Depleting hypothalamic somatostatinergic neurons recapitulates diabetic phenotypes in mouse brain, bone marrow, adipose and retina

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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Hypothalamic inflammation and sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity are hallmark features of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Hypothalamic inflammation may aggravate metabolic and immunological pathologies due to extensive sympathetic activation of peripheral tissues. Loss of somatostatinergic (SST) neurons may contribute to enhanced hypothalamic inflammation.

METHODS: The present data show that leptin receptor-deficient (db/db) mice exhibit reduced hypothalamic SST neurons, particularly in the periventricular nucleus. We model this finding, using adeno-associated virus delivery of diphtheria toxin subunit A (DTA) driven by an SST-cre system to deplete these neurons in Sstcre/gfp mice (SST-DTA).

RESULTS: SST-DTA mice exhibit enhanced hypothalamic c-Fos expression and brain inflammation as demonstrated by microglial and astrocytic activation. Bone marrow from SST-DTA mice undergoes skewed haematopoiesis, generating excess granulocyte-monocyte progenitors and increased proinflammatory (C-C chemokine receptor type 2; CCR2hi) monocytes. SST-DTA mice exhibited a 'diabetic retinopathy-like' phenotype: reduced visual function by optokinetic response (0.4 vs 0.25 cycles/degree; SST-DTA vs control mice); delayed electroretinogram oscillatory potentials; and increased percentages of retinal monocytes. Finally, mesenteric visceral adipose tissue from SST-DTA mice was resistant to catecholamine-induced lipolysis, displaying 50% reduction in isoprenaline (isoproterenol)-induced lipolysis compared with control littermates. Importantly, hyperglycaemia was not observed in SST-DTA mice.

CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: The isolated reduction in hypothalamic SST neurons was able to recapitulate several hallmark features of type 2 diabetes in disease-relevant tissues.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

Enthalten in:

Diabetologia - 64(2021), 11 vom: 22. Nov., Seite 2575-2588

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Rosencrans, Robert F [VerfasserIn]
Bugescu, Raluca [VerfasserIn]
Vieira, Cristiano P [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Adu-Agyeiwaah, Yvonne [VerfasserIn]
Gamble, Karen L [VerfasserIn]
Longhini, Ana Leda F [VerfasserIn]
Fuller, Patrick M [VerfasserIn]
Leinninger, Gina M [VerfasserIn]
Grant, Maria B [VerfasserIn]

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51110-01-1
Diabetes
Diphtheria Toxin
Electroretinogram
Hypothalamus
Journal Article
Monocytosis
Neuroimmunology
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Retina
Somatostatin

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Date Completed 25.03.2022

Date Revised 01.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00125-021-05549-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329742051