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Na, E.S.* ; Lam, D.D. ; Yokosawa, E.* ; Adams, J.M.* ; Olson, D.P.* ; Low, M.J.*

Decreased sensitivity to the anorectic effects of leptin in mice that lack a Pomc-specific neural enhancer.

PLoS ONE 15:e0244793 (2020)
Verlagsversion Forschungsdaten DOI PMC
Open Access Gold
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Enhancer redundancy has been postulated to provide a buffer for gene expression against genetic and environmental perturbations. While work in Drosophila has identified functionally overlapping enhancers, work in mammalian models has been limited. Recently, we have identified two partially redundant enhancers, nPE1 and nPE2, that drive proopiomelanocortin gene expression in the hypothalamus. Here we demonstrate that deletion of nPE1 produces mild obesity while knockout of nPE2 has no discernible metabolic phenotypes. Additionally, we show that acute leptin administration has significant effects on nPE1 knockout mice, with food intake and body weight change significantly impacted by peripheral leptin treatment. nPE1 knockout mice became less responsive to leptin treatment over time as percent body weight change increased over 2 week exposure to peripheral leptin. Both Pomc and Agrp mRNA were not differentially affected by chronic leptin treatment however we did see a decrease in Pomc and Agrp mRNA in both nPE1 and nPE2 knockout calorie restricted mice as compared to calorie restricted PBS-treated WT mice. Collectively, these data suggest dynamic regulation of Pomc by nPE1 such that mice with nPE1 knockout become less responsive to the anorectic effects of leptin treatment over time. Our results also support our earlier findings in which nPE2 may only be critical in adult mice that lack nPE1, indicating that these neural enhancers work synergistically to influence metabolism.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Cytokine Signaling 3; Proopiomelanocortin Gene; Body-weight; Food-intake; Neuronal Enhancers; Hypothalamic Npy; Arcuate Nucleus; Expression; Obesity; Resistance
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1932-6203
Zeitschrift PLoS ONE
Quellenangaben Band: 15, Heft: 12, Seiten: , Artikelnummer: e0244793 Supplement: ,
Verlag Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Verlagsort Lawrence, Kan.
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Neurogenomics (ING)
Förderungen Brain and Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator award
National Institutes of Health