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Ghrelin modulates the activity and synaptic input organization of midbrain dopamine neurons while promoting appetite.
J. Clin. Invest. 116, 3229-3239 (2006)
The gut hormone ghrelin targets the brain to promote food intake and adiposity. The ghrelin receptor growth hormone secretagogue 1 receptor (GHSR) is present in hypothalamic centers controlling energy metabolism as well as in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a region important for motivational aspects of multiple behaviors, including feeding. Here we show that in mice and rats, ghrelin bound to neurons of the VTA, where it triggered increased dopamine neuronal activity, synapse formation, and dopamine turnover in the nucleus accumbens in a GHSR-dependent manner. Direct VTA administration of ghrelin also triggered feeding, while intra-VTA delivery of a selective GHSR antagonist blocked the orexigenic effect of circulating ghrelin and blunted rebound feeding following fasting. In addition, ghrelin- and GHSR-deficient mice showed attenuated feeding responses to restricted feeding schedules. Taken together, these data suggest that the mesolimbic reward circuitry is targeted by peripheral ghrelin to influence physiological mechanisms related to feeding.
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Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Language
Publication Year
2006
HGF-reported in Year
2006
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0021-9738
e-ISSN
1558-8238
Quellenangaben
Volume: 116,
Issue: 12,
Pages: 3229-3239
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Investigation
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Diabetes and Obesity (IDO)
DOI
10.1172/JCI29867
PubMed ID
17060947
Erfassungsdatum
2020-02-24