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Gruber, T. ; Contreras, R. ; Sánchez Quant, E.S. ; Miok, V. ; Makris, K. ; Le Thuc, O. ; Gonzales García, I. ; Garcia-Clavé, E. ; Althammer, F.* ; Krabichler, Q.* ; DeCamp, L.M.* ; Jones, R.G.* ; Lutter, D. ; Williams, R.H. ; Pfluger, P.T. ; Müller, T.D. ; Woods, S.C.* ; Pospisilik, J.A.* ; Martinez-Jimenez, C.P.* ; Tschöp, M.H. ; Grinevich, V.* ; García-Cáceres, C.

High-calorie diets uncouple hypothalamic oxytocin neurons from a gut-to-brain satiation pathway via κ-opioid signaling.

Cell Rep. 42:113305 (2023)
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Oxytocin-expressing paraventricular hypothalamic neurons (PVNOT neurons) integrate afferent signals from the gut, including cholecystokinin (CCK), to adjust whole-body energy homeostasis. However, the molecular underpinnings by which PVNOT neurons orchestrate gut-to-brain feeding control remain unclear. Here, we show that mice undergoing selective ablation of PVNOT neurons fail to reduce food intake in response to CCK and develop hyperphagic obesity on a chow diet. Notably, exposing wild-type mice to a high-fat/high-sugar (HFHS) diet recapitulates this insensitivity toward CCK, which is linked to diet-induced transcriptional and electrophysiological aberrations specifically in PVNOT neurons. Restoring OT pathways in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice via chemogenetics or polypharmacology sufficiently re-establishes CCK's anorexigenic effects. Last, by single-cell profiling, we identify a specialized PVNOT neuronal subpopulation with increased κ-opioid signaling under an HFHS diet, which restrains their CCK-evoked activation. In sum, we document a (patho)mechanism by which PVNOT signaling uncouples a gut-brain satiation pathway under obesogenic conditions.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Cck ; Cp: Neuroscience ; Nts ; Pvn ; Gut Hormone ; Gut-brain Axis ; Neuropeptide ; Obesity ; Opioids ; Oxytocin ; Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus; High-fat Diet; Paraventricular Nucleus; Food-intake; Noradrenaline Release; Rna-seq; Supraoptic Nucleus; Vagal Afferent; Messenger-rna; Cholecystokinin; Receptor
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2211-1247
e-ISSN 2211-1247
Journal Cell Reports
Quellenangaben Volume: 42, Issue: 10, Pages: , Article Number: 113305 Supplement: ,
Publisher Cell Press
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Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Grants European Union
European 748 Research Council ERC
Helmholtz Pioneer Campus
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Marie Sk1odowska-Curie grant
German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.)
European Research Council ERC-CoG Trust
Germany-Israel Excellence Program
European Research Council (ERC) (Synergy ERC)
European Research Council (ERC)
Helm-holtz Excellence Network
German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) twinning grant