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Rossi GS, Welch KC. Leptin Resistance Does Not Facilitate Migratory Fattening in Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus Colubris). Integr Comp Biol 2023; 63:1075-1086. [PMID: 37248054 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icad046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
Abstract
In mammals, leptin is an important energy homeostasis hormone produced by adipose tissue. Circulating leptin concentrations correlate positively with fat mass and act in a negative feedback fashion to inhibit food intake and increase energy expenditure, thereby preventing fat gain. For some species, leptin resistance is advantageous during times of year where fat gain is necessary (e.g., prior to hibernation). While the function of leptin in birds remains controversial, seasonal leptin resistance may similarly benefit migratory species. Here, we used the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) to test the hypothesis that leptin resistance promotes fattening prior to migration. We predicted that during the migratory fattening period, leptin levels should correlate positively with fat mass but should not inhibit food intake or increase energy expenditure, resulting in fattening. We tracked the body (fat) mass, the concentration of leptin-like protein in the urine, and the food intake of 12 captive hummingbirds from August 2021 to January 2022. In a subset of hummingbirds, we also quantified voluntary physical activity as a proxy for energy expenditure. We found remarkable age-related variation in fattening strategies, with juveniles doubling their body fat by mid-September and adults exhibiting only a 50% increase. Changes in fat mass were strongly associated with increased food intake and reduced voluntary activity. However, we found no correlation between leptin-like protein concentration and fat mass, food intake, or voluntary activity. Since increased torpor use has been shown to accelerate migratory fattening in ruby-throated hummingbirds, we also hypothesized that leptin is a mediator of torpor use. In an experimental manipulation of circulating leptin, however, we found no change in torpor use, body fat, or food intake. Overall, our findings suggest that leptin may not act as an adipostat in hummingbirds, nor does leptin resistance regulate how hummingbirds fatten prior to migration.
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- Giulia S Rossi
- Departmant of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4, Canada
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- Departmant of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4, Canada
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von Schnurbein J, Remy M, Brandt S, Manzoor J, Kohlsdorf K, Mahmood S, Hebebrand J, Wabitsch M. Positive effect of leptin substitution on mood and behaviour in patients with congenital leptin deficiency. Pediatr Obes 2023; 18:e13057. [PMID: 37226403 DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.13057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND States of starvation are characterized by reduced physical activity and social withdrawal. This has been suggested to be mediated at least in part via reduced leptin concentrations. OBJECTIVE We therefore aimed to ascertain if leptin substitution in patients with congenital leptin deficiency (CLD) can improve physical activity and mood. METHODS Seven patients with CLD were filmed prior to and after short- and long-term substitution (2-21 days; 3-4 months) in a play situation. Six independent, blinded investigators ranked each video according to specifically developed scales concerning motor activity, social interaction, emotionality, and mood with higher scores representing improvements. RESULTS Short term metreleptin substitution significantly increased mean total score from 17.7 ± 4.1 to 22.6 ± 6.6 (p = 0.039), and mean scores for motor activity (4.1 ± 1.1 to 5.1 ± 1.5, p = 0.023) and social interaction (4.6 ± 1.1 to 6.2 ± 1.7, p = 0.016). After long term substitution means of all four single scales and of total score were even higher than at short-term follow-up. During a treatment pause of 3 months in two children, all four scale scores fell below substitution levels and rose again after restart. CONCLUSIONS Metreleptin substitution improved indices of physical activity and psychological wellbeing in patients with CLD. This suggests that reduced leptin concentrations might be in part responsible for emotional and behavioural changes seen during starvation.
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- Julia von Schnurbein
- Department for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany
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- The Children's Hospital, University of Child Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany
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- Human Genetics & Molecular Biology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany
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Buller S, Kohnke S, Hansford R, Shimizu T, Richardson WD, Blouet C. Median eminence myelin continuously turns over in adult mice. Mol Metab 2023; 69:101690. [PMID: 36739968 PMCID: PMC9950957 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Oligodendrocyte progenitor cell differentiation is regulated by nutritional signals in the adult median eminence (ME), but the consequences on local myelination are unknown. The aim of this study was to characterize myelin plasticity in the ME of adult mice in health or in response to chronic nutritional challenge and determine its relevance to the regulation of energy balance. METHODS We assessed new oligodendrocyte (OL) and myelin generation and stability in the ME of healthy adult male mice using bromodeoxyuridine labelling and genetic fate mapping tools. We evaluated the contribution of microglia to ME myelin plasticity in PLX5622-treated C57BL/6J mice and in Pdgfra-Cre/ERT2;R26R-eYFP;Myrffl/fl mice, where adult oligodendrogenesis is blunted. Next, we investigated how high-fat feeding or caloric restriction impact ME OL lineage progression and myelination. Finally, we characterized the functional relevance of adult oligodendrogenesis on energy balance regulation. RESULTS We show that myelinating OLs are continuously and rapidly generated in the adult ME. Paradoxically, OL number and myelin amounts remain remarkably stable in the adult ME. In fact, the high rate of new OL and myelin generation in the ME is offset by continuous turnover of both. We show that microglia are required for continuous OL and myelin production, and that ME myelin plasticity regulates the recruitment of local immune cells. Finally, we provide evidence that ME myelination is regulated by the body's energetic status and demonstrate that ME OL and myelin plasticity are required for the regulation of energy balance and hypothalamic leptin sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS This study identifies a new mechanism modulating leptin sensitivity and the central control of energy balance and uncovers a previously unappreciated form of structural plasticity in the ME.
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- Sophie Buller
- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science and Medical Research Council Metabolic Disease Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science and Medical Research Council Metabolic Disease Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science and Medical Research Council Metabolic Disease Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK.
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK.
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- Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science and Medical Research Council Metabolic Disease Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Hristov M, Lazarov L. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase or cystathionine gamma-lyase abolishes leptin-induced fever in male rats. J Therm Biol 2023; 112:103443. [PMID: 36796898 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103443] [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: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Leptin is an adipokine that regulates energy balance and immune function. Peripheral leptin administration elicits prostaglandin E₂-dependent fever in rats. The gasotransmitters nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) are also involved in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced fever response. However, there is no data in the literature indicating if these gasotransmitters have a role in leptin-induced fever response. Here, we investigate the inhibition of NO and H₂S enzymes neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE) in leptin-induced fever response, respectively. Selective nNOS inhibitor 7-nitroindazole (7-NI), selective iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine (AG), and CSE inhibitor dl-propargylglycine (PAG) were administered intraperitoneally (ip). Body temperature (Tb), food intake, and body mass were recorded in fasted male rats. Leptin (0.5 mg/kg ip) induced a significant increase in Tb, whereas AG (50 mg/kg ip), 7-NI (10 mg/kg ip), or PAG (50 mg/kg ip) caused no changes in Tb. AG, 7-NI, or PAG abolished leptin increase in Tb. Our results highlight the potential involvement of iNOS, nNOS, and CSE in leptin-induced febrile response without affecting anorexic response to leptin in fasted male rats 24 h after leptin injection. Interestingly, all the inhibitors alone had the same anorexic effect induced by leptin. These findings have implications for understanding the role of NO and H₂S in leptin-induced febrile response.
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- Milen Hristov
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, 2 "Zdrave" St., 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, 2 "Zdrave" St., 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria
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St Aubin CR, Fisher AL, Hernandez JA, Broderick TL, Al-Nakkash L. Mitigation of MAFLD in High Fat-High Sucrose-Fructose Fed Mice by a Combination of Genistein Consumption and Exercise Training. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes 2022; 15:2157-2172. [PMID: 35911503 PMCID: PMC9329575 DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s358256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is fueled by escalations in both sedentary behavior and caloric intake and is noted in obese type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients. This study aimed to examine the effects of exercise and the phytoestrogen genistein in mice fed a high fat (60% fat) high sugar (55% fructose with 45% sucrose), HFHS diet. METHODS Male C57BL/6J mice were assigned to five groups: HFHS, HFHS with genistein (600 mg/kg diet, HFHS+Gen), HFHS with moderate exercise (HFHS+Ex), and HFHS with combined genistein and moderate exercise (HFHS-Gen+Ex). Control lean mice were fed standard chow and water. Exercise consisted of 30-minute sessions of treadmill running five days/week for the 12-week study duration. Body weight was assessed weekly. Liver, kidney, fecal pellets and serum were extracted at the end of the study and maintained at -80°C. RESULTS After 12 weeks of treatment, mice in the HFHS group had the highest hepatic lipid content. Plasma levels of glucose, insulin, leptin, cholesterol, amylin, and total fat content were significantly elevated in HFHS mice compared to control mice. HFHS feeding increased protein expression of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1b (CPT-1b isoform) in gastrocnemius, CPT1a, glucose transporter protein 2 (GLUT2), glucocorticoid receptor (GR), and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate 1 (FBP1) expression in liver. Exercise alone had minor effects on these metabolic abnormalities. Genistein alone resulted in improvements in body weight, fat content, amylin, insulin sensitivity, and liver histopathology, GR, FBP1, and acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC1). Combination treatment resulted in additional metabolic improvements, including reductions in hepatic lipid content and lipid area, alanine transferase activity, CPT1b, and CPT1a. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that a HFHS diet is obesogenic, inducing metabolic perturbations consistent with T2DM and MAFLD. Genistein alone and genistein combined with moderate intensity exercise were effective in reducing MAFLD and the aberrations induced by chronic HFHS feeding.
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- Chaheyla R St Aubin
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Graduate Studies Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA
- Laboratory of Diabetes and Exercise Metabolism, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Graduate Studies Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA
- Correspondence: Layla Al-Nakkash, Department of Physiology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA, Tel +1 623 572 3719, Fax +1 623 572 3673, Email
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Donepudi AC, Lee Y, Lee JY, Schuetz JD, Manautou JE. Multidrug resistance-associated protein 4 (Mrp4) is a novel genetic factor in the pathogenesis of obesity and diabetes. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21304. [PMID: 33417247 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202001299rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Multidrug resistance protein 4 (Mrp4) is an efflux transporter known to transport several xenobiotics and endogenous molecules. We recently identified that the lack of Mrp4 increases adipose tissue and body weights in mice. However, the role of Mrp4 in adipose tissue physiology are unknown. The current study aimed at characterizing these specific roles of Mrp4 using wild-type (WT) and knockout (Mrp4-/- ) mice. Our studies determined that Mrp4 is expressed in mouse adipose tissue and that the lack of Mrp4 expression is associated with adipocyte hypertrophy. Furthermore, the lack of Mrp4 increased blood glucose and leptin levels, and impaired glucose tolerance. Additionally, in 3T3-L1 cells and human pre-adipocytes, pharmacological inhibition of Mrp4 increased adipogenesis and altered expression of adipogenic genes. Lack of Mrp4 activity in both of our in vivo and in vitro models leads to increased activation of adipose tissue cAMP response element-binding protein (Creb) and decreased plasma prostaglandin E (PGE) metabolite levels. These changes in Creb activation, coupled with decreased PGE levels, together promoted the observed metabolic phenotype in Mrp4-/- mice. In conclusion, our results indicate that Mrp4 as a novel genetic factor involved in the pathogenesis of metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.
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- Ajay C Donepudi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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Leptin alters energy intake and fat mass but not energy expenditure in lean subjects. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5145. [PMID: 33051459 PMCID: PMC7553922 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18885-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Based on studies in mice, leptin was expected to decrease body weight in obese individuals. However, the majority of the obese are hyperleptinemic and do not respond to leptin treatment, suggesting the presence of leptin tolerance and questioning the role of leptin as regulator of energy balance in humans. We thus performed detailed novel measurements and analyses of samples and data from our clinical trials biobank to investigate leptin effects on mechanisms of weight regulation in lean normo- and mildly hypo-leptinemic individuals without genetic disorders. We demonstrate that short-term leptin administration alters food intake during refeeding after fasting, whereas long-term leptin treatment reduces fat mass and body weight, and transiently alters circulating free fatty acids in lean mildly hypoleptinemic individuals. Leptin levels before treatment initiation and leptin dose do not predict the observed weight loss in lean individuals suggesting a saturable effect of leptin. In contrast to data from animal studies, leptin treatment does not affect energy expenditure, lipid utilization, SNS activity, heart rate, blood pressure or lean body mass. Leptin treatment is effective to reduce body weight in animal models, but patients with obesity and associated hyperleptinemia do not respond well to leptin therapy. Here the authors report a retrospective analysis of four clinical trials in normo- and mildly hypoleptinemic individuals and show that leptin therapy alters food intake in the short term and reduces weight and fat mass in the long term without effects on energy expenditure.
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Duriez P, Ramoz N, Gorwood P, Viltart O, Tolle V. A Metabolic Perspective on Reward Abnormalities in Anorexia Nervosa. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2019; 30:915-928. [PMID: 31648936 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2019.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2019] [Revised: 08/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Anorexia nervosa (AN) is the psychiatric disorder with the highest mortality rate; however, the mechanisms responsible for its pathogenesis remain largely unknown. Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic loci associated with metabolic features in AN. Metabolic alterations that occur in AN have been mostly considered as consequences of the chronic undernutrition state but until recently have not been linked to the etiology of the disorder. We review the molecular basis of AN based on human genetics, with an emphasis on the molecular components controlling energy homeostasis, highlight the main metabolic and endocrine alterations occurring in AN, and decipher the possible connection between metabolic factors and abnormalities of reward processes that are central in AN.
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- Philibert Duriez
- Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé (UMRS) 1266 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), University Paris Descartes, Paris, France; Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l'Encéphale, Groupement Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Paris Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé (UMRS) 1266 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), University Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé (UMRS) 1266 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), University Paris Descartes, Paris, France; Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l'Encéphale, Groupement Hospitalier Universitaire (GHU) Paris Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé (UMRS) 1266 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), University Paris Descartes, Paris, France; University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé (UMRS) 1266 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), University Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
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Neuronal cAMP/PKA Signaling and Energy Homeostasis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1090:31-48. [PMID: 30390284 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1286-1_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The brain plays a key role in the regulation of body weight and glucose metabolism. Peripheral signals including hormones, metabolites, and neural afferent signals are received and processed by the brain which in turn elicits proper behavioral and metabolic responses for maintaining energy and glucose homeostasis. The cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) pathway acts downstream G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) to mediate the physiological effects of many hormones and neurotransmitters. Activated PKA phosphorylates various proteins including ion channels, enzymes, and transcription factors and regulates their activity. Recent studies have shown that neuronal cAMP/PKA activity in multiple brain regions are involved in the regulation of feeding, energy expenditure, and glucose homeostasis. In this chapter I summarize recent genetic and pharmacological studies concerning the regulation of body weight and glucose homeostasis by cAMP/PKA signaling in the brain.
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Rossi HL, Raj NR, Marquez de Prado B, Kuburas A, Luu AKS, Barr GA, Recober A. Trigeminal Pain Responses in Obese ob/ob Mice Are Modality-Specific. Neuroscience 2019; 415:121-134. [PMID: 31295530 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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How obesity exacerbates migraine and other pain disorders remains unknown. Trigeminal nociceptive processing, crucial in migraine pathophysiology, is abnormal in mice with diet induced obesity. However, it is not known if this is also true in genetic models of obesity. We hypothesized that obese mice, regardless of the model, have trigeminal hyperalgesia. To test this, we first evaluated trigeminal thermal nociception in leptin deficient (ob/ob) and control mice using an operant thermal assay. Unexpectedly, we found significant hypoalgesia in ob/ob mice. Because thermal hypoalgesia also occurs in mice lacking the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 channel (TRPV1), we tested capsaicin-evoked trigeminal nociception. Ob/ob and control mice had similar capsaicin-evoked nocifensive behaviors, but ob/ob mice were significantly less active after a facial injection of capsaicin than were diet-induced obese mice or lean controls. Conditioned place aversion in response to trigeminal stimulation with capsaicin was similar in both genotypes, indicating normal negative affect and pain avoidance. Supporting this, we found no difference in TRPV1 expression in the trigeminal ganglia of ob/ob and control mice. Finally, we assessed the possible contribution of hyperphagia, a hallmark of leptin deficiency, to the behavior observed in the operant assay. Ob/ob and lean control mice had similar reduction of intake when quinine or capsaicin was added to the sweetened milk, excluding a significant contribution of hyperphagia. In summary, ob/ob mice, unlike mice with diet-induced obesity, have trigeminal thermal hypoalgesia but normal responses to capsaicin, suggesting specificity in the mechanisms by which leptin acts in pain processing.
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- Heather L Rossi
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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Broderick TL, Sennott JM, Gutkowska J, Jankowski M. Anti-inflammatory and angiogenic effects of exercise training in cardiac muscle of diabetic mice. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes 2019; 12:565-573. [PMID: 31118719 PMCID: PMC6499146 DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s197127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background: Improved glycemic control and cardiovascular function are major benefits of regular exercise training (ET) in type 2 diabetes. Recent work has demonstrated that ET improves cardiac and vascular functions independent of obesity, inflammation, and glucose control in the diabetic db/db mouse. In this study, we determined whether ET can overcome the effects of elevated inflammatory cytokines and hyperglycemia on markers of cardiac angiogenesis and inflammation in the diabetic mouse. Methods: Male diabetic db/db mice were assigned to a sedentary and exercise-trained group. Sedentary lean control littermates were used as controls. ET was performed at moderate intensity on a treadmill 5 days a week for a period of 8 weeks. After ET, blood was collected for assay of glucose, hemoglobin (HB and HB1AC), C-reactive protein (CRP), and IL-6. Markers of inflammation and insulin resistance (IL-6, IL-1β, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNF-α]) and angiogenesis (endothelial nitric oxide synthase [eNOS], vascular endothelial growth factor-A [VEGF-A], and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α [HIF-1α]) were measured in hearts. Results: Diabetic db/db mice remained obese and hyperglycemic after ET. Percent total HB and HB1AC were significantly higher in ET db/db mice compared to sedentary db/db mice, indicating further deterioration of glucose control with ET. Plasma levels of CRP and IL-6 were higher in sedentary db/db mice compared to control mice and were unaffected by ET. However, in the presence of hyperglycemia and elevated plasma cytokines, protein expression of eNOS, mRNA expression of VEGF-A, and HIF-1α was increased in db/db hearts after ET. On the other hand, protein expression of TNF-α and mRNA expression IL-6 and IL-1β was significantly decreased by ET in hearts of db/db mice. Conclusion: Our results indicate that ET improves cardiac markers of angiogenesis, insulin resistance, and endothelial dysfunction in the db/db mouse. This was observed independently of obesity, hyperglycemia, and the systemic inflammatory state.
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- Tom L Broderick
- Laboratory of Diabetes and Exercise Metabolism, Department of Physiology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA
- Correspondence: Tom L BroderickLaboratory of Diabetes and Exercise Metabolism, Department of Physiology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59 Avenue, Glendale, AZ85308, USATel +1 623 572 3664Fax +1 623 572 3673Email
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical Education H23, Saint-Joseph Mercy Health System, Pontiac, MI, USA
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- Cardiovascular Biochemistry Laboratory, CRCHUM (7-134), Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Cardiovascular Biochemistry Laboratory, CRCHUM (7-134), Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Keleher MR, Zaidi R, Patel K, Ahmed A, Bettler C, Pavlatos C, Shah S, Cheverud JM. The effect of dietary fat on behavior in mice. J Diabetes Metab Disord 2018; 17:297-307. [PMID: 30918865 DOI: 10.1007/s40200-018-0373-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Purpose Obesity is linked to cognitive dysfunction in humans and rodents, and its effects can be passed on to the next generation. However, the extent of these effects is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a prenatal maternal high-fat diet and an individual high-fat diet in inbred mice. Methods We varied maternal diet and offspring diet to test the hypothesis that a high-fat diet would increase anxiety, reduce activity levels, and impair nest-building. First, we fed a high-fat (HF) or low-fat (LF) diet to genetically identical female Small (SM/J) mice and mated them with LF males. We cross-fostered all offspring to LF-fed SM/J nurses and weaned them onto an HF or LF diet. We weighed the mice weekly and we tested anxiety with the Open Field Test, activity levels with instantaneous scan sampling, and nest building using the Deacon Scale. Results Diet significantly affected weight, with HF females weighing 28.2 g (± 1.4 g SE) and LF females weighing 15.1 g (± 1.6 g SE) at 17 weeks old. The offspring's own diet had major behavioral effects. HF mice produced more fecal boli and urinations in the Open Field Test, built lower-quality nests, and had lower activity in adulthood than LF mice. The only trait that a prenatal maternal diet significantly affected was whether the offspring built their nests inside or outside of a hut. Conclusions Offspring diet, but not prenatal maternal diet, affected a wide range of behaviors in these mice.
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- Madeline Rose Keleher
- 1Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA.,2Department of Biology, Loyola University, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- 2Department of Biology, Loyola University, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- 2Department of Biology, Loyola University, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- 2Department of Biology, Loyola University, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- 2Department of Biology, Loyola University, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- 2Department of Biology, Loyola University, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- 2Department of Biology, Loyola University, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- 2Department of Biology, Loyola University, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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Cuvelier E, Méquinion M, Leghay C, Sibran W, Stievenard A, Sarchione A, Bonte MA, Vanbesien-Mailliot C, Viltart O, Saitoski K, Caron E, Labarthe A, Comptdaer T, Semaille P, Carrié H, Mutez E, Gressier B, Destée A, Chartier-Harlin MC, Belarbi K. Overexpression of Wild-Type Human Alpha-Synuclein Causes Metabolism Abnormalities in Thy1-aSYN Transgenic Mice. Front Mol Neurosci 2018; 11:321. [PMID: 30333721 PMCID: PMC6176013 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons, pathological accumulation of alpha-synuclein and motor symptoms, but also by non-motor symptoms. Metabolic abnormalities including body weight loss have been reported in patients and could precede by several years the emergence of classical motor manifestations. However, our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying body weight loss in PD is limited. The present study investigated the links between alpha-synuclein accumulation and energy metabolism in transgenic mice overexpressing Human wild-type (WT) alpha-synuclein under the Thy1 promoter (Thy1-aSYN mice). Results showed that Thy1-aSYN mice gained less body weight throughout life than WT mice, with significant difference observed from 3 months of age. Body composition analysis of 6-month-old transgenic animals showed that body mass loss was due to lower adiposity. Thy1-aSYN mice displayed lower food consumption, increased spontaneous activity, as well as a reduced energy expenditure compared to control mice. While no significant change in glucose or insulin responses were observed, Thy1-aSYN mice had significantly lower plasmatic levels of insulin and leptin than control animals. Moreover, the pathological accumulation of alpha-synuclein in the hypothalamus of 6-month-old Thy1-aSYN mice was associated with a down-regulation of the phosphorylated active form of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and of Rictor (the mTORC2 signaling pathway), known to couple hormonal signals with the maintenance of metabolic and energy homeostasis. Collectively, our results suggest that (i) metabolic alterations are an important phenotype of alpha-synuclein overexpression in mice and that (ii) impaired STAT3 activation and mTORC2 levels in the hypothalamus may underlie the disruption of feeding regulation and energy metabolism in Thy1-aSYN mice.
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- Elodie Cuvelier
- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR 894, Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Inserm, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- UMR-S 1172, Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer, Inserm, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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Deem JD, Muta K, Ogimoto K, Nelson JT, Velasco KR, Kaiyala KJ, Morton GJ. Leptin regulation of core body temperature involves mechanisms independent of the thyroid axis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2018; 315:E552-E564. [PMID: 29944392 PMCID: PMC6230702 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00462.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The ability to maintain core temperature within a narrow range despite rapid and dramatic changes in environmental temperature is essential for the survival of free-living mammals, and growing evidence implicates an important role for the hormone leptin. Given that thyroid hormone plays a major role in thermogenesis and that circulating thyroid hormone levels are reduced in leptin-deficient states (an effect partially restored by leptin replacement), we sought to determine the extent to which leptin's role in thermogenesis is mediated by raising thyroid hormone levels. To this end, we 1) quantified the effect of physiological leptin replacement on circulating levels of thyroid hormone in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice, and 2) determined if the effect of leptin to prevent the fall in core temperature in these animals during cold exposure is mimicked by administration of a physiological replacement dose of triiodothyronine (T3). We report that, as with leptin, normalization of circulating T3 levels is sufficient both to increase energy expenditure, respiratory quotient, and ambulatory activity and to reduce torpor in ob/ob mice. Yet, unlike leptin, infusing T3 at a dose that normalizes plasma T3 levels fails to prevent the fall of core temperature during mild cold exposure. Because thermal conductance (e.g., heat loss to the environment) was reduced by administration of leptin but not T3, leptin regulation of heat dissipation is implicated as playing a uniquely important role in thermoregulation. Together, these findings identify a key role in thermoregulation for leptin-mediated suppression of thermal conduction via a mechanism that is independent of the thyroid axis.
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- Jennifer D Deem
- UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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The antidepressant fluoxetine acts on energy balance and leptin sensitivity via BDNF. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1781. [PMID: 29379096 PMCID: PMC5789051 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19886-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Leptin and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) pathways are critical players in body weight homeostasis. Noninvasive treatments like environmental stimulation are able to increase response to leptin and induce BDNF expression in the brain. Emerging evidences point to the antidepressant selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Fluoxetine (FLX) as a drug with effects similar to environmental stimulation. FLX is known to impact on body weight, with mechanisms yet to be elucidated. We herein asked whether FLX affects energy balance, the leptin system and BDNF function. Adult lean male mice chronically treated with FLX showed reduced weight gain, higher energy expenditure, increased sensitivity to acute leptin, increased hypothalamic BDNF expression, associated to changes in white adipose tissue expression typical of “brownization”. In the Ntrk2tm1Ddg/J model, carrying a mutation in the BDNF receptor Tyrosine kinase B (TrkB), these effects are partially or totally reversed. Wild type obese mice treated with FLX showed reduced weight gain, increased energy output, and differently from untreated obese mice, a preserved acute response to leptin in terms of activation of the intracellular leptin transducer STAT3. In conclusion, FLX impacts on energy balance and induces leptin sensitivity and an intact TrkB function is required for these effects to take place.
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Yoo JH, Ha TW, Hong JT, Oh KW. Sinomenine, an Alkaloid Derived from Sinomenium acutum Potentiates Pentobarbital-Induced Sleep Behaviors and Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) Sleep in Rodents. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2017; 25:586-592. [PMID: 29081090 PMCID: PMC5685427 DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2017.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Sinomenium acutum has been long used in the preparations of traditional medicine in Japan, China and Korea for the treatment of various disorders including rheumatism, fever, pulmonary diseases and mood disorders. Recently, it was reported that Sinomenium acutum, has sedative and anxiolytic effects mediated by GABA-ergic systems. These experiments were performed to investigate whether sinomenine (SIN), an alkaloid derived from Sinomenium acutum enhances pentobarbital-induced sleep via γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic systems, and modulates sleep architecture in mice. Oral administration of SIN (40 mg/kg) markedly reduced spontaneous locomotor activity, similar to diazepam (a benzodiazepine agonist) in mice. SIN shortened sleep latency, and increased total sleep time in a dose-dependent manner when co-administrated with pentobarbital (42 mg/kg, i.p.). SIN also increased the number of sleeping mice and total sleep time by concomitant administration with the sub-hypnotic dosage of pentobarbital (28 mg/kg, i.p.). SIN reduced the number of sleep-wake cycles, and increased total sleep time and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. In addition, SIN also increased chloride influx in the primary cultured hypothalamic neuronal cells. Furthermore, protein overexpression of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65/67) and GABAA receptor subunits by western blot were found, being activated by SIN. In conclusion, SIN augments pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors through GABAA-ergic systems, and increased NREM sleep. It could be a candidate for the treatment of insomnia.
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- Jae Hyeon Yoo
- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea
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Ploeger JM, Manivel JC, Boatner LN, Mashek DG. Caloric Restriction Prevents Carcinogen-Initiated Liver Tumorigenesis in Mice. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2017; 10:660-670. [DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-17-0174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ramos-Lobo AM, Donato J. The role of leptin in health and disease. Temperature (Austin) 2017; 4:258-291. [PMID: 28944270 DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2017.1327003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Leptin is a master regulator of energy balance and body adiposity. Additionally, leptin exerts important control on glucose homeostasis, thermogenesis, autonomic nervous system and neuroendocrine axes. In metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes mellitus, leptin signaling may be compromised, indicating the important role of this hormone in the etiology and pathophysiological manifestations of these conditions. In the present manuscript, we reviewed important concepts of leptin signaling, as well as about the effects of leptin on several biologic functions. We also discussed the possible therapeutic use of leptin administration and how our current obesogenic environment contributes to the development of leptin resistance. Our objective was to provide a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review about the importance of leptin to maintain the homeostasis and during pathological conditions.
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- Angela M Ramos-Lobo
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Luna-Illades C, Morales T, Miranda-Anaya M. Decreased food anticipatory activity of obese mice relates to hypothalamic c-Fos expression. Physiol Behav 2017; 179:9-15. [PMID: 28527681 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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During daily Food Restriction (FR), obese Neotomodon alstoni mice present decreased Food Anticipatory Activity (FAA) compared to lean mice. Here, we investigated whether FOS expression in hypothalamic nuclei involved in food synchronization and anticipation parallels decreased FAA during daily FR of obese N. alstoni. Locomotor activity of lean and obese mice in ad libitum feeding conditions was monitored for at least two weeks. Then, a gradual restriction of food access was followed to establish a 5h period of daily food access. FR was maintained during at least two weeks before sacrifice of mice at the starting point of the feeding period. Obese mice subjected to FR displayed an overall reduction of FOS-positive (FOS+) hypothalamic neurons, while lean mice in a similar protocol exhibited an increase in FOS+ neurons within the arcuate and dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei. These results are consistent with decreased FAA displayed by obese mice in comparison to lean mice. Furthermore, limbic system areas of lean mice, such as the cingulate cortex and the hippocampus, showed an increase in FOS during FR, while no responses were observed in obese mice. The daily food intake of obese mice was severely reduced during FR, compared to the ad libitum condition, whereas food intake in lean mice was not affected by FR. Current data suggests that decreased hypothalamic and limbic neuronal activation may contribute to the reduction of FAA in obese N. alstoni mice.
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- C Luna-Illades
- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Querétaro, Mexico; Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, México.
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Querétaro, Mexico
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Kwon YO, Hong JT, Oh KW. Rosmarinic Acid Potentiates Pentobarbital-Induced Sleep Behaviors and Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) Sleep through the Activation of GABA A-ergic Systems. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2017; 25:105-111. [PMID: 27469144 PMCID: PMC5340534 DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2016.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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It has been known that RA, one of major constituents of Perilla frutescens which has been used as a traditional folk remedy for sedation in oriental countries, shows the anxiolytic-like and sedative effects. This study was performed to know whether RA may enhance pentobarbital-induced sleep through γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A-ergic systems in rodents. RA (0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg/ kg, p.o.) reduced the locomotor activity in mice. RA decreased sleep latency and increased the total sleep time in pentobarbital (42 mg/kg, i.p.)-induced sleeping mice. RA also increased sleeping time and number of falling sleep mice after treatment with sub-hypnotic pentobarbital (28 mg/kg, i.p.). In electroencephalogram (EEG) recording, RA (2.0 mg/kg) not only decreased the counts of sleep/wake cycles and REM sleep, but also increased the total and NREM sleep in rats. The power density of NREM sleep showed the increase in δ-waves and the decrease in α-waves. On the other hand, RA (0.1, 1.0 and 10 μg/ml) increased intracellular Cl- influx in the primary cultured hypothalamic cells of rats. RA (p.o.) increased the protein expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65/67) and GABAA receptors subunits except β1 subunit. In conclusion, RA augmented pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors through GABAA-ergic transmission. Thus, it is suggested that RA may be useful for the treatment of insomnia.
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- Yeong Ok Kwon
- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Medical Research Center, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea
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The aim of this study was to investigate whether neonatal maternal separation (MS) - chronic stress experience in early life - affects the anorectic efficacy of leptin in the offspring at adolescence. Sprague-Dawley pups were separated from the dam daily for 3 h during postnatal day 1-14 or left undisturbed as non-handled controls (NH). NH and MS male pups received an intraperitoneal leptin (100 μg/kg) or saline on postnatal day (PND) 28, and then food intake and body weight gain were recorded. The hypothalamic levels of leptin-signalling-related genes, phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (pSTAT3) and protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) were examined at 40 min after a single injection of leptin on PND 39 by immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis. Leptin-induced suppressions in food intake and weight gain was observed in NH pups, but not in MS. Leptin increased pSTAT3 in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus of NH pups, but not of MS. Interestingly, basal levels of the hypothalamic PTP1B and pSTAT3 were increased in MS pups compared with NH controls. The results suggest that neonatal MS experience may blunt the anorectic efficacy of leptin later in life, possibly in relation with increased expressions of PTP1B and/or pSTAT3 in the hypothalamus.
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Dorfman MD, Krull JE, Douglass JD, Fasnacht R, Lara-Lince F, Meek TH, Shi X, Damian V, Nguyen HT, Matsen ME, Morton GJ, Thaler JP. Sex differences in microglial CX3CR1 signalling determine obesity susceptibility in mice. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14556. [PMID: 28223698 PMCID: PMC5322503 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Female mice are less susceptible to the negative metabolic consequences of high-fat diet feeding than male mice, for reasons that are incompletely understood. Here we identify sex-specific differences in hypothalamic microglial activation via the CX3CL1-CX3CR1 pathway that mediate the resistance of female mice to diet-induced obesity. Female mice fed a high-fat diet maintain CX3CL1-CX3CR1 levels while male mice show reductions in both ligand and receptor expression. Female Cx3cr1 knockout mice develop 'male-like' hypothalamic microglial accumulation and activation, accompanied by a marked increase in their susceptibility to diet-induced obesity. Conversely, increasing brain CX3CL1 levels in male mice through central pharmacological administration or virally mediated hypothalamic overexpression converts them to a 'female-like' metabolic phenotype with reduced microglial activation and body-weight gain. These data implicate sex differences in microglial activation in the modulation of energy homeostasis and identify CX3CR1 signalling as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of obesity.
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- Mauricio D. Dorfman
- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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Ruegsegger GN, Booth FW. Running from Disease: Molecular Mechanisms Associating Dopamine and Leptin Signaling in the Brain with Physical Inactivity, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2017; 8:109. [PMID: 28588553 PMCID: PMC5440472 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Physical inactivity is a primary contributor to diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. Accelerometry data suggest that a majority of US adults fail to perform substantial levels of physical activity needed to improve health. Thus, understanding the molecular factors that stimulate physical activity, and physical inactivity, is imperative for the development of strategies to reduce sedentary behavior and in turn prevent chronic disease. Despite many of the well-known health benefits of physical activity being described, little is known about genetic and biological factors that may influence this complex behavior. The mesolimbic dopamine system regulates motivating and rewarding behavior as well as motor movement. Here, we present data supporting the hypothesis that obesity may mechanistically lower voluntary physical activity levels via dopamine dysregulation. In doing so, we review data that suggest mesolimbic dopamine activity is a strong contributor to voluntary physical activity behavior. We also summarize findings suggesting that obesity leads to central dopaminergic dysfunction, which in turn contributes to reductions in physical activity that often accompany obesity. Additionally, we highlight examples in which central leptin activity influences physical activity levels in a dopamine-dependent manner. Future elucidation of these mechanisms will help support strategies to increase physical activity levels in obese patients and prevent diseases caused by physical inactivity.
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- Gregory N. Ruegsegger
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
- *Correspondence: Frank W. Booth,
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Kwon YO, Ha TW, Oh KW. Ethanol Extract of Perillae Herba Enhances Pentobarbital-Induced Sleep and Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) Sleep through GABAA-ergic Systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.20307/nps.2017.23.1.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yeong Ok Kwon
- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
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Benfato ID, Moretto TL, Barthichoto M, Carvalho FPD, Oliveira CAMD. Translational Science: How experimental research has contributed to the understanding of spontaneous Physical Activity and Energy Homeostasis. MOTRIZ: REVISTA DE EDUCACAO FISICA 2017. [DOI: 10.1590/s1980-6574201700si0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Obesity is associated with several pain disorders including headache. The effects of obesity on the trigeminal nociceptive system, which mediates headache, remain unknown. We used 2 complementary mouse models of obesity (high-fat diet and leptin deficiency) to examine this. We assessed capsaicin-induced nocifensive behavior and photophobia in obese and control mice. Calcium imaging was used to determine the effects of obesity on the activity of primary trigeminal afferents in vitro. We found that obese mice had a normal acute response to a facial injection of capsaicin, but they developed photophobic behavior at doses that had no effect on control mice. We observed higher calcium influx in cultured trigeminal ganglia neurons from obese mice and a higher percentage of medium to large diameter capsaicin-responsive cells. These findings demonstrate that obesity results in functional changes in the trigeminal system that may contribute to abnormal sensory processing. Our findings provide the foundation for in-depth studies to improve the understanding of the effects of obesity on the trigeminal system and may have implications for the pathophysiology of headache disorders.
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Garland T, Zhao M, Saltzman W. Hormones and the Evolution of Complex Traits: Insights from Artificial Selection on Behavior. Integr Comp Biol 2016; 56:207-24. [PMID: 27252193 PMCID: PMC5964798 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icw040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Although behavior may often be a fairly direct target of natural or sexual selection, it cannot evolve without changes in subordinate traits that cause or permit its expression. In principle, changes in endocrine function could be a common mechanism underlying behavioral evolution because they are well positioned to mediate integrated responses to behavioral selection. More specifically, hormones can influence both motivational (e.g., brain) and performance (e.g., muscles) components of behavior simultaneously and in a coordinated fashion. If the endocrine system is often "used" as a general mechanism to effect responses to selection, then correlated responses in other aspects of behavior, life history, and organismal performance (e.g., locomotor abilities) should commonly occur because any cell with appropriate receptors could be affected. Ways in which behavior coadapts with other aspects of the phenotype can be studied directly through artificial selection and experimental evolution. Several studies have targeted rodent behavior for selective breeding and reported changes in other aspects of behavior, life history, and lower-level effectors of these organismal traits, including endocrine function. One example involves selection for high levels of voluntary wheel running, one aspect of physical activity, in four replicate High Runner (HR) lines of mice. Circulating levels of several hormones (including insulin, testosterone, thyroxine, triiodothyronine) have been characterized, three of which-corticosterone, leptin, and adiponectin-differ between HR and control lines, depending on sex, age, and generation. Potential changes in circulating levels of other behaviorally and metabolically relevant hormones, as well as in other components of the endocrine system (e.g., receptors), have yet to be examined. Overall, results to date identify promising avenues for further studies on the endocrine basis of activity levels.
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- Theodore Garland
- *Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92506, USA
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- *Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92506, USA
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- *Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92506, USA
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Kaiyala KJ, Ogimoto K, Nelson JT, Muta K, Morton GJ. Physiological role for leptin in the control of thermal conductance. Mol Metab 2016; 5:892-902. [PMID: 27689002 PMCID: PMC5034509 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2016.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Objective To investigate the role played by leptin in thermoregulation, we studied the effects of physiological leptin replacement in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice on determinants of energy balance, thermogenesis and heat retention under 3 different ambient temperatures. Methods The effects of housing at 14 °C, 22 °C or 30 °C on core temperature (telemetry), energy expenditure (respirometry), thermal conductance, body composition, energy intake, and locomotor activity (beam breaks) were measured in ob/ob mice implanted subcutaneously with osmotic minipumps at a dose designed to deliver a physiological replacement dose of leptin or its vehicle-control. Results As expected, the hypothermic phenotype of ob/ob mice was partially rescued by administration of leptin at a dose that restores plasma levels into the physiological range. This effect of leptin was not due to increased energy expenditure, as cold exposure markedly and equivalently stimulated energy expenditure and induced activation of brown adipose tissue irrespective of leptin treatment. Instead, the effect of physiological leptin replacement to raise core body temperature of cold-exposed ob/ob mice was associated with reduced thermal conductance, implying a physiological role for leptin in heat conservation. Finally, both leptin- and vehicle-treated ob/ob mice failed to match energy intake to expenditure during cold exposure, resulting in weight loss. Conclusions The physiological effect of leptin to reduce thermal conductance contributes to maintenance of core body temperature under sub-thermoneutral conditions. Physiological leptin replacement partially rescues hypothermia in cold-exposed ob/ob mice. Leptin's normothermic effect cannot be explained by increased energy expenditure. This effect does not appear to be mediated by changes in physical activity. Leptin promotes normothermia during cold exposure by reducing thermal conductance.
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- Karl J Kaiyala
- Department of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- UW Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
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Jankowski M, Broderick TL, Gutkowska J. Oxytocin and cardioprotection in diabetes and obesity. BMC Endocr Disord 2016; 16:34. [PMID: 27268060 PMCID: PMC4895973 DOI: 10.1186/s12902-016-0110-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Oxytocin (OT) emerges as a drug for the treatment of diabetes and obesity. The entire OT system is synthesized in the rat and human heart. The direct myocardial infusion with OT into an ischemic or failing heart has the potential to elicit a variety of cardioprotective effects. OT treatment attenuates cardiomyocyte (CMs) death induced by ischemia-reperfusion by activating pro-survival pathways within injured CMs in vivo and in isolated cells. OT treatment reduces cardiac apoptosis, fibrosis, and hypertrophy. The OT/OT receptor (OTR) system is downregulated in the db/db mouse model of type 2 diabetes which develops genetic diabetic cardiomyopathy (DC) similar to human disease. We have shown that chronic OT treatment prevents the development of DC in the db/db mouse. In addition, OT stimulates glucose uptake in both cardiac stem cells and CMs, and increases cell resistance to diabetic conditions. OT may help replace lost CMs by stimulating the in situ differentiation of cardiac stem cells into functional mature CMs. Lastly, adult stem cells amenable for transplantation such as MSCs could be preconditioned with OT ex vivo and implanted into the injured heart to aid in tissue regeneration through direct differentiation, secretion of protective and cardiomyogenic factors and/or their fusion with injured CMs.
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- Marek Jankowski
- Cardiovascular Biochemistry Laboratory, CRCHUM (7-134), Tour Viger, 900 St-Denis St., Montreal, Quebec, H2X 0A9, Canada.
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology, Laboratory of Diabetes and Exercise Metabolism, Midwestern University, Agave Hall, office 217-B, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA.
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- Cardiovascular Biochemistry Laboratory, CRCHUM (7-134), Tour Viger, 900 St-Denis St., Montreal, Quebec, H2X 0A9, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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Odle AK, Allensworth-James M, Haney A, Akhter N, Syed M, Childs GV. Adipocyte Versus Somatotrope Leptin: Regulation of Metabolic Functions in the Mouse. Endocrinology 2016; 157:1443-56. [PMID: 26859333 PMCID: PMC4816722 DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Leptin regulates food intake and energy expenditure (EE) and is produced in adipocytes, the pituitary, and several other tissues. Animals that are leptin or leptin receptor deficient have major metabolic complications, including obesity. This study tests the hypothesis that the pituitary somatotrope may contribute a source of leptin that maintains some of these metabolic functions. We created 2 different tissue-specific leptin knockout animals: a Somatotrope-Lep-null model and an Adipocyte-Lep-null model. Metabolic analysis of both models, along with a global deletion model, was performed. The Somatotrope-Lep-null animals had fewer somatotropes, and females had a 76% decrease in serum prolactin. During the dark (feeding) phase, females had a 35% increase in ambulation coupled with a 4% increase in EE. Mutants showed no change in food intake or weight gain and EE was unchanged in males. During the light (sleep) phase, Somatotrope-Lep-null mutant males had lower EE and females continued to have higher EE. The respiratory quotients (RQs) of mutants and littermate controls were decreased in males and increased in females; all were within the range that indicates predominant carbohydrate burning. The massively obese Adipocyte-Lep-null animals, however, had significant increases in food intake, sleep, and increased EE, with decreased activity. Changes in RQ were sexually dimorphic, with female mutants having higher RQ and males having decreased RQ. We conclude that both adipocyte and somatotrope leptin contribute to the metabolic homeostasis of the mouse, and that extraadipocyte sources of leptin cannot overcome the major metabolic challenges seen in these animals.
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- Angela Katherine Odle
- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine, Center for Translational Neurosciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine, Center for Translational Neurosciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine, Center for Translational Neurosciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine, Center for Translational Neurosciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine, Center for Translational Neurosciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine, Center for Translational Neurosciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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Yoo JH, Ha TW, Hong JT, Oh KW. Rhynchophylline, One of Major Constituents ofUncariae Ramulus et UncusEnhances Pentobarbital-induced Sleep Behaviors and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep in Rodents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.20307/nps.2016.22.4.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jae Hyeon Yoo
- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644 Republic of Korea
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Fernandes MFA, Matthys D, Hryhorczuk C, Sharma S, Mogra S, Alquier T, Fulton S. Leptin Suppresses the Rewarding Effects of Running via STAT3 Signaling in Dopamine Neurons. Cell Metab 2015; 22:741-9. [PMID: 26341832 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Revised: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The adipose hormone leptin potently influences physical activity. Leptin can decrease locomotion and running, yet the mechanisms involved and the influence of leptin on the rewarding effects of running ("runner's high") are unknown. Leptin receptor (LepR) signaling involves activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3), including in dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) that are essential for reward-relevant behavior. We found that mice lacking STAT3 in dopamine neurons exhibit greater voluntary running, an effect reversed by viral-mediated STAT3 restoration. STAT3 deletion increased the rewarding effects of running whereas intra-VTA leptin blocked it in a STAT3-dependent manner. Finally, STAT3 loss-of-function reduced mesolimbic dopamine overflow and function. Findings suggest that leptin influences the motivational effects of running via LepR-STAT3 modulation of dopamine tone. Falling leptin is hypothesized to increase stamina and the rewarding effects of running as an adaptive means to enhance the pursuit and procurement of food.
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- Maria Fernanda A Fernandes
- Centre de Recherche du CHUM and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Department of Physiology, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Department of Physiology, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Department of Nutrition, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Department of Medicine, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du CHUM and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Department of Nutrition, Université de Montreal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada; Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada.
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Acosta W, Meek TH, Schutz H, Dlugosz EM, Vu KT, Garland T. Effects of early-onset voluntary exercise on adult physical activity and associated phenotypes in mice. Physiol Behav 2015; 149:279-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Revised: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Evangelista FS, Muller CR, Stefano JT, Torres MM, Muntanelli BR, Simon D, Alvares-da-Silva MR, Pereira IV, Cogliati B, Carrilho FJ, Oliveira CP. Physical training improves body weight and energy balance but does not protect against hepatic steatosis in obese mice. Int J Clin Exp Med 2015; 8:10911-10919. [PMID: 26379885 PMCID: PMC4565268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This study sought to determine the role of physical training (PT) on body weight (BW), energy balance, histological markers of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and metabolic gene expression in the liver of ob/ob mice. Adult male ob/ob mice were assigned into groups sedentary (S; n = 8) and trained (T; n = 9). PT consisted in running sessions of 60 min at 60% of maximal speed conducted five days per week for eight weeks. BW of S group was higher from the 4(th) to 8(th) week of PT compared to their own BW at the beginning of the experiment. PT decreased daily food intake and increased resting oxygen consumption and energy expenditure in T group. No difference was observed in respiratory exchange ratio, but the rates of carbohydrate and lipids oxidation, and maximal running capacity were greater in T than S group. Both groups showed liver steatosis but not inflammation. PT increased CPT1a and SREBP1c mRNA expression in T group, but did not change MTP, PPAR-α, PPAR-γ, and NFKB mRNA expression. In conclusion, PT prevented body weight gain in ob/ob mice by inducing negative energy balance and increased physical exercise tolerance. However, PT did not change inflammatory gene expression and failed to prevent liver steatosis possible due to an upregulation in the expression of SREBP1c transcription factor. These findings reveal that PT has positive effect on body weight control but not in the liver steatosis in a leptin deficiency condition.
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- Experimental Pathophysiology Dept, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao PauloBrazil
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- Gastroenterology Dept (LIM 07), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao PauloBrazil
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- Gastroenterology Dept (LIM 07), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao PauloBrazil
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- Gastroenterology Dept (LIM 07), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao PauloBrazil
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Applied to Health Dept, Luterana University of Brazil (ULBRA)Canoas, RS, Brazil
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Clinics Hospital of Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do SulBrazil
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- Gastroenterology Dept (LIM 07), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao PauloBrazil
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- Gastroenterology Dept (LIM 07), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao PauloBrazil
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- Gastroenterology Dept (LIM 07), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao PauloBrazil
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- Gastroenterology Dept (LIM 07), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao PauloBrazil
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Montes VN, Subramanian S, Goodspeed L, Wang SA, Omer M, Bobik A, Teshigawara K, Nishibori M, Chait A. Anti-HMGB1 antibody reduces weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet. Nutr Diabetes 2015; 5:e161. [PMID: 26075638 PMCID: PMC4491852 DOI: 10.1038/nutd.2015.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Revised: 04/05/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Insulin resistance in obesity is believed to be propagated by adipose tissue and liver inflammation. HMGB1 is a multifunctional protein that is pro-inflammatory when released from cells. It has been previously demonstrated that anti-HMGB1 antibody reduces atherosclerotic lesion pro-inflammatory cells and progression of atherosclerosis in a mouse model. To test the potential beneficial role of blocking HMGB1 in adipose tissue and liver inflammation in mice fed an obesogenic diet, we administered anti-HMGB1 antibody to C57Bl/6 mice fed a high (60%)-fat diet. The mice were treated with weekly injections of an anti-HMGB1 antibody or anti-KLH antibody (isotype control) for 16 weeks. Mice that received the anti-HMGB1 antibody gained less weight than the control-treated animals. Anti-HMGB1 treatment also reduced hepatic expression of TNF-alpha and MCP-1, molecules that promote inflammation. However, adipose tissue inflammation, as measured by gene expression analyses and immunohistochemistry, did not differ between the two groups. There also were no differences in glucose or insulin tolerance between the two groups. When feeding mice a high-fat diet, these data suggest that HMGB1 may have a crucial role in weight gain and liver inflammation.
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- V N Montes
- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- BakerIDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Chen J, Kaiyala KJ, Lam J, Agrawal N, Nguyen L, Ogimoto K, Spencer D, Morton GJ, Schwartz MW, Dichek HL. In vivo structure-function studies of human hepatic lipase: the catalytic function rescues the lean phenotype of HL-deficient (hl-/-) mice. Physiol Rep 2015; 3:e12365. [PMID: 25862097 PMCID: PMC4425970 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Revised: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The lean body weight phenotype of hepatic lipase (HL)-deficient mice (hl(-/-)) suggests that HL is required for normal weight gain, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. HL plays a unique role in lipoprotein metabolism performing bridging as well as catalytic functions, either of which could participate in energy homeostasis. To determine if both the catalytic and bridging functions or the catalytic function alone are required for the effect of HL on body weight, we studied (hl(-/-)) mice that transgenically express physiologic levels of human (h)HL (with catalytic and bridging functions) or a catalytically-inactive (ci)HL variant (with bridging function only) in which the catalytic Serine 145 was mutated to Alanine. As expected, HL activity in postheparin plasma was restored to physiologic levels only in hHL-transgenic mice (hl(-/-)hHL). During high-fat diet feeding, hHL-transgenic mice exhibited increased body weight gain and body adiposity relative to hl(-/-)ciHL mice. A similar, albeit less robust effect was observed in female hHL-transgenic relative to hl(-/-)ciHL mice. To delineate the basis for this effect, we determined cumulative food intake and measured energy expenditure using calorimetry. Interestingly, in both genders, food intake was 5-10% higher in hl(-/-)hHL mice relative to hl(-/-)ciHL controls. Similarly, energy expenditure was ~10% lower in HL-transgenic mice after adjusting for differences in total body weight. Our results demonstrate that (1) the catalytic function of HL is required to rescue the lean body weight phenotype of hl(-/-) mice; (2) this effect involves complementary changes in both sides of the energy balance equation; and (3) the bridging function alone is insufficient to rescue the lean phenotype of hl(-/-)ciHL mice.
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- Jeffrey Chen
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, School of Dentistry University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Kaiyala KJ, Ogimoto K, Nelson JT, Schwartz MW, Morton GJ. Leptin signaling is required for adaptive changes in food intake, but not energy expenditure, in response to different thermal conditions. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119391. [PMID: 25756181 PMCID: PMC4355297 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Survival of free-living animals depends on the ability to maintain core body temperature in the face of rapid and dramatic changes in their thermal environment. If food intake is not adjusted to meet the changing energy demands associated with changes of ambient temperature, a serious challenge to body energy stores can occur. To more fully understand the coupling of thermoregulation to energy homeostasis in normal animals and to investigate the role of the adipose hormone leptin to this process, comprehensive measures of energy homeostasis and core temperature were obtained in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice and their wild-type (WT) littermate controls when housed under cool (14°C), usual (22°C) or ∼ thermoneutral (30°C) conditions. Our findings extend previous evidence that WT mice robustly defend normothermia in response to either a lowering (14°C) or an increase (30°C) of ambient temperature without changes in body weight or body composition. In contrast, leptin-deficient, ob/ob mice fail to defend normothermia at ambient temperatures lower than thermoneutrality and exhibit marked losses of both body fat and lean mass when exposed to cooler environments (14°C). Our findings further demonstrate a strong inverse relationship between ambient temperature and energy expenditure in WT mice, a relationship that is preserved in ob/ob mice. However, thermal conductance analysis indicates defective heat retention in ob/ob mice, irrespective of temperature. While a negative relationship between ambient temperature and energy intake also exists in WT mice, this relationship is disrupted in ob/ob mice. Thus, to meet the thermoregulatory demands of different ambient temperatures, leptin signaling is required for adaptive changes in both energy intake and thermal conductance. A better understanding of the mechanisms coupling thermoregulation to energy homeostasis may lead to the development of new approaches for the treatment of obesity.
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- Karl J. Kaiyala
- Department of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Ceccarini G, Maffei M, Vitti P, Santini F. Fuel homeostasis and locomotor behavior: role of leptin and melanocortin pathways. J Endocrinol Invest 2015; 38:125-31. [PMID: 25501840 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-014-0225-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND While it is now accepted that genes and their products affect food intake, the concept that locomotor behavior or the propensity for physical activity is controlled by neuro hum oral regulators is frequently underappreciated. In mammals, complex interactions have developed to allow the cross-talk between fuel homeostasis and physical activity. AIM The aim of this review is to provide a synopsis of the influence of the leptin-melanocortin pathway, a well-studied pivotal player in body weight regulation, on locomotor behaviors. CONCLUSIONS In rodents, reductions in leptin levels that physiologically occur following acute food deprivation or a reduction of the fat mass consequent to prolonged caloric restrictions are associated with a decrease in total locomotor activity and simultaneous increase in food-anticipatory activity, a locomotor behavior which reflects a foraging attitude. These actions can be prevented by leptin administration and are at least partially mediated by the neurons of the melanocortin pathway. In humans, twin studies have attributed to genetic factors approximately 50% of the variance of physical activity. An elevated number of the genes or loci which may affect physical activity are involved in body weight homeostasis. Polymorphisms of the melanocortin-4 and leptin receptors have repeatedly been associated with the level of physical activity. Unraveling the complexity of the regulation of locomotor behavior and the interconnections with the pathways involved in energy homeostasis may help explain the substantial individual variability in physical activities in humans and disentangle the harmful effects of sedentary lifestyle, which may be distinct from the detrimental effects of obesity.
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- G Ceccarini
- Obesity Center at the Endocrine Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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- Obesity Center at the Endocrine Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
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- Obesity Center at the Endocrine Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Obesity Center at the Endocrine Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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Méquinion M, Caron E, Zgheib S, Stievenard A, Zizzari P, Tolle V, Cortet B, Lucas S, Prévot V, Chauveau C, Viltart O. Physical activity: benefit or weakness in metabolic adaptations in a mouse model of chronic food restriction? Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2015; 308:E241-55. [PMID: 25465889 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00340.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In restrictive-type anorexia nervosa (AN) patients, physical activity is usually associated with food restriction, but its physiological consequences remain poorly characterized. In female mice, we evaluated the impact of voluntary physical activity with/without chronic food restriction on metabolic and endocrine parameters that might contribute to AN. In this protocol, FRW mice (i.e., food restriction with running wheel) reached a crucial point of body weight loss (especially fat mass) faster than FR mice (i.e., food restriction only). However, in contrast to FR mice, their body weight stabilized, demonstrating a protective effect of a moderate, regular physical activity. Exercise delayed meal initiation and duration. FRW mice displayed food anticipatory activity compared with FR mice, which was strongly diminished with the prolongation of the protocol. The long-term nature of the protocol enabled assessment of bone parameters similar to those observed in AN patients. Both restricted groups adapted their energy metabolism differentially in the short and long term, with less fat oxidation in FRW mice and a preferential use of glucose to compensate for the chronic energy imbalance. Finally, like restrictive AN patients, FRW mice exhibited low leptin levels, high plasma concentrations of corticosterone and ghrelin, and a disruption of the estrous cycle. In conclusion, our model suggests that physical activity has beneficial effects on the adaptation to the severe condition of food restriction despite the absence of any protective effect on lean and bone mass.
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- Mathieu Méquinion
- University Lille (ULCO, USTL, Lille2), Lille, France; Development and Plasticity of Postnatal Brain, UMR 837 Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Lille, France; Physiopathology of Inflammatory Bone diseases, EA4490, Boulogne sur Mer, France
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- Development and Plasticity of Postnatal Brain, UMR 837 Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Lille, France
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- University Lille (ULCO, USTL, Lille2), Lille, France; Physiopathology of Inflammatory Bone diseases, EA4490, Boulogne sur Mer, France
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- University Lille (ULCO, USTL, Lille2), Lille, France; Molecular Events Associated With Early stages of Parkinson's Disease UMR 837 INSERM, Lille, France
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- Psychiatry and Neurosciences Center, UMR 894 INSERM, Paris, France; and
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- Psychiatry and Neurosciences Center, UMR 894 INSERM, Paris, France; and
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- University Lille (ULCO, USTL, Lille2), Lille, France; Department of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Régional, Lille, France
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- University Lille (ULCO, USTL, Lille2), Lille, France; Physiopathology of Inflammatory Bone diseases, EA4490, Boulogne sur Mer, France
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- University Lille (ULCO, USTL, Lille2), Lille, France; Development and Plasticity of Postnatal Brain, UMR 837 Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Lille, France
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- University Lille (ULCO, USTL, Lille2), Lille, France; Physiopathology of Inflammatory Bone diseases, EA4490, Boulogne sur Mer, France
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- University Lille (ULCO, USTL, Lille2), Lille, France; Development and Plasticity of Postnatal Brain, UMR 837 Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Lille, France;
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Miyatake Y, Shiuchi T, Ueta T, Taniguchi Y, Futami A, Sato F, Kitamura T, Tsutsumi R, Harada N, Nakaya Y, Sakaue H. Intracerebroventricular injection of adiponectin regulates locomotor activity in rats. THE JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INVESTIGATION 2015; 62:199-203. [DOI: 10.2152/jmi.62.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Yumiko Miyatake
- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
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Gastrodiae Rhizoma Ethanol Extract Enhances Pentobarbital-Induced Sleeping Behaviors and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep via the Activation of GABA A -ergic Transmission in Rodents. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2014; 2014:426843. [PMID: 25614750 PMCID: PMC4293790 DOI: 10.1155/2014/426843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 11/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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This research was designed to identify whether Gastrodiae Rhizoma ethanol extract (GREE) enhances pentobarbital-induced sleep via
γ-aminobutyric acid- (GABA-) ergic systems and modulated sleep architectures in animals. GREE (25, 50, and 100 mg/kg, p.o.) inhibited locomotor activity in mice, in a dose-dependent manner. GREE not only prolonged total sleep time, but also reduced sleep latency time in pentobarbital (42 mg/kg)-treated mice. Subhypnotic pentobarbital (28 mg/kg, i.p.) also increased the number of total sleeping animals in concomitant administration of GREE. GREE (100 mg/kg) alone reduced the count of sleep-wake cycles in electroencephalogram. Furthermore, GREE increased total sleep time and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. From the in vitro experiments, GREE increased intracellular chloride level in primary cultured cerebellar granule cells. Protein expressions of glutamine acid decarboxylase (GAD) and GABAA receptors subtypes by western blot were increased. Therefore, our study suggested that GREE enhances pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors and increased REM via the activation of GABAA-ergic transmission in rodents.
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Deletion of serum amyloid A3 improves high fat high sucrose diet-induced adipose tissue inflammation and hyperlipidemia in female mice. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108564. [PMID: 25251243 PMCID: PMC4177399 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Serum amyloid A (SAA) increases in response to acute inflammatory stimuli and is modestly and chronically elevated in obesity. SAA3, an inducible form of SAA, is highly expressed in adipose tissue in obese mice where it promotes monocyte chemotaxis, providing a mechanism for the macrophage accumulation that occurs with adipose tissue expansion in obesity. Humans do not express functional SAA3 protein, but instead express SAA1 and SAA2 in hepatic as well as extrahepatic tissues, making it difficult to distinguish between liver and adipose tissue-specific SAA effects. SAA3 does not circulate in plasma, but may exert local effects that impact systemic inflammation. We tested the hypothesis that SAA3 contributes to chronic systemic inflammation and adipose tissue macrophage accumulation in obesity using mice deficient for Saa3 (Saa3(-/-)). Mice were rendered obese by feeding a pro-inflammatory high fat, high sucrose diet with added cholesterol (HFHSC). Both male and female Saa3(-/-) mice gained less weight on the HFHSC diet compared to Saa3(+/+) littermate controls, with no differences in body composition or resting metabolism. Female Saa3(-/-) mice, but not males, had reduced HFHSC diet-induced adipose tissue inflammation and macrophage content. Both male and female Saa3(-/-) mice had reduced liver Saa1 and Saa2 expression in association with reduced plasma SAA. Additionally, female Saa3(-/-) mice, but not males, showed improved plasma cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein profiles, with no changes in glucose metabolism. Taken together, these results suggest that the absence of Saa3 attenuates liver-specific SAA (i.e., SAA1/2) secretion into plasma and blunts weight gain induced by an obesogenic diet. Furthermore, adipose tissue-specific inflammation and macrophage accumulation are attenuated in female Saa3(-/-) mice, suggesting a novel sexually dimorphic role for this protein. These results also suggest that Saa3 influences liver-specific SAA1/2 expression, and that SAA3 could play a larger role in the acute phase response than previously thought.
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Shah VK, Choi JJ, Han JY, Lee MK, Hong JT, Oh KW. Pachymic Acid Enhances Pentobarbital-Induced Sleeping Behaviors via GABAA-ergic Systems in Mice. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2014; 22:314-20. [PMID: 25143810 PMCID: PMC4131518 DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2014.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Revised: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This study was investigated to know whether pachymic acid (PA), one of the predominant triterpenoids in Poria cocos (Hoelen) has the sedative-hypnotic effects, and underlying mechanisms are mediated via γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic systems. Oral administration of PA markedly suppressed locomotion activity in mice. This compound also prolonged sleeping time, and reduced sleep latency showing synergic effects with muscimol (0.2 mg/kg) in shortening sleep onset and enhancing sleep time induced by pentobarbital, both at the hypnotic (40 mg/kg) and sub-hypnotic (28 mg/kg) doses. Additionally, PA elevated intracellular chloride levels in hypothalamic primary cultured neuronal cells of rats. Moreover, Western blotting quantitative results showed that PA increased the amount of protein level expression of GAD65/67 over a broader range of doses. PA increased α- and β-subunits protein levels, but decreased γ-subunit protein levels in GABAA receptors. The present experiment provides evidence for the hypnotic effects as PA enhanced pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors via GABAA-ergic mechanisms in rodents. Taken together, it is proposed that PA may be useful for the treatment of sleep disturbed subjects with insomnia.
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- Vikash Kumar Shah
- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
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Brust KB, Corbell KA, Al-Nakkash L, Babu JR, Broderick TL. Expression of gluconeogenic enzymes and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in liver of diabetic mice after acute exercise. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes 2014; 7:495-504. [PMID: 25364268 PMCID: PMC4211855 DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s70767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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During acute exercise, normoglycemia is maintained by a precise match between hepatic glucose production and its peripheral utilization. This is met by a complex interplay of hepatic responses and glucose uptake by muscle. However, the effect of a single bout of exercise on hepatic gluconeogenesis, corticosterone (CORT) secretion, and glucose homeostasis in the db/db mouse model of type 2 diabetes is poorly understood. Diabetic db/db and lean control littermates were subjected to a 30 minute session of treadmill running and sacrificed either immediately after exercise or 8 hours later. Plasma glucose levels were markedly increased in db/db mice after exercise, whereas no change in glucose was observed in lean mice. Post-exercise measurements revealed that plasma CORT levels were also significantly increased in db/db mice compared to lean mice. Plasma hypothalamic corticotropin releasing hormone and pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone levels were reciprocally decreased in both db/db and lean mice after exercise, indicating intact feedback mechanisms. Protein expression, determined by Western blot analysis, of the glucocorticoid receptor in liver was significantly increased in db/db mice subjected to prior exercise. In liver of db/db mice, a significant increase in the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase was noted compared to lean mice after exercise. However, no change in the expression of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) α or β was observed in db/db mice. Expression of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 was increased significantly in db/db mice compared to lean mice after exercise. Our results show differences in plasma glucose and protein expression of gluconeogenic enzymes after acute exercise between lean and diabetic db/db mice. The db/db diabetic mouse is hyperglycemic after acute exercise. This hyperglycemic state may be explained, in part, by enhanced endogenous CORT secretion and regulated hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 protein expression.
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- Korie B Brust
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA
- Laboratory of Diabetes and Exercise Metabolism, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA
- Correspondence: Tom L Broderick, Department of Physiology, Laboratory of Diabetes and Exercise Metabolism, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA, Tel +1 623 572 3664, Fax +1 623 572 3673, Email
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Broderick TL, Wang D, Jankowski M, Gutkowska J. Unexpected effects of voluntary exercise training on natriuretic peptide and receptor mRNA expression in the ob/ob mouse heart. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 188:52-9. [PMID: 24365091 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2013.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2013] [Revised: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Regular exercise is generally recommended for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Exercise reduces body weight, improves glycemic control and cardiovascular (CV) function. This study was designed to determine the impact of voluntary wheel running on the cardiac oxytocin (OT)-natriuretic peptide (NP) system and plasma CV risk factors in the ob/ob mouse, a model of insulin resistance coupled with severe obesity. Five-week-old male ob/ob mice and non-obese heterozygote control littermates were assigned to either a sedentary or running group. Voluntary running was performed using a wheel system for a period of 8 weeks. Compared to non-obese mice, daily running activity expressed in kilometers, was significantly lower in ob/ob mice. In these mice, voluntary running improved body weight, but exacerbated CV markers, including plasma glucose and triglyceride levels. OT receptor gene expression was decreased in hearts of ob/ob mice compared to non-obese mice, and no improvement in the expression of this receptor was observed after voluntary running. Hearts from ob/ob mice also expressed lower BNP mRNA, whereas no differences in A- and C-type NP were observed between non-obese and ob/ob mice. After voluntary running, a downregulation in the expression of all three NPs coupled with increased apoptosis was observed in ob/ob hearts. Our results show that voluntary exercise running activity was decreased in the ob/ob mouse. Surprisingly, this was associated with a worsening of common CV plasma markers, reduced expression of peptides linked to the cardioprotective OT-NP system, and increased expression of cardiac apoptotic markers.
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- Tom L Broderick
- Laboratory of Diabetes and Exercise Metabolism, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Biochemistry, Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal-Hôtel-Dieu Research Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Biochemistry, Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal-Hôtel-Dieu Research Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Biochemistry, Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal-Hôtel-Dieu Research Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Holmström MH, Tom RZ, Björnholm M, Garcia-Roves PM, Zierath JR. Effect of leptin treatment on mitochondrial function in obese leptin-deficient ob/ob mice. Metabolism 2013; 62:1258-67. [PMID: 23664724 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2013] [Revised: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Leptin stimulates peripheral lipid oxidation, but the influence on mitochondrial function is partly unknown. We investigated tissue-specific mitochondrial function in leptin-deficient obese C57BL/6J-ob/ob mice compared to lean littermates following leptin treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lean and obese ob/ob mice were treated with saline or leptin for 5 days. At day six, liver, extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus muscle were dissected and mitochondrial respiration analyzed in freshly dissected tissues. Expression of key proteins in the regulation of mitochondrial function was determined. RESULTS In liver, mitochondrial respiration was reduced in ob/ob mice compared to lean mice. Expression of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) was decreased in ob/ob mice, but increased with leptin treatment. In glycolytic EDL muscle, mitochondrial respiration was increased in ob/ob mice. Protein markers of complex II, IV and ATP synthase were increased in EDL muscle from both saline- and leptin-treated ob/ob mice. TFAM protein abundance was decreased, while dynamin-1-like protein was increased in EDL muscle from saline-treated ob/ob mice and restored by leptin treatment. In oxidative soleus muscle, mitochondrial respiration and electron transport system protein abundance were unchanged, while TFAM was reduced in ob/ob mice. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, leptin-deficient ob/ob mice display tissue-specific mitochondrial adaptations under basal conditions and in response to leptin treatment. Mitochondrial respiration was decreased in liver, increased in glycolytic muscle and unaltered in oxidative muscle from ob/ob mice. Insight into the tissue-specific regulation of mitochondrial function in response to energy supply and demand may provide new opportunities for the treatment of insulin resistance.
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- Maria H Holmström
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section for Integrative Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Lee CI, Han JY, Hong JT, Oh KW. 3,4,5-Trimethoxycinnamic acid (TMCA), one of the constituents of Polygalae Radix enhances pentobarbital-induced sleeping behaviors via GABAAergic systems in mice. Arch Pharm Res 2013; 36:1244-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s12272-013-0167-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Clemmensen C, Pehmøller C, Klein AB, Ratner C, Wojtaszewski JFP, Bräuner-Osborne H. Enhanced voluntary wheel running in GPRC6A receptor knockout mice. Physiol Behav 2013; 118:144-51. [PMID: 23680430 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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GPRC6A is an amino acid-sensing receptor highly expressed in the brain and in skeletal muscle. Although recent evidence suggests that genetically engineered GPRC6A receptor knockout (KO) mice are susceptible to develop subtle endocrine and metabolic disturbances, the underlying disruptions in energy metabolism are largely unexplored. Based on GPRC6A's expression pattern and ligand preferences, we hypothesize that the receptor may impact energy metabolism via regulating physical activity levels. Thus, in the present study, we exposed GPRC6A receptor KO mice and their wild-type (WT) littermates to voluntary wheel running and forced treadmill exercise. Moreover, we assessed energy expenditure in the basal state, and evaluated the effects of wheel running on food intake, body composition, and a range of exercise-induced central and peripheral biomarkers. We found that adaptation to voluntary wheel running is affected by GPRC6A, as ablation of the receptor significantly enhances wheel running in KO relative to WT mice. Both genotypes responded to voluntary exercise by increasing food intake and improving body composition to a similar degree. In conclusion, these data demonstrate that the GPRC6A receptor is involved in regulating exercise behaviour. Future studies are highly warranted to delineate the underlying molecular details and to assess if these findings hold any translational value.
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- Christoffer Clemmensen
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Matsen ME, Thaler JP, Wisse BE, Guyenet SJ, Meek TH, Ogimoto K, Cubelo A, Fischer JD, Kaiyala KJ, Schwartz MW, Morton GJ. In uncontrolled diabetes, thyroid hormone and sympathetic activators induce thermogenesis without increasing glucose uptake in brown adipose tissue. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E734-46. [PMID: 23384771 PMCID: PMC3625754 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00488.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Recent advances in human brown adipose tissue (BAT) imaging technology have renewed interest in the identification of BAT activators for the treatment of obesity and diabetes. In uncontrolled diabetes (uDM), activation of BAT is implicated in glucose lowering mediated by intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of leptin, which normalizes blood glucose levels in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. The potent effect of icv leptin to increase BAT glucose uptake in STZ-diabetes is accompanied by the return of reduced plasma thyroxine (T4) levels and BAT uncoupling protein-1 (Ucp1) mRNA levels to nondiabetic controls. We therefore sought to determine whether activation of thyroid hormone receptors is sufficient in and of itself to lower blood glucose levels in STZ-diabetes and whether this effect involves activation of BAT. We found that, although systemic administration of the thyroid hormone (TR)β-selective agonist GC-1 increases energy expenditure and induces further weight loss in STZ-diabetic rats, it neither increased BAT glucose uptake nor attenuated diabetic hyperglycemia. Even when GC-1 was administered in combination with a β(3)-adrenergic receptor agonist to mimic sympathetic nervous system activation, glucose uptake was not increased in STZ-diabetic rats, nor was blood glucose lowered, yet this intervention potently activated BAT. Similar results were observed in animals treated with active thyroid hormone (T3) instead of GC-1. Taken together, our data suggest that neither returning normal plasma thyroid hormone levels nor BAT activation has any impact on diabetic hyperglycemia, and that in BAT, increases of Ucp1 gene expression and glucose uptake are readily dissociated from one another in this setting.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miles E Matsen
- Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Zhao ZJ, Zhu QX, Chen KX, Wang YK, Cao J. Energy budget, behavior and leptin in striped hamsters subjected to food restriction and refeeding. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54244. [PMID: 23372694 PMCID: PMC3553171 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Food restriction induces a loss of body mass that is often followed by rapid regaining of the lost weight when the restriction ends, consequently increasing a risk of development of obesity. To determine the physiological and behavioral mechanisms underlining the regaining, striped hamsters were restricted to 85% of initial food intake for 4 weeks and refed ad libitum for another 4 weeks. Changes in body mass, energy budget, activity, body composition and serum leptin level were measured. Body mass, body fat mass and serum leptin level significantly decreased in food-restricted hamsters, and increased when the restriction ended, showing a short “compensatory growth” rather than over-weight or obesity compared with ad libitum controls. During restriction, the time spent on activity increased significantly, which was opposite to the changes in serum leptin level. Food intake increased shortly during refeeding, which perhaps contributed to the rapid regaining of body mass. No correlation was observed between serum leptin and energy intake, while negative correlations were found in hamsters that were refed for 7 and 28 days. Exogenous leptin significantly decreased the time spent on activity during food restriction and attenuated the increase in food intake during refeeding. This suggests that low leptin in restricted animals may function as a starvation signal to induce an increase in activity behavior, and high leptin likely serves as a satiety signal to prevent activity during refeeding. Leptin may play a crucial role in controlling food intake when the restriction ends, and consequently preventing overweight.
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- Zhi-Jun Zhao
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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