Lateral hypothalamus hypocretin/orexin glucose-inhibited neurons promote food seeking after calorie restriction

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OBJECTIVE: The present study tests the hypothesis that changes in the glucose sensitivity of lateral hypothalamus (LH) hypocretin/orexin glucose-inhibited (GI) neurons following weight loss leads to glutamate plasticity on ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons and drives food seeking behavior.

METHODS: C57BL/6J mice were calorie restricted to a 15% body weight loss and maintained at that body weight for 1 week. The glucose sensitivity of LH hypocretin/orexin GI and VTA dopamine neurons was measured using whole cell patch clamp recordings in brain slices. Food seeking behavior was assessed using conditioned place preference (CPP).

RESULTS: 1-week maintenance of calorie restricted 15% body weight loss reduced glucose inhibition of hypocretin/orexin GI neurons resulting in increased neuronal activation with reduced glycemia. The effect of decreased glucose on hypocretin/orexin GI neuronal activation was blocked by pertussis toxin (inhibitor of G-protein coupled receptor subunit Gαi/o) and Rp-cAMP (inhibitor of protein kinase A, PKA). This suggests that glucose sensitivity is mediated by the Gαi/o-adenylyl cyclase-cAMP-PKA signaling pathway. The excitatory effect of the hunger hormone, ghrelin, on hcrt/ox neurons was also blocked by Rp-cAMP suggesting that hormonal signals of metabolic status may converge on the glucose sensing pathway. Food restriction and weight loss increased glutamate synaptic strength (indexed by increased AMPA/NMDA receptor current ratio) on VTA dopamine neurons and the motivation to seek food (indexed by CPP). Chemogenetic inhibition of hypocretin/orexin neurons during caloric restriction and weight loss prevented these changes in glutamate plasticity and food seeking behavior.

CONCLUSIONS: We hypothesize that this change in the glucose sensitivity of hypocretin/orexin GI neurons may drive, in part, food seeking behavior following caloric restriction.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

Molecular metabolism - 76(2023) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 101788

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Teegala, Suraj B [VerfasserIn]
Sarkar, Pallabi [VerfasserIn]
Siegel, Dashiel M [VerfasserIn]
Sheng, Zhenyu [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Lihong [VerfasserIn]
Bello, Nicholas T [VerfasserIn]
De Lecea, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Beck, Kevin D [VerfasserIn]
Routh, Vanessa H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Conditioned-place preference
Dopamine
Electrophysiology
Ghrelin
Glucose
Glutamate plasticity
Glutamates
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
Neuropeptides
Orexins
Protein kinase A
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 11.09.2023

Date Revised 28.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101788

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360362265