upregulated that of anorexigenic POMC. Our study points to a previously unappreciated efficacy of HMBA and reveals its mechanism of action in metabolic regulation, which may propose HMBA as a potential therapeutic strategy for obesity.
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- Seokjae Park
- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, Korea
- Neurometabolomics Research Center, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, Korea
- Neurometabolomics Research Center, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, Korea
- Neurometabolomics Research Center, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, Korea
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Herb BR, Glover HJ, Bhaduri A, Colantuoni C, Bale TL, Siletti K, Hodge R, Lein E, Kriegstein AR, Doege CA, Ament SA. Single-cell genomics reveals region-specific developmental trajectories underlying neuronal diversity in the human hypothalamus. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadf6251. [PMID: 37939194 PMCID: PMC10631741 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf6251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
Abstract
The development and diversity of neuronal subtypes in the human hypothalamus has been insufficiently characterized. To address this, we integrated transcriptomic data from 241,096 cells (126,840 newly generated) in the prenatal and adult human hypothalamus to reveal a temporal trajectory from proliferative stem cell populations to mature hypothalamic cell types. Iterative clustering of the adult neurons identified 108 robust transcriptionally distinct neuronal subtypes representing 10 hypothalamic nuclei. Pseudotime trajectories provided insights into the genes driving formation of these nuclei. Comparisons to single-cell transcriptomic data from the mouse hypothalamus suggested extensive conservation of neuronal subtypes despite certain differences in species-enriched gene expression. The uniqueness of hypothalamic neuronal lineages was examined developmentally by comparing excitatory lineages present in cortex and inhibitory lineages in ganglionic eminence, revealing both distinct and shared drivers of neuronal maturation across the human forebrain. These results provide a comprehensive transcriptomic view of human hypothalamus development through gestation and adulthood at cellular resolution.
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- Brian R. Herb
- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- UM-MIND, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- UM-MIND, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Silveira MA, Drotos AC, Pirrone TM, Versalle TS, Bock A, Roberts MT. Neuropeptide Y Signaling Regulates Recurrent Excitation in the Auditory Midbrain. J Neurosci 2023; 43:7626-7641. [PMID: 37704372 PMCID: PMC10634549 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0900-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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Neuropeptides play key roles in shaping the organization and function of neuronal circuits. In the inferior colliculus (IC), which is in the auditory midbrain, Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is expressed by a class of GABAergic neurons that project locally and outside the IC. Most neurons in the IC have local axon collaterals; however, the organization and function of local circuits in the IC remain unknown. We previously found that excitatory neurons in the IC can express the NPY Y1 receptor (Y1R+) and application of the Y1R agonist, [Leu31, Pro34]-NPY (LP-NPY), decreases the excitability of Y1R+ neurons. As NPY signaling regulates recurrent excitation in other brain regions, we hypothesized that Y1R+ neurons form interconnected local circuits in the IC and that NPY decreases the strength of recurrent excitation in these circuits. To test this hypothesis, we used optogenetics to activate Y1R+ neurons in mice of both sexes while recording from other neurons in the ipsilateral IC. We found that nearly 80% of glutamatergic IC neurons express the Y1 receptor, providing extensive opportunities for NPY signaling to regulate local circuits. Additionally, Y1R+ neuron synapses exhibited modest short-term synaptic plasticity, suggesting that local excitatory circuits maintain their influence over computations during sustained stimuli. We further found that application of LP-NPY decreased recurrent excitation in the IC, suggesting that NPY signaling strongly regulates local circuit function in the auditory midbrain. Our findings show that Y1R+ excitatory neurons form interconnected local circuits in the IC, and their influence over local circuits is regulated by NPY signaling.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Local networks play fundamental roles in shaping neuronal computations in the brain. The IC, localized in the auditory midbrain, plays an essential role in sound processing, but the organization of local circuits in the IC is largely unknown. Here, we show that IC neurons that express the Neuropeptide Y1 receptor (Y1R+ neurons) make up most of the excitatory neurons in the IC and form interconnected local circuits. Additionally, we found that NPY, which is a powerful neuromodulator known to shape neuronal activity in other brain regions, decreases the extensive recurrent excitation mediated by Y1R+ neurons in local IC circuits. Thus, our results suggest that local NPY signaling is a key regulator of auditory computations in the IC.
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- Marina A Silveira
- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Gui Y, Dahir NS, Wu Y, Downing G, Sweeney P, Cone RD. Melanocortin-3 receptor expression in AgRP neurons is required for normal activation of the neurons in response to energy deficiency. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113188. [PMID: 37792535 PMCID: PMC10728878 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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The melanocortin-3 receptor (MC3R) is a negative regulator of the central melanocortin circuitry via presynaptic expression on agouti-related protein (AgRP) nerve terminals, from where it regulates GABA release onto secondary MC4R-expressing neurons. However, MC3R knockout (KO) mice also exhibit defective behavioral and neuroendocrine responses to fasting. Here, we demonstrate that MC3R KO mice exhibit defective activation of AgRP neurons in response to fasting, cold exposure, or ghrelin while exhibiting normal inhibition of AgRP neurons by sensory detection of food in the ad libitum-fed state. Using a conditional MC3R KO model, we show that the control of AgRP neuron activation by fasting and ghrelin requires the specific presence of MC3R within AgRP neurons. Thus, MC3R is a crucial player in the responsiveness of the AgRP soma to both hormonal and neuronal signals of energy need.
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- Yijun Gui
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801-3633, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA.
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Mansano NDS, Vieira HR, Araujo-Lopes R, Szawka RE, Donato J, Frazao R. Fasting Modulates GABAergic Synaptic Transmission to Arcuate Kisspeptin Neurons in Female Mice. Endocrinology 2023; 164:bqad150. [PMID: 37793082 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqad150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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It is well-established that the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis is suppressed due to negative energy balance. However, less information is available on whether kisspeptin neuronal activity contributes to fasting-induced responses. In the present study, female and male mice were fasted for 24 hours or provided food ad libitum (fed group) to determine whether acute fasting is sufficient to modulate kisspeptin neuronal activity. In female mice, fasting attenuated luteinizing hormone (LH) and prolactin (PRL) serum levels and increased follicle-stimulating hormone levels compared with the fed group. In contrast, fasting did not affect gonadotropin or PRL secretion in male mice. By measuring genes related to LH pulse generation in micropunches obtained from the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH), we observed that fasting reduced Kiss1 mRNA levels in female and male mice. In contrast, Pdyn expression was upregulated only in fasted female mice, whereas no changes in the Tac2 mRNA levels were observed in both sexes. Interestingly, the frequency and amplitude of the GABAergic postsynaptic currents recorded from ARH kisspeptin neurons (ARHKisspeptin) were reduced in 24-hour fasted female mice but not in males. Additionally, neuropeptide Y induced a hyperpolarization in the resting membrane potential of ARHKisspeptin neurons of fed female mice but not in males. Thus, the response of ARHKisspeptin neurons to fasting is sexually dependent with a female bias, associated with changes in gonadotropins and PRL secretion. Our findings suggest that GABAergic transmission to ARHKisspeptin neurons modulates the activity of the HPG axis during situations of negative energy balance.
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- Naira da Silva Mansano
- Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Departamento de Anatomia, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
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- Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Departamento de Anatomia, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofisica, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofisica, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
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- Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Departamento de Anatomia, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
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Qian T, Wang H, Xia X, Li Y. Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2023; 81:102751. [PMID: 37487399 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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Neuropeptides comprise the most diverse category of neurochemicals in the brain, playing critical roles in a wide range of physiological and pathophysiological processes. Monitoring neuropeptides with high spatial and temporal resolution is essential for understanding how peptidergic transmission is regulated throughout the central nervous system. In this review, we provide an overview of current non-optical and optical approaches used to detect neuropeptides, including their design principles, intrinsic properties, and potential limitations. We also highlight the advantages of using G protein‒coupled receptor (GPCR) activation‒based (GRAB) sensors to monitor neuropeptides in vivo with high sensitivity, good specificity, and high spatiotemporal resolution. Finally, we present a promising outlook regarding the development and optimization of new GRAB neuropeptide sensors, as well as their potential applications.
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- Tongrui Qian
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, 100871, China; PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, 100871, China; PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, 100871, China; PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 100871, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, 100871, China; PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 100871, China; Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 102206, China; National Biomedical Imaging Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Gui Y, Dahir NS, Downing G, Sweeney P, Cone RD. Cell autonomous regulation of the activation of AgRP neurons by the melanocortin-3 receptor. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.06.28.546874. [PMID: 37425887 PMCID: PMC10327035 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.28.546874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
Abstract
The melanocortin-3 receptor (MC3R) is a negative regulator of the central melanocortin circuitry via presynaptic expression on AgRP nerve terminals, from where it regulates GABA release onto secondary MC4R-expressing neurons. Hence, animals lacking MC3R (MC3R KO) exhibit hypersensitivity to MC4R agonists. However, MC3R KO mice also exhibit defective behavioral and neuroendocrine responses to fasting. Here, we demonstrate that MC3R KO mice exhibit defective activation of AgRP neurons in response to fasting and cold exposure, while exhibiting normal inhibition of AgRP neurons by sensory detection of food. Further, using an AgRP-specific MC3R knockout model, we show that the control of AgRP neuron activation by MC3R is cell-autonomous. One mechanism underlying this involves the response to ghrelin, which is also blunted in mice with AgRP-specific deletion of the MC3R. Thus, MC3R is a crucial player in the control of energy homeostasis by the central melanocortin system, not only acting presynaptically on AgRP neurons, but via AgRP cell-autonomous regulation of fasting- and cold-induced neuronal activation as well.
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Silveira MA, Drotos AC, Pirrone TM, Versalle TS, Bock A, Roberts MT. Neuropeptide Y signaling regulates recurrent excitation in the auditory midbrain. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.16.540954. [PMID: 37292904 PMCID: PMC10245754 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.16.540954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Neuropeptides play key roles in shaping the organization and function of neuronal circuits. In the inferior colliculus (IC), which is located in the auditory midbrain, Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is expressed by a large class of GABAergic neurons that project locally as well as outside the IC. The IC integrates information from numerous auditory nuclei making the IC an important hub for sound processing. Most neurons in the IC have local axon collaterals, however the organization and function of local circuits in the IC remains largely unknown. We previously found that neurons in the IC can express the NPY Y1 receptor (Y 1 R + ) and application of the Y 1 R agonist, [Leu 31 , Pro 34 ]-NPY (LP-NPY), decreases the excitability of Y 1 R + neurons. To investigate how Y 1 R + neurons and NPY signaling contribute to local IC networks, we used optogenetics to activate Y 1 R + neurons while recording from other neurons in the ipsilateral IC. Here, we show that 78.4% of glutamatergic neurons in the IC express the Y1 receptor, providing extensive opportunities for NPY signaling to regulate excitation in local IC circuits. Additionally, Y 1 R + neuron synapses exhibit modest short-term synaptic plasticity, suggesting that local excitatory circuits maintain their influence over computations during sustained stimuli. We further found that application of LP-NPY decreases recurrent excitation in the IC, suggesting that NPY signaling strongly regulates local circuit function in the auditory midbrain. Together, our data show that excitatory neurons are highly interconnected in the local IC and their influence over local circuits is tightly regulated by NPY signaling.
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- Marina A. Silveira
- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
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McIlwraith EK, Belsham DD. Palmitate alters miRNA content of small extracellular vesicles secreted from NPY/AgRP-expressing hypothalamic neurons. Brain Res 2023; 1810:148367. [PMID: 37054963 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 04/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
Abstract
Exosomes (sEVs) are extracellular vesicles involved in the pathogenesis of obesity. Notably, exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as crucial mediators of communication between cells and are involved in the development of obesity. One region of the brain known to be dysregulated in obesity is the hypothalamus. It coordinates whole-body energy homeostasis through stimulation and inhibition of the orexigenic neuropeptide (NPY)/agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons and anorexigenic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons. A role for hypothalamic astrocytic exosomes in communication with POMC neurons was previously elucidated. Yet, it was unknown whether NPY/AgRP neurons secreted exosomes. We previously established that the saturated fat palmitate alters the intracellular levels of miRNAs and we now questioned whether palmitate would also alter the miRNA content of exosomal miRNAs. We found that the mHypoE-46 cell line secreted particles consistent with the size of exosomes and that palmitate altered levels of a spectrum of miRNAs associated with exosomes. The predicted KEGG pathways of the collective miRNA predicted targets included fatty acid metabolism and insulin signaling. Of note, one of these altered secreted miRNAs was miR-2137, which was also altered within the cells. We also found that while sEVs collected from the mHypoE-46 neurons increased Pomc mRNA in the mHypoA-POMC/GFP-2 cells after 48 hours, the effect was absent with sEVs isolated following palmitate treatment, indicating another potential route by which palmitate promotes obesity. Hypothalamic neuronal exosomes may therefore play a role in the control of energy homeostasis that may be disrupted in obese conditions.
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- Emma K McIlwraith
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8; Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.
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Smith NK, Kondev V, Hunt TR, Grueter BA. Neuropeptide Y modulates excitatory synaptic transmission and promotes social behavior in the mouse nucleus accumbens. Neuropharmacology 2022; 217:109201. [PMID: 35917875 PMCID: PMC9836361 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Social interactions define the human experience, but these integral behaviors are disrupted in many psychiatric disorders. Social behaviors have evolved over millennia, and neuromodulatory systems that promote social behavior in invertebrates are also present in mammalian brains. One such conserved neuromodulator, neuropeptide Y (NPY), acts through several receptors including the Y1r, Y2r, and Y5r. These receptors are present in brain regions that control social behavior, including the nucleus accumbens (NAc). However, whether NPY modulates NAc neurotransmission is unknown. Using whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology of NAc neurons, we find that multiple NPY receptors regulate excitatory synaptic transmission in a cell-type specific manner. At excitatory synapses onto D1+ MSNs, Y1r activity enhances transmission while Y2r suppresses transmission. At excitatory synapses onto D1- MSNs, Y5r activity enhances transmission while Y2r suppresses transmission. Directly infusing NPY or the Y1r agonist [Leu31, Pro34]-NPY into the NAc significantly increases social interaction with an unfamiliar conspecific. Inhibition of an enzyme that breaks down NPY, dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV), shifts the effect of NPY on D1+ MSNs to a Y1r dominated phenotype. Together, these results increase our understanding of how NPY regulates neurotransmission in the NAc and identify a novel mechanism underlying the control of social behavior. Further, they reveal a potential strategy to shift NPY signaling for therapeutic gain.
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- Nicholas K. Smith
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- College of Arts and Sciences, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN 37232, USA,Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN 37232, USA,Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN 37232, USA,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN 37232, USA,Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University; Nashville, TN, 37232, USA,Corresponding author. 1161 21st Avenue South * T4202-MCN Nashville, TN, 37232-2520, USA, (B.A. Grueter)
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Signaling pathways in obesity: mechanisms and therapeutic interventions. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:298. [PMID: 36031641 PMCID: PMC9420733 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-022-01149-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Obesity is a complex, chronic disease and global public health challenge. Characterized by excessive fat accumulation in the body, obesity sharply increases the risk of several diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and is linked to lower life expectancy. Although lifestyle intervention (diet and exercise) has remarkable effects on weight management, achieving long-term success at weight loss is extremely challenging, and the prevalence of obesity continues to rise worldwide. Over the past decades, the pathophysiology of obesity has been extensively investigated, and an increasing number of signal transduction pathways have been implicated in obesity, making it possible to fight obesity in a more effective and precise way. In this review, we summarize recent advances in the pathogenesis of obesity from both experimental and clinical studies, focusing on signaling pathways and their roles in the regulation of food intake, glucose homeostasis, adipogenesis, thermogenesis, and chronic inflammation. We also discuss the current anti-obesity drugs, as well as weight loss compounds in clinical trials, that target these signals. The evolving knowledge of signaling transduction may shed light on the future direction of obesity research, as we move into a new era of precision medicine.
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Vohra MS, Benchoula K, Serpell CJ, Hwa WE. AgRP/NPY and POMC neurons in the arcuate nucleus and their potential role in treatment of obesity. Eur J Pharmacol 2022; 915:174611. [PMID: 34798121 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Obesity is a major health crisis affecting over a third of the global population. This multifactorial disease is regulated via interoceptive neural circuits in the brain, whose alteration results in excessive body weight. Certain central neuronal populations in the brain are recognised as crucial nodes in energy homeostasis; in particular, the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) region contains two peptide microcircuits that control energy balance with antagonistic functions: agouti-related peptide/neuropeptide-Y (AgRP/NPY) signals hunger and stimulates food intake; and pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) signals satiety and reduces food intake. These neuronal peptides levels react to energy status and integrate signals from peripheral ghrelin, leptin, and insulin to regulate feeding and energy expenditure. To manage obesity comprehensively, it is crucial to understand cellular and molecular mechanisms of information processing in ARC neurons, since these regulate energy homeostasis. Importantly, a specific strategy focusing on ARC circuits needs to be devised to assist in treating obese patients and maintaining weight loss with minimal or no side effects. The aim of this review is to elucidate the recent developments in the study of AgRP-, NPY- and POMC-producing neurons, specific to their role in controlling metabolism. The impact of ghrelin, leptin, and insulin signalling via action of these neurons is also surveyed, since they also impact energy balance through this route. Lastly, we present key proteins, targeted genes, compounds, drugs, and therapies that actively work via these neurons and could potentially be used as therapeutic targets for treating obesity conditions.
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- Muhammad Sufyan Vohra
- School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, 47500, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, 47500, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- School of Physical Sciences, Ingram Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NH, United Kingdom
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, 47500, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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Β-endorphin-immunoreactive perikarya appear to receive innervation from NPY-immunoreactive fiber varicosities in the human hypothalamus. Brain Struct Funct 2021; 227:821-828. [PMID: 34716471 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02416-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Morphological and pharmacological studies indicate that hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY) and proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons communicate with each other in rats and regulate a variety of hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic functions. Indeed, electron microscopic studies revealed NPY-immunoreactive (NPI-IR) synapses on β-endorphin-IR neurons in the hypothalamus. However, no such connections have been reported in humans. Here, we studied the putative NPY-β-endorphin associations with high-resolution light microscopic double-label immunocytochemistry in the human hypothalamus. The majority of β-endorphin-IR perikarya appear to be innervated by abutting NPY-IR fibers in the infundibulum/median eminence, receiving more than 6 contacts (38% of the counted neurons) or three to six contacts (42% of the counted neurons). The rest of the β-endorphin-IR neurons are lightly innervated by NPY fibers (14%, one-three contacts) or do not receive any detectable NPY-IR axon varicosities (6% of the counted neurons). Since β-endorphin is cleaved from the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) precursor, the NPY-β-endorphin connections also provide the foundation for NPY-α-MSH and NPY-ACTH connections and their subsequent physiology. The close anatomical connections between NPY-IR nerve terminals and β-endorphin-IR neurons reported herein may represent functional synapses and provide the foundation for NPY-stimulated β-endorphin release. By interacting with β-endorphin, NPY may have a more widespread regulatory capacity than acting alone on different neurotransmitter systems.
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Neuro-immune-metabolism: The tripod system of homeostasis. Immunol Lett 2021; 240:77-97. [PMID: 34655659 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2021.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Homeostatic regulation of cellular and molecular processes is essential for the efficient physiological functioning of body organs. It requires an intricate balance of several networks throughout the body, most notable being the nervous, immune and metabolic systems. Several studies have reported the interactions between neuro-immune, immune-metabolic and neuro-metabolic pathways. Current review aims to integrate the information and show that neuro, immune and metabolic systems form the triumvirate of homeostasis. It focuses on the cellular and molecular interactions occurring in the extremities and intestine, which are innervated by the peripheral nervous system and for the intestine in particular the enteric nervous system. While the interdependence of neuro-immune-metabolic pathways provides a fallback mechanism in case of disruption of homeostasis, in chronic pathologies of continued disequilibrium, the collapse of one system spreads to the other interacting networks as well. Current review illustrates this domino-effect using diabetes as the main example. Together, this review attempts to provide a holistic picture of the integrated network of neuro-immune-metabolism and attempts to broaden the outlook when devising a scientific study or a treatment strategy.
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Perissinotti PP, Martínez-Hernández E, He Y, Koob MD, Piedras-Rentería ES. Genetic Deletion of KLHL1 Leads to Hyperexcitability in Hypothalamic POMC Neurons and Lack of Electrical Responses to Leptin. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:718464. [PMID: 34566565 PMCID: PMC8458657 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.718464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kelch-like 1 (KLHL1) is a neuronal actin-binding protein that modulates voltage-gated calcium channels. The KLHL1 knockout (KO) model displays altered calcium channel expression in various brain regions. We analyzed the electrical behavior of hypothalamic POMC (proopiomelanocortin) neurons and their response to leptin. Leptin's effects on POMC neurons include enhanced gene expression, activation of the ERK1/2 pathway and increased electrical excitability. The latter is initiated by activation of the Jak2-PI3K-PLC pathway, which activates TRPC1/5 (Transient Receptor Potential Cation) channels that in turn recruit T-type channel activity resulting in increased excitability. Here we report over-expression of CaV3.1 T-type channels in the hypothalamus of KLHL1 KO mice increased T-type current density and enhanced POMC neuron basal excitability, rendering them electrically unresponsive to leptin. Electrical sensitivity to leptin was restored by partial blockade of T-type channels. The overexpression of hypothalamic T-type channels in POMC neurons may partially contribute to the obese and abnormal feeding phenotypes observed in KLHL1 KO mice.
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- Paula P Perissinotti
- Cell and Molecular Physiology Department and Neuroscience Division of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Physiology Department and Neuroscience Division of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Physiology Department and Neuroscience Division of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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Fernandez-Garcia JM, Carrillo B, Tezanos P, Collado P, Pinos H. Genistein during Development Alters Differentially the Expression of POMC in Male and Female Rats. Metabolites 2021; 11:293. [PMID: 34063209 PMCID: PMC8147459 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11050293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Phytoestrogens are considered beneficial for health, but some studies have shown that they may cause adverse effects. This study investigated the effects of genistein administration during the second week of life on energy metabolism and on the circuits regulating food intake. Two different genistein doses, 10 or 50 µg/g, were administered to male and female rats from postnatal day (P) 6 to P13. Physiological parameters, such as body weight and caloric intake, were then analyzed at P90. Moreover, proopiomelanocortin (POMC) expression in the arcuate nucleus (Arc) and orexin expression in the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH), perifornical area (PF) and lateral hypothalamus (LH) were studied. Our results showed a delay in the emergence of sex differences in the body weight in the groups with higher genistein doses. Furthermore, a significant decrease in the number of POMC-immunoreactive (POMC-ir) cells in the Arc in the two groups of females treated with genistein was observed. In contrast, no alteration in orexin expression was detected in any of the structures analyzed in either males or females. In conclusion, genistein can modulate estradiol's programming actions on the hypothalamic feeding circuits differentially in male and female rats during development.
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- Jose Manuel Fernandez-Garcia
- Departamento de Psicobiología, Facultad Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (J.M.F.-G.); (B.C.); (P.C.)
- Instituto Mixto de Investigación Escuela Nacional de Sanidad-UNED (IMIENS), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicobiología, Facultad Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (J.M.F.-G.); (B.C.); (P.C.)
- Instituto Mixto de Investigación Escuela Nacional de Sanidad-UNED (IMIENS), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Neurociencia Traslacional, Instituto Cajal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28002 Madrid, Spain;
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- Departamento de Psicobiología, Facultad Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (J.M.F.-G.); (B.C.); (P.C.)
- Instituto Mixto de Investigación Escuela Nacional de Sanidad-UNED (IMIENS), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicobiología, Facultad Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain; (J.M.F.-G.); (B.C.); (P.C.)
- Instituto Mixto de Investigación Escuela Nacional de Sanidad-UNED (IMIENS), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Sex differences in behavioral and metabolic effects of gene inactivation: The neuropeptide Y and Y receptors in the brain. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 119:333-347. [PMID: 33045245 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Brain and gonadal hormones interplay controls metabolic and behavioral functions in a sex-related manner. However, most translational neuroscience research related to animal models of endocrine and psychiatric disorders are often carried out in male animals only. The Neuropeptide Y (NPY) system shows sex-dependent differences and is sensitive to gonadal steroids. Based on published data from our and other laboratories, in this review we will discuss the sex related differences of NPY action on energy balance, bone homeostasis and behavior in rodents with the genetic manipulation of genes encoding NPY and its Y1, Y2 and Y5 cognate receptors. Comparative analyses of the phenotype of transgenic and knockout NPY and Y receptor rodents unravels sex dependent differences in the functions of this neurotransmission system, potentially helping to develop therapeutics for a variety of sex-related disorders including metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis and ethanol addiction.
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Sergi D, Williams LM. Potential relationship between dietary long-chain saturated fatty acids and hypothalamic dysfunction in obesity. Nutr Rev 2020; 78:261-277. [PMID: 31532491 DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuz056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Diet-induced hypothalamic inflammation, which leads to hypothalamic dysfunction and a loss of regulation of energy balance, is emerging as a potential driver of obesity. Excessive intake of long-chain saturated fatty acids is held to be the causative dietary component in hypothalamic inflammation. This review summarizes current evidence on the role of long-chain saturated fatty acids in promoting hypothalamic inflammation and the related induction of central insulin and leptin insensitivity. Particularly, the present review focuses on the molecular mechanisms linking long-chain saturated fatty acids and hypothalamic inflammation, emphasizing the metabolic fate of fatty acids and the resulting lipotoxicity, which is a key driver of hypothalamic dysfunction. In conclusion, long-chain saturated fatty acids are key nutrients that promote hypothalamic inflammation and dysfunction by fostering the build-up of lipotoxic lipid species, such as ceramide. Furthermore, when long-chain saturated fatty acids are consumed in combination with high levels of refined carbohydrates, the proinflammatory effects are exacerbated via a mechanism that relies on the formation of advanced glycation end products.
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- Domenico Sergi
- Nutrition and Health Substantiation Group, Nutrition and Health Program, Health and Biosecurity, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Hessler S, Liu X, Herbison AE. Direct inhibition of arcuate kisspeptin neurones by neuropeptide Y in the male and female mouse. J Neuroendocrinol 2020; 32:e12849. [PMID: 32337804 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Adverse energy states exert a potent suppressive influence on the reproductive axis by inhibiting the pulsatile release of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and luteinising hormone. One potential mechanism underlying this involves the metabolic-sensing pro-opiomelanocortin and agouti-related peptide/neuropeptide Y (AgRP/NPY) neuronal populations directly controlling the activity of the arcuate nucleus kisspeptin neurones comprising the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone pulse generator. Using acute brain slice electrophysiology and calcium imaging approaches in Kiss1-GFP and Kiss1-GCaMP6 mice, we investigated whether NPY and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone provide a direct modulatory influence on the activity of arcuate kisspeptin neurones in the adult mouse. NPY was found to exert a potent suppressive influence upon the neurokinin B-evoked firing of approximately one-half of arcuate kisspeptin neurones in both sexes. This effect was blocked partially by the NPY1R antagonist BIBO 3304, whereas the NPY5R antagonist L152,804 was ineffective. NPY also suppressed the neurokinin B-evoked increase in intracellular calcium levels in the presence of tetrodotoxin and amino acid receptor antagonists, indicating that the inhibitory effects of NPY are direct on kisspeptin neurones. By contrast, no effects of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone were found on the excitability of arcuate kisspeptin neurones. These studies provide further evidence supporting the hypothesis that AgRP/NPY neurones link energy status and luteinising hormone pulsatility by demonstrating that NPY has a direct suppressive influence upon the activity of a subpopulation of arcuate kisspeptin neurones.
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- Sabine Hessler
- Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Huang R, Song T, Su H, Lai Z, Qin W, Tian Y, Dong X, Wang L. High-fat diet enhances starvation-induced hyperactivity via sensitizing hunger-sensing neurons in Drosophila. eLife 2020; 9:e53103. [PMID: 32324135 PMCID: PMC7274782 DOI: 10.7554/elife.53103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The function of the central nervous system to regulate food intake can be disrupted by sustained metabolic challenges such as high-fat diet (HFD), which may contribute to various metabolic disorders. Previously, we showed that a group of octopaminergic (OA) neurons mediated starvation-induced hyperactivity, an important aspect of food-seeking behavior (Yu et al., 2016). Here we find that HFD specifically enhances this behavior. Mechanistically, HFD increases the excitability of these OA neurons to a hunger hormone named adipokinetic hormone (AKH), via increasing the accumulation of AKH receptor (AKHR) in these neurons. Upon HFD, excess dietary lipids are transported by a lipoprotein LTP to enter these OA+AKHR+ neurons via the cognate receptor LpR1, which in turn suppresses autophagy-dependent degradation of AKHR. Taken together, we uncover a mechanism that links HFD, neuronal autophagy, and starvation-induced hyperactivity, providing insight in the reshaping of neural circuitry under metabolic challenges and the progression of metabolic diseases.
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- Rui Huang
- Center for Neurointelligence, School of Medicine, Chongqing University & Key Laboratory for Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Vascular Implants, Bioengineering College, Chongqing UniversityChongqingChina
- Shenzhen Bay LaboratoryShenzhenChina
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesShanghaiChina
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- Center for Neurointelligence, School of Medicine, Chongqing University & Key Laboratory for Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Vascular Implants, Bioengineering College, Chongqing UniversityChongqingChina
- Shenzhen Bay LaboratoryShenzhenChina
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- Shenzhen Bay LaboratoryShenzhenChina
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhouChina
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Lee NJ, Qi Y, Enriquez RF, Clarke I, Ip CK, Wee N, Baldock PA, Herzog H. Energy partitioning between fat and bone mass is controlled via a hypothalamic leptin/NPY relay. Int J Obes (Lond) 2020; 44:2149-2164. [PMID: 32152498 DOI: 10.1038/s41366-020-0550-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Maintaining energy balance is important to ensure a healthy organism. However, energy partitioning, coordinating the distribution of sufficient energy to different organs and tissues is equally important, but the control of this process is largely unknown. In obesity, an increase in fat mass necessitates the production of additional bone mass to cope with the increase in bodyweight and processes need to be in place to communicate this new weight bearing demand. Here, we investigate the interaction between leptin and NPY, two factors critically involved in the regulation of both energy metabolism and bone mass, in this process. METHODS We assessed the co-localization of leptin receptors on NPY neurons using RNAScope followed by a systematic examination of body composition and energy metabolism profiling in male and female mice lacking leptin receptors specifically in NPY neurons (Leprlox/lox;NPYCre/+). The effect of short-term switching between chow and high-fat diet was also examined in these mice. RESULTS We uncovered that leptin receptor expression is greater on a subpopulation of NPY neurons in the arcuate that do not express AgRP. We further show that Leprlox/lox;NPYCre/+ mice exhibit significantly increased adiposity while bone mass is diminished. These body composition changes occur in the absence of alterations in food intake or energy expenditure, demonstrating a prominent role for leptin signaling in NPY neurons in the control of energy partitioning. Importantly however, when fed a high-fat diet, these mice display a switch in energy partitioning whereby they exhibit a significantly enhanced ability to increase their bone mass to match the increased bodyweight caused by higher caloric intake concurrent with attenuated adiposity. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these results demonstrate that leptin signaling in NPY neurons is critical for coordinating energy partitioning between fat and bone mass especially during situations of changes in energy balance.
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- Nicola J Lee
- Neuroscience Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia.,St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Neuroscience Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Neuroscience Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Neuroscience Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Neuroscience Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia.,St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Bone Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Bone Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Neuroscience Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia. .,St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Effect of cannabinoid-serotonin interactions in the regulation of neuropeptide Y1 receptors expression in rats: the role of CB1 and 5-HT2C receptor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00580-019-03081-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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AbstractNeuropeptide Y (NPY) is involved in a diversity of critical functions such as circadian rhythms, energy homeostasis, and appetite regulation in the hypothalamus. It has identified as a crucial participant in adjusting energy intake and energy storage as fat via central neuropeptide Y1 receptor (NPY1R), leading to obesity and metabolic disorders. The present study was expected to investigate the interaction between 2-AG (CB1R agonist), m-CPP (5HT2CR agonist), SB-242084 (5HT2CR antagonist), and SR-141716A (CB1R antagonist) by mediating through the NPY1R for treating or preventing obesity, metabolic disorders, and other abnormalities. The expression level of NPY1R mRNA has studied on the rat brain by real-time quantitative PCR assay. Based on our findings, intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of combined 2-AG (1 μg) + m-CPP (2.5 μg) has antagonistic interaction in the expression of the NPY1R gene (P < 0.001). Moreover, the ICV co-injection of SB-242084 (3 μg) + SR-141716A (1 μg) has antagonistic interaction in the NPY1R gene expression (P < 0.001). Co-administration of 2-AG (1 μg) + SB-242084 (3 μg) amplified NPY1R gene expression (P < 0.001), while the ICV co-injection of m-CPP (2.5 μg) + SR-141716A (1 μg) decreased NPY1R gene expression in the hypothalamus (P < 0.001). These results revealed the interference in cannabinoid and serotonergic systems via CB1 and 5HT2C receptors in the expression of NPY1R mRNA in the hypothalamic area of rats.
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Cabral A, Fernandez G, Tolosa MJ, Rey Moggia Á, Calfa G, De Francesco PN, Perello M. Fasting induces remodeling of the orexigenic projections from the arcuate nucleus to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, in a growth hormone secretagogue receptor-dependent manner. Mol Metab 2019; 32:69-84. [PMID: 32029231 PMCID: PMC7005150 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2019.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Objective Arcuate nucleus (ARC) neurons producing Agouti-related peptide (AgRP) and neuropeptide Y (NPY; ARCAgRP/NPY neurons) are activated under energy-deficit states. ARCAgRP/NPY neurons innervate the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVH), and ARC→PVH projections are recognized as key regulators of food intake. Plasma ghrelin levels increase under energy-deficit states and activate ARCAgRP/NPY neurons by acting on the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR). Here, we hypothesized that activation of ARCAgRP/NPY neurons in fasted mice would promote morphological remodeling of the ARCAgRP/NPY→PVH projections in a GHSR-dependent manner. Methods We performed 1) fluorescent immunohistochemistry, 2) imaging of green fluorescent protein (GFP) signal in NPY-GFP mice, and 3) DiI axonal labeling in brains of ad libitum fed or fasted mice with pharmacological or genetic blockage of the GHSR signaling and then estimated the density and strength of ARCAgRP/NPY→PVH fibers by assessing the mean fluorescence intensity, the absolute area with fluorescent signal, and the intensity of the fluorescent signal in the fluorescent area of the PVH. Results We found that 1) the density and strength of ARCAgRP/NPY fibers increase in the PVH of fasted mice, 2) the morphological remodeling of the ARCAgRP/NPY→PVH projections correlates with the activation of PVH neurons, and 3) PVH neurons are not activated in ARC-ablated mice. We also found that fasting-induced remodeling of ARCAgRP/NPY→PVH fibers and PVH activation are impaired in mice with pharmacological or genetic blockage of GHSR signaling. Conclusion This evidence shows that the connectivity between hypothalamic circuits controlling food intake can be remodeled in the adult brain, depending on the energy balance conditions, and that GHSR activity is a key regulator of this phenomenon. The density and strength of ARCAgRP/NPY→PVH fibers increase in fasted mice. Remodeling of ARCAgRP/NPY→PVH projections correlates with the activation of PVH neurons. GHSR signaling is required for fasting-induced ARCAgRP/NPY→PVH projection remodeling.
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- Agustina Cabral
- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional La Plata y Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC-PBA), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional La Plata y Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC-PBA), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional La Plata y Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC-PBA), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional La Plata y Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC-PBA), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Farmacología Experimental de Córdoba (IFEC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional La Plata y Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC-PBA), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular (IMBICE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional La Plata y Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC-PBA), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Lainez NM, Coss D. Obesity, Neuroinflammation, and Reproductive Function. Endocrinology 2019; 160:2719-2736. [PMID: 31513269 PMCID: PMC6806266 DOI: 10.1210/en.2019-00487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The increasing occurrence of obesity has become a significant public health concern. Individuals with obesity have higher prevalence of heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, diabetes, and reproductive disorders. Reproductive problems include menstrual irregularities, pregnancy complications, and infertility due to anovulation, in women, and lower testosterone and diminished sperm count, in men. In particular, women with obesity have reduced levels of both gonadotropin hormones, and, in obese men, lower testosterone is accompanied by diminished LH. Taken together, these findings indicate central dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, specifically at the level of the GnRH neuron function, which is the final brain output for the regulation of reproduction. Obesity is a state of hyperinsulinemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperleptinemia, and chronic inflammation. Herein, we review recent advances in our understanding of how these metabolic and immune changes affect hypothalamic function and regulation of GnRH neurons. In the latter part, we focus on neuroinflammation as a major consequence of obesity and discuss findings that reveal that GnRH neurons are uniquely positioned to respond to inflammatory changes.
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- Nancy M Lainez
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California
- Correspondence: Djurdjica Coss, PhD, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, 303 SOM Research Building, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92521. E-mail:
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Maternal Obesity during Pregnancy Alters Daily Activity and Feeding Cycles, and Hypothalamic Clock Gene Expression in Adult Male Mouse Offspring. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20215408. [PMID: 31671625 PMCID: PMC6862679 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20215408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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An obesogenic diet adversely affects the endogenous mammalian circadian clock, altering daily activity and metabolism, and resulting in obesity. We investigated whether an obese pregnancy can alter the molecular clock in the offspring hypothalamus, resulting in changes to their activity and feeding rhythms. Female mice were fed a control (C, 7% kcal fat) or high fat diet (HF, 45% kcal fat) before mating and throughout pregnancy. Male offspring were fed the C or HF diet postweaning, resulting in four offspring groups: C/C, C/HF, HF/C, and HF/HF. Daily activity and food intake were monitored, and at 15 weeks of age were killed at six time-points over 24 h. The clock genes Clock, Bmal1, Per2, and Cry2 in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and appetite genes Npy and Pomc in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) were measured. Daily activity and feeding cycles in the HF/C, C/HF, and HF/HF offspring were altered, with increased feeding bouts and activity during the day and increased food intake but reduced activity at night. Gene expression patterns and levels of Clock, Bmal1, Per2, and Cry2 in the SCN and Npy and Pomc in the ARC were altered in HF diet-exposed offspring. The altered expression of hypothalamic molecular clock components and appetite genes, together with changes in activity and feeding rhythms, could be contributing to offspring obesity.
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Chaskiel L, Bristow AD, Bluthé RM, Dantzer R, Blomqvist A, Konsman JP. Interleukin-1 reduces food intake and body weight in rat by acting in the arcuate hypothalamus. Brain Behav Immun 2019; 81:560-573. [PMID: 31310797 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2018] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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A reduction in food intake is commonly observed after bacterial infection, a phenomenon that can be reproduced by peripheral administration of Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or interleukin-1beta (IL-1β), a pro-inflammatory cytokine released by LPS-activated macrophages. The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) plays a major role in food intake regulation and expresses IL-1 type 1 receptor (IL-1R1) mRNA. In the present work, we tested the hypothesis that IL-1R1 expressing cells in the ARH mediate IL-1β and/or LPS-induced hypophagia in the rat. To do so, we developed an IL-1β-saporin conjugate, which eliminated IL-R1-expressing neurons in the hippocampus, and micro-injected it into the ARH prior to systemic IL-1β and LPS administration. ARH IL-1β-saporin injection resulted in loss of neuropeptide Y-containing cells and attenuated hypophagia and weight loss after intraperitoneal IL-1β, but not LPS, administration. In conclusion, the present study shows that ARH NPY-containing neurons express functional IL-1R1s that mediate peripheral IL-1β-, but not LPS-, induced hypophagia. Our present and previous findings indicate that the reduction of food intake after IL-1β and LPS are mediated by different neural pathways.
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- Léa Chaskiel
- Psychoneuroimmunology, Nutrition and Genetics, UMR CNRS 5226-INRA 1286, University of Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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- National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, UK
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- Psychoneuroimmunology, Nutrition and Genetics, UMR CNRS 5226-INRA 1286, University of Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, TX 770030, USA
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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- UMR CNRS 5287 Aquitaine Institute for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
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Marvel M, Spicer OS, Wong TT, Zmora N, Zohar Y. Knockout of the Gnrh genes in zebrafish: effects on reproduction and potential compensation by reproductive and feeding-related neuropeptides. Biol Reprod 2019; 99:565-577. [PMID: 29635430 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioy078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GNRH) is known as a pivotal upstream regulator of reproduction in vertebrates. However, reproduction is not compromised in the hypophysiotropic Gnrh3 knockout line in zebrafish (gnrh3-/-). In order to determine if Gnrh2, the only other Gnrh isoform in zebrafish brains, is compensating for the loss of Gnrh3, we generated a double Gnrh knockout zebrafish line. Surprisingly, the loss of both Gnrh isoforms resulted in no major impact on reproduction, indicating that a compensatory response, outside of the Gnrh system, was evoked. A plethora of factors acting along the reproductive hypothalamus-pituitary axis were evaluated as possible compensators based on neuroanatomical and differential gene expression studies. In addition, we also examined the involvement of feeding factors in the brain as potential compensators for Gnrh2, which has known anorexigenic effects. We found that the double knockout fish exhibited upregulation of several genes in the brain, specifically gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (gnih), secretogranin 2 (scg2), tachykinin 3a (tac3a), and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide 1 (pacap1), and downregulation of agouti-related peptide 1 (agrp1), indicating the compensation occurs outside of Gnrh cells and therefore is a noncell autonomous response to the loss of Gnrh. While the differential expression of gnih and agrp1 in the double knockout line was confined to the periventricular nucleus and hypothalamus, respectively, the upregulation of scg2 corresponded with a broader neuronal redistribution in the lateral hypothalamus and hindbrain. In conclusion, our results demonstrate the existence of a redundant reproductive regulatory system that comes into play when Gnrh2 and Gnrh3 are lost.
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- Miranda Marvel
- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Chen Y, Essner RA, Kosar S, Miller OH, Lin YC, Mesgarzadeh S, Knight ZA. Sustained NPY signaling enables AgRP neurons to drive feeding. eLife 2019; 8:e46348. [PMID: 31033437 PMCID: PMC6513552 DOI: 10.7554/elife.46348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Artificial stimulation of Agouti-Related Peptide (AgRP) neurons promotes intense food consumption, yet paradoxically during natural behavior these cells are inhibited before feeding begins. Previously, to reconcile these observations, we showed that brief stimulation of AgRP neurons can generate hunger that persists for tens of minutes, but the mechanisms underlying this sustained hunger drive remain unknown (Chen et al., 2016). Here we show that Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is uniquely required for the long-lasting effects of AgRP neurons on feeding behavior. We blocked the ability of AgRP neurons to signal through AgRP, NPY, or GABA, and then stimulated these cells using a paradigm that mimics their natural regulation. Deletion of NPY, but not AgRP or GABA, abolished optically-stimulated feeding, and this was rescued by NPY re-expression selectively in AgRP neurons. These findings reveal a unique role for NPY in sustaining hunger in the interval between food discovery and consumption.
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- Yiming Chen
- Kavli Institute for Fundamental NeuroscienceUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Neuroscience Graduate ProgramUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of PhysiologyUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of PhysiologyUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of PhysiologyUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of PhysiologyUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Department of PhysiologyUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Kavli Institute for Fundamental NeuroscienceUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Neuroscience Graduate ProgramUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of PhysiologyUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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Roberts BL, Bennett CM, Carroll JM, Lindsley SR, Kievit P. Early overnutrition alters synaptic signaling and induces leptin resistance in arcuate proopiomelanocortin neurons. Physiol Behav 2019; 206:166-174. [PMID: 30951750 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Early overnutrition disrupts leptin sensitivity and the development of hypothalamic pathways involved in the regulation of metabolism and feeding behavior. While previous studies have largely focused on the development of neuronal projections, few studies have examined the impact of early nutrition on hypothalamic synaptic physiology. In this study we characterized the synaptic development of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH), their sensitivity to leptin, and the impact of early overnutrition on the development of these neurons. Electrophysiology recordings were performed in mouse ARH brain slices containing POMC-EGFP neurons from postnatal age (P) 7-9 through adulthood. We determined that pre- and postsynaptic components of inhibitory inputs increased throughout the first 3 weeks of the postnatal period, which coincided with a decreased membrane potential in POMC neurons. We then examined whether chronic postnatal overnutrition (CPO) altered these synaptic connections. CPO mice exhibited increased body weight and circulating leptin levels, as described previously. POMC neurons in CPO mice had an increase in post-synaptic inhibitory currents compared to controls at 2 weeks of age, but this effect reversed by the third week. In control mice we observed heterogenous effects of leptin on POMC neurons in early life that transitioned to predominantly stimulatory actions in adulthood. However, postnatal overfeeding resulted in POMC neurons becoming leptin-resistant which persisted into adulthood. These studies suggest that postnatal overfeeding alters the postsynaptic development of POMC neurons and induces long-lasting leptin resistance in ARH-POMC neurons.
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- Brandon L Roberts
- Division of Cardiometabolic Health, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Division of Cardiometabolic Health, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Division of Cardiometabolic Health, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Division of Cardiometabolic Health, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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- Division of Cardiometabolic Health, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA.
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Cunarro J, Casado S, Lugilde J, Tovar S. Hypothalamic Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Target in Obesity and Metabolic Disease. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:283. [PMID: 29904371 PMCID: PMC5990598 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Mitochondria are important organelles for the adaptation to energy demand that play a central role in bioenergetics metabolism. The mitochondrial architecture and mitochondrial machinery exhibits a high degree of adaptation in relation to nutrient availability. On the other hand, its disruption markedly affects energy homeostasis. The brain, more specifically the hypothalamus, is the main hub that controls energy homeostasis. Nevertheless, until now, almost all studies in relation to mitochondrial dysfunction and energy metabolism have focused in peripheral tissues like brown adipose tissue, muscle, and pancreas. In this review, we highlight the relevance of the hypothalamus and the influence on mitochondrial machinery in its function as well as its consequences in terms of alterations in both energy and metabolic homeostasis.
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- Juan Cunarro
- Departamento de Fisioloxía and Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisioloxía and Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisioloxía and Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisioloxía and Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain
- *Correspondence: Sulay Tovar,
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Shi Z, Madden CJ, Brooks VL. Arcuate neuropeptide Y inhibits sympathetic nerve activity via multiple neuropathways. J Clin Invest 2017. [PMID: 28628036 PMCID: PMC5490747 DOI: 10.1172/jci92008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Obesity increases sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) via activation of proopiomelanocortin neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ArcN), and this action requires simultaneous withdrawal of tonic neuropeptide Y (NPY) sympathoinhibition. However, the sites and neurocircuitry by which NPY decreases SNA are unclear. Here, using designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs (DREADDs) to selectively activate or inhibit ArcN NPY neurons expressing agouti-related peptide (AgRP) in mice, we have demonstrated that this neuronal population tonically suppresses splanchnic SNA (SSNA), arterial pressure, and heart rate via projections to the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH). First, we found that ArcN NPY/AgRP fibers closely appose PVN and DMH presympathetic neurons. Second, nanoinjections of NPY or an NPY receptor Y1 (NPY1R) antagonist into PVN or DMH decreased or increased SSNA, respectively. Third, blockade of DMH NPY1R reversed the sympathoinhibition elicited by selective, DREADD-mediated activation of ArcN NPY/AgRP neurons. Finally, stimulation of ArcN NPY/AgRP terminal fields in the PVN and DMH decreased SSNA. Considering that chronic obesity decreases ArcN NPY content, we propose that the ArcN NPY neuropathway to the PVN and DMH is pivotal in obesity-induced elevations in SNA.
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- Zhigang Shi
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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West KS, Roseberry AG. Neuropeptide-Y alters VTA dopamine neuron activity through both pre- and postsynaptic mechanisms. J Neurophysiol 2017; 118:625-633. [PMID: 28469002 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00879.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mesocorticolimbic dopamine system, the brain's reward system, regulates many different behaviors including food intake, food reward, and feeding-related behaviors, and there is increasing evidence that hypothalamic feeding-related neuropeptides alter dopamine neuron activity to affect feeding. For example, neuropeptide-Y (NPY), a strong orexigenic hypothalamic neuropeptide, increases motivation for food when injected into the ventral tegmental area (VTA). How NPY affects the activity of VTA dopamine neurons to regulate feeding behavior is unknown, however. In these studies we have used whole cell patch-clamp electrophysiology in acute brain slices from mice to examine how NPY affects VTA dopamine neuron activity. NPY activated an outward current that exhibited characteristics of a G protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium channel current in ~60% of dopamine neurons tested. In addition to its direct effects on VTA dopamine neurons, NPY also decreased the amplitude and increased paired-pulse ratios of evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents in a subset of dopamine neurons, suggesting that NPY decreases glutamatergic transmission through a presynaptic mechanism. Interestingly, NPY also strongly inhibited evoked inhibitory postsynaptic currents onto dopamine neurons by a presynaptic mechanism. Overall these studies demonstrate that NPY utilizes multiple mechanisms to affect VTA dopamine neuron activity, and they provide an important advancement in our understanding of how NPY acts in the VTA to control feeding behavior.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Neuropeptide-Y (NPY) has been shown to act on mesolimbic dopamine circuits to increase motivated behaviors toward food, but it is unclear exactly how NPY causes these responses. Here, we demonstrate that NPY directly inhibited a subset of ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons through the activation of G protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium currents, and it inhibited both excitatory postsynaptic currents and inhibitory postsynaptic currents onto subsets of dopamine neurons through a presynaptic mechanism. Thus NPY uses multiple mechanisms to dynamically control VTA dopamine neuron activity.
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- Katherine Stuhrman West
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.,The Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia; and
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia; .,The Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia; and.,The Center for Obesity Reversal, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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Agrp neuron activity is required for alcohol-induced overeating. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14014. [PMID: 28072397 PMCID: PMC5234092 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Alcohol intake associates with overeating in humans. This overeating is a clinical concern, but its causes are puzzling, because alcohol (ethanol) is a calorie-dense nutrient, and calorie intake usually suppresses brain appetite signals. The biological factors necessary for ethanol-induced overeating remain unclear, and societal causes have been proposed. Here we show that core elements of the brain's feeding circuits-the hypothalamic Agrp neurons that are normally activated by starvation and evoke intense hunger-display electrical and biochemical hyperactivity on exposure to dietary doses of ethanol in brain slices. Furthermore, by circuit-specific chemogenetic interference in vivo, we find that the Agrp cell activity is essential for ethanol-induced overeating in the absence of societal factors, in single-housed mice. These data reveal how a widely consumed nutrient can paradoxically sustain brain starvation signals, and identify a biological factor required for appetite evoked by alcohol.
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Central proopiomelanocortin but not neuropeptide Y mediates sympathoexcitation and hypertension in fat fed conscious rabbits. J Hypertens 2016; 34:464-73; discussion 473. [PMID: 26820476 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE High-fat diet (HFD)-induced hypertension in rabbits is neurogenic because of the central sympathoexcitatory actions of leptin. Hypothalamic melanocortin and neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons are recognized as the major signalling pathways through which leptin exerts its central effects. In this study, we assessed the effects of specific antagonists and agonists to melanocortin and NPY receptors on HFD-induced sympathoexcitation and hypertension. METHODS Rabbits were instrumented with intracerebroventricular cannula, renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) electrode, and blood pressure telemetry transmitter. RESULTS After 3 weeks HFD (13.5% fat, n = 12) conscious rabbits had higher RSNA (+3.8 nu, P = 0.02), blood pressure (+8.6 mmHg, P < 0.001) and heart rate (+15 b/min, P = 0.01), and brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in the hypothalamus compared with rabbits fed a control diet (4.2% fat, n = 11). Intracerebroventricular administration of the melanocortin receptor antagonist SHU9119 reduced RSNA (-2.7 nu) and blood pressure (-8.5 mmHg) in HFD but not control rabbits, thus reversing 100% of the hypertension and 70% of the sympathoexcitation induced by a HFD. By contrast, blocking central NPY Y1 receptors with BVD10 increased RSNA only in HFD rabbits. Intracerebroventricular α-melanocortin stimulating hormone increased RSNA and heart rate (P < 0.001) in HFD rabbits but had no effect in control rabbits. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that obesity-induced hypertension and increased RSNA are dependent on the balance between greater activation of melanocortin signalling through melanocortin receptors and lesser activation of NPY sympathoinhibitory signalling. The amplification of the sympathoexcitatory effects of α-melanocortin stimulating hormone also indicates that the underlying mechanism is related to facilitation of leptin-melanocortin signalling, possibly involving chronic activation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
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Chen Y, Lin YC, Zimmerman CA, Essner RA, Knight ZA. Hunger neurons drive feeding through a sustained, positive reinforcement signal. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27554486 PMCID: PMC5016090 DOI: 10.7554/elife.18640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The neural mechanisms underlying hunger are poorly understood. AgRP neurons are activated by energy deficit and promote voracious food consumption, suggesting these cells may supply the fundamental hunger drive that motivates feeding. However recent in vivo recording experiments revealed that AgRP neurons are inhibited within seconds by the sensory detection of food, raising the question of how these cells can promote feeding at all. Here we resolve this paradox by showing that brief optogenetic stimulation of AgRP neurons before food availability promotes intense appetitive and consummatory behaviors that persist for tens of minutes in the absence of continued AgRP neuron activation. We show that these sustained behavioral responses are mediated by a long-lasting potentiation of the rewarding properties of food and that AgRP neuron activity is positively reinforcing. These findings reveal that hunger neurons drive feeding by transmitting a positive valence signal that triggers a stable transition between behavioral states. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18640.001
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- Yiming Chen
- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United states
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United states
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United states
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Gumbs MC, van den Heuvel JK, la Fleur SE. The effect of obesogenic diets on brain Neuropeptide Y. Physiol Behav 2016; 162:161-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Mele P, Zammaretti F, Longo A, Panzica G, Oberto A, Eva C. Sex-dependent regulation of hypothalamic neuropeptide Y-Y1 receptor gene expression in leptin treated obese (ob/ob) or lean mice. Brain Res 2016; 1649:102-109. [PMID: 27425429 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pharmacological and genetic studies have shown that the Y1 receptor (Y1R) for Neuropeptide Y (NPY) plays a crucial role in the control of feeding behavior under metabolic conditions of low leptin levels or leptin deficiency. In this study, we investigated the effect of leptin deficiency and leptin replacement on Y1R gene expression in the hypothalamus of lean and obese Y1R/LacZ transgenic mice (TgY1R/LacZ) carrying the murine Y1R promoter linked to the LacZ gene that induces the expression of β-galactosidase. Two daily intraperitoneal injections with leptin (1μg/g of body weight for one week) of male and female lean (TgY1R/LacZ+/+) and obese (TgY1R/LacZob/ob) mice induced a significant decrease of body weight in both sexes and genotypes. In males, leptin administration decreased β-galactosidase activity in the PVN and DMH of lean mice, and increased transgene expression in the same hypothalamic nuclei of obese mice. Sex-related differences were also observed in both genotypes, since leptin treatment failed to affect transgene expression in hypothalamus of lean and obese female mice. These results provide further evidence for a sexual dimorphism of the hypothalamic NPY-Y1R-mediated pathway in response to changes in leptin circulating levels.
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- Paolo Mele
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, C.so Massimo d'Azeglio 52, Torino, Italy; Neuroscience Institute of the Cavalieri-Ottolenghi Foundation (NICO), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, C.so Massimo d'Azeglio 52, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, C.so Massimo d'Azeglio 52, Torino, Italy; Neuroscience Institute of the Cavalieri-Ottolenghi Foundation (NICO), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, C.so Massimo d'Azeglio 52, Torino, Italy; Neuroscience Institute of the Cavalieri-Ottolenghi Foundation (NICO), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, C.so Massimo d'Azeglio 52, Torino, Italy; Neuroscience Institute of the Cavalieri-Ottolenghi Foundation (NICO), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, C.so Massimo d'Azeglio 52, Torino, Italy; Neuroscience Institute of the Cavalieri-Ottolenghi Foundation (NICO), Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy.
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Boychuk CR, Smith BN. Glutamatergic drive facilitates synaptic inhibition of dorsal vagal motor neurons after experimentally induced diabetes in mice. J Neurophysiol 2016; 116:1498-506. [PMID: 27385796 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00325.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The role of central regulatory circuits in modulating diabetes-associated glucose dysregulation has only recently been under rigorous investigation. One brain region of interest is the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV), which contains preganglionic parasympathetic motor neurons that regulate subdiaphragmatic visceral function. Previous research has demonstrated that glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission are independently remodeled after chronic hyperglycemia/hypoinsulinemia. However, glutamatergic circuitry within the dorsal brain stem impinges on GABAergic regulation of the DMV. The present study investigated the role of glutamatergic neurotransmission in synaptic GABAergic control of DMV neurons after streptozotocin (STZ)-induced hyperglycemia/hypoinsulinemia by using electrophysiological recordings in vitro. The frequency of spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) was elevated in DMV neurons from STZ-treated mice. The effect was abolished in the presence of the ionotropic glutamate receptor blocker kynurenic acid or the sodium channel blocker tetrodotoxin, suggesting that after STZ-induced hyperglycemia/hypoinsulinemia, increased glutamatergic receptor activity occurs at a soma-dendritic location on local GABA neurons projecting to the DMV. Although sIPSCs in DMV neurons normally demonstrated considerable amplitude variability, this variability was significantly increased after STZ-induced hyperglycemia/hypoinsulinemia. The elevated amplitude variability was not related to changes in quantal release, but rather correlated with significantly elevated frequency of sIPSCs in these mice. Taken together, these findings suggest that GABAergic regulation of central vagal circuitry responsible for the regulation of energy homeostasis undergoes complex functional reorganization after several days of hyperglycemia/hypoinsulinemia, including both glutamate-dependent and -independent forms of plasticity.
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- Carie R Boychuk
- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
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Sestan-Pesa M, Horvath TL. Metabolism and Mental Illness. Trends Mol Med 2016; 22:174-183. [PMID: 26776095 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2015.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Over the past century, overwhelming evidence has emerged pointing to the hypothalamus of the central nervous system (CNS) as a crucial regulator of systemic control of metabolism, including appetite and feeding behavior. Appetite (or hunger) is a fundamental driver of survival, involving complex behaviors governed by various parts of the brain, including the cerebral cortex. Here, we provide an overview of basic metabolic principles affecting the CNS and discuss their relevance to physiological and pathological conditions of higher brain functions. These novel perspectives may well provide new insights into future research strategies to facilitate the development of novel therapies for treating mental illness.
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- Matija Sestan-Pesa
- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Sun X, Fukami T, Li T, Desai M, Ross MG. Preferential development of neuropeptide Y/GABA circuit in hypothalamic arcuate nucleus in postnatal rats. Brain Res 2016; 1635:27-40. [PMID: 26790345 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The hypothalamus, which plays a critical role in regulation of energy homeostasis, is formed during the perinatal period and thus vulnerable to fetal/newborn environmental conditions. We investigated synaptogenesis and neurotransmission of neurons in arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) during the postnatal period using immunohistochemical and electrophysiological methods. Our results show that the density of neuropeptide Y (NPY) fibers increases abruptly after the second postnatal week. NPY and proopiomelanocortin (POMC) immunoreactive fibers/varicosities puncta are mutually juxtaposed to perikarya of both neurons with increasing NPY and decreasing POMC apposition until the third postnatal week. The frequencies of spontaneous GABAergic inhibitory and glutamatergic excitatory postsynaptic currents (sIPSC and sEPSC) increase with age, with action potential dependent sIPSCs predominant during first postnatal week and sEPSCs thereafter. The presynaptic function of ARH synapses appears to reach adult levels around the age of weaning, while the postsynaptic receptors are still undergoing modification, evidenced by changes of frequencies, amplitudes and deactivation kinetics of PSCs. The number of NPY fibers juxtaposed to NPY neurons is correlated with the frequency of postsynaptic currents, suggesting that NPY/GABA release may facilitate maturation of synapses on their innervated neurons. Our results indicate that a neural circuit in ARH with a stronger NPY/GABAergic tone undergoes significant development during the postnatal period, which may be important for the maturation and/or remodeling of ARH neural circuits.
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- Xiaoping Sun
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States; David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States; David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, United States; David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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Bodnar RJ. Endogenous opioids and feeding behavior: A decade of further progress (2004-2014). A Festschrift to Dr. Abba Kastin. Peptides 2015; 72:20-33. [PMID: 25843025 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2015.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Revised: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Functional elucidation of the endogenous opioid system temporally paralleled the creation and growth of the journal, Peptides, under the leadership of its founding editor, Dr. Abba Kastin. He was prescient in publishing annual and uninterrupted reviews on Endogenous Opiates and Behavior that served as a microcosm for the journal under his stewardship. This author published a 2004 review, "Endogenous opioids and feeding behavior: a thirty-year historical perspective", summarizing research in this field between 1974 and 2003. The present review "closes the circle" by reviewing the last 10 years (2004-2014) of research examining the role of endogenous opioids and feeding behavior. The review summarizes effects upon ingestive behavior following administration of opioid receptor agonists, in opioid receptor knockout animals, following administration of general opioid receptor antagonists, following administration of selective mu, delta, kappa and ORL-1 receptor antagonists, and evaluating opioid peptide and opioid receptor changes in different food intake models.
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- Richard J Bodnar
- Department of Psychology and Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Doctoral Program Cluster, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, United States.
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Zorzano A, Claret M. Implications of mitochondrial dynamics on neurodegeneration and on hypothalamic dysfunction. Front Aging Neurosci 2015; 7:101. [PMID: 26113818 PMCID: PMC4461829 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial dynamics is a term that encompasses the movement of mitochondria along the cytoskeleton, regulation of their architecture, and connectivity mediated by tethering and fusion/fission. The importance of these events in cell physiology and pathology has been partially unraveled with the identification of the genes responsible for the catalysis of mitochondrial fusion and fission. Mutations in two mitochondrial fusion genes (MFN2 and OPA1) cause neurodegenerative diseases, namely Charcot-Marie Tooth type 2A and autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA). Alterations in mitochondrial dynamics may be involved in the pathophysiology of prevalent neurodegenerative conditions. Moreover, impairment of the activity of mitochondrial fusion proteins dysregulates the function of hypothalamic neurons, leading to alterations in food intake and in energy homeostasis. Here we review selected findings in the field of mitochondrial dynamics and their relevance for neurodegeneration and hypothalamic dysfunction.
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- Antonio Zorzano
- Molecular Medicine Program, Institute of Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) Barcelona, Spain ; Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain ; CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Barcelona, Spain ; Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer Barcelona, Spain
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Marić G, Gazibara T, Zaletel I, Labudović Borović M, Tomanović N, Ćirić M, Puškaš N. The role of gut hormones in appetite regulation (review). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 101:395-407. [PMID: 25532952 DOI: 10.1556/aphysiol.101.2014.4.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Eating process is an aggregate of complex and different forms of behavior. Its regulation is based on energy homeostasis and appetite control which includes two components: the homeostatic and the hedonistic control. Important signals in appetite regulation are gut-derived hormones. They are produced by enteroendocrine cells in response to nutrient and energy intake, and achieve their effects by influencing brain structures involved in food intake regulation. The key brain structure involved in this process is the hypothalamus. Gut hormones reach the hypothalamus from the circulation or by the vagal nerve via the nucleus of the solitary tract. Among gut peptides, ghrelin is the only orexigenic hormone, leading to an increase in food intake and body weight. All others, such as cholecystokinin, glucagon like peptide-1, oxyntomodulin, peptide tyrosine tyrosine or pancreatic polypeptide, are anorexigenic, leading to decrease in food intake. Also, gut-derived endocannabinoids exert orexigenic effect on appetite. Keeping in mind the growing problem of obesity, the crucial issue when considering gut derived peptides is to understand their mechanisms of acting because of potential role in clinical therapy, and discovering long-lasting gut peptides or their analogues, with no or minimal side effects.
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- G Marić
- University of Belgrade Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine Belgrade Serbia
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- University of Belgrade Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine Belgrade Serbia
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- University of Belgrade Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine Višegradska 26 11000 Belgrade Serbia
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- University of Belgrade Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine Višegradska 26 11000 Belgrade Serbia
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- University of Belgrade Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Belgrade Serbia
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- University of Nis Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Nis Serbia
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- University of Belgrade Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine Višegradska 26 11000 Belgrade Serbia
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Wellhauser L, Gojska NM, Belsham DD. Delineating the regulation of energy homeostasis using hypothalamic cell models. Front Neuroendocrinol 2015; 36:130-49. [PMID: 25223866 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Attesting to its intimate peripheral connections, hypothalamic neurons integrate nutritional and hormonal cues to effectively manage energy homeostasis according to the overall status of the system. Extensive progress in the identification of essential transcriptional and post-translational mechanisms regulating the controlled expression and actions of hypothalamic neuropeptides has been identified through the use of animal and cell models. This review will introduce the basic techniques of hypothalamic investigation both in vivo and in vitro and will briefly highlight the key advantages and challenges of their use. Further emphasis will be place on the use of immortalized models of hypothalamic neurons for in vitro study of feeding regulation, with a particular focus on cell lines proving themselves most fruitful in deciphering fundamental basics of NPY/AgRP, Proglucagon, and POMC neuropeptide function.
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- Leigh Wellhauser
- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1A8, Canada
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- Departments of Physiology, Medicine and OB/GYN, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1A8, Canada; Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
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Whittle AJ, Walsh J, de Lecea L. Light and chemical control of neuronal circuits: possible applications in neurotherapy. Expert Rev Neurother 2014; 14:1007-17. [PMID: 25115180 DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2014.948850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Millions of people worldwide suffer from diseases that result from a failure of central pathways to regulate behavioral and physiological processes. Advances in genetics and pharmacology have already allowed us to appreciate that rather than this dysregulation being systemic throughout the brain, it is usually rooted in specific subsets of dysfunctional cells within discrete neurological circuits. This article discusses the advent of opto- and chemogenetic tools and how they are providing the means to dissect these circuits with a degree of temporal and spatial sensitivity not previously possible. We also highlight the potential applications for treating disease and the key developments likely to have the greatest impact over the next 5 years.
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- Andrew J Whittle
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Lei L, Lixian Z. Effect of 24 h Fasting on Gene Expression of AMPK, Appetite Regulation Peptides and Lipometabolism Related Factors in the Hypothalamus of Broiler Chicks. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2014; 25:1300-8. [PMID: 25049694 PMCID: PMC4092945 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Revised: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The 5’-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a key part of a kinase-signaling cascade that acts to maintain energy homeostasis. The objective of this experiment was to investigate the possible effects of fasting and refeeding on the gene expression of hypothalamic AMPK, some appetitive regulating peptides and lipid metabolism related enzymes. Seven-day-old male broiler (Arbor Acres) chicks were allocated into three equal treatments: fed ad libitum (control); fasted for 24 h; fasted for 24 h and then refed for 24 h. Compared with the control, the hypothalamic gene expression of AMPKα2, AMPKβ1, AMPKβ2, AMPKγ1, Ste20-related adaptor protein β (STRADβ), mouse protein 25α (MO25α) and agouti-related peptide (AgRP) were increased after fasting for 24 h. No significant difference among treatments was observed in mRNA levels of AMPKα1, AMPKγ2, LKB1 and neuropeptide Y (NPY). However, the expression of MO25β, pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), ghrelin, fatty acid synthase (FAS), acetyl-CoA carboxylase α (ACCα), carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT-1) and sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) were significantly decreased. The present results indicated that 24 h fasting altered gene expression of AMPK subunits, appetite regulation peptides and lipometabolism related factors in chick’s hypothalamus; the hypothalamic FAS signaling pathway might be involved in the AMPK regulated energy homeostasis and/or appetite regulation in poultry.
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The neuroanatomical function of leptin in the hypothalamus. J Chem Neuroanat 2014; 61-62:207-20. [PMID: 25007719 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2014.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2013] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The anorexigenic hormone leptin plays an important role in the control of food intake and feeding-related behavior, for an important part through its action in the hypothalamus. The adipose-derived hormone modulates a complex network of several intercommunicating orexigenic and anorexigenic neuropeptides in the hypothalamus to reduce food intake and increase energy expenditure. In this review we present an updated overview of the functional role of leptin in respect to feeding and feeding-related behavior per distinct hypothalamic nuclei. In addition to the arcuate nucleus, which is a major leptin sensitive hub, leptin-responsive neurons in other hypothalamic nuclei, including the, dorsomedial-, ventromedial- and paraventricular nucleus and the lateral hypothalamic area, are direct targets of leptin. However, leptin also modulates hypothalamic neurons in an indirect manner, such as via the melanocortin system. The dissection of the complexity of leptin's action on the networks involved in energy balance is subject of recent and future studies. A full understanding of the role of hypothalamic leptin in the regulation of energy balance requires cell-specific manipulation using of conditional deletion and expression of leptin receptors. In addition, optogenetic and pharmacogenetic tools in combination with other pharmacological (such as the recent discovery of a leptin receptor antagonist) and neuronal tracing techniques to map the circuit, will be helpful to understand the role of leptin receptor expressing neurons. Better understanding of these circuits and the involvement of leptin could provide potential sites for therapeutic interventions in obesity and metabolic diseases characterized by dysregulation of energy balance.
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Schneeberger M, Gomis R, Claret M. Hypothalamic and brainstem neuronal circuits controlling homeostatic energy balance. J Endocrinol 2014; 220:T25-46. [PMID: 24222039 DOI: 10.1530/joe-13-0398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Alterations in adequate energy balance maintenance result in serious metabolic disturbances such as obesity. In mammals, this complex process is orchestrated by multiple and distributed neuronal circuits. Hypothalamic and brainstem neuronal circuits are critically involved in the sensing of circulating and local factors conveying information about the energy status of the organism. The integration of these signals culminates in the generation of specific and coordinated physiological responses aimed at regulating energy balance through the modulation of appetite and energy expenditure. In this article, we review current knowledge on the homeostatic regulation of energy balance, emphasizing recent advances in mouse genetics, electrophysiology, and optogenetic techniques that have greatly contributed to improving our understanding of this central process.
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- Marc Schneeberger
- Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, School of Medicine, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), 08036 Barcelona, 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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