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Cell ; 187(16): 4176-4192.e17, 2024 Aug 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38959890

RESUMO

Hypothalamic neural circuits regulate instinctive behaviors such as food seeking, the fight/flight response, socialization, and maternal care. Here, we identified microdeletions on chromosome Xq23 disrupting the brain-expressed transient receptor potential (TRP) channel 5 (TRPC5). This family of channels detects sensory stimuli and converts them into electrical signals interpretable by the brain. Male TRPC5 deletion carriers exhibited food seeking, obesity, anxiety, and autism, which were recapitulated in knockin male mice harboring a human loss-of-function TRPC5 mutation. Women carrying TRPC5 deletions had severe postpartum depression. As mothers, female knockin mice exhibited anhedonia and depression-like behavior with impaired care of offspring. Deletion of Trpc5 from oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus caused obesity in both sexes and postpartum depressive behavior in females, while Trpc5 overexpression in oxytocin neurons in knock-in mice reversed these phenotypes. We demonstrate that TRPC5 plays a pivotal role in mediating innate human behaviors fundamental to survival, including food seeking and maternal care.


Assuntos
Depressão Pós-Parto , Neurônios , Obesidade , Canais de Cátion TRPC , Animais , Feminino , Camundongos , Obesidade/metabolismo , Obesidade/genética , Masculino , Humanos , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética , Depressão Pós-Parto/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Núcleo Hipotalâmico Paraventricular/metabolismo , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Ocitocina/metabolismo , Comportamento Materno
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Nat Metab ; 6(9): 1775-1790, 2024 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39112722

RESUMO

Feeding behaviour is influenced by two primary factors: homoeostatic needs driven by hunger and hedonic desires for pleasure even in the absence of hunger. While efficient homoeostatic feeding is vital for survival, excessive hedonic feeding can lead to adverse consequences such as obesity and metabolic dysregulations. However, the neurobiological mechanisms that orchestrate homoeostatic versus hedonic food consumption remain largely unknown. Here we show that GABAergic proenkephalin (Penk) neurons in the diagonal band of Broca (DBB) of male mice respond to food presentation. We further demonstrate that a subset of DBBPenk neurons that project to the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus are preferentially activated upon food presentation during fasting periods and transmit a positive valence to facilitate feeding. On the other hand, a separate subset of DBBPenk neurons that project to the lateral hypothalamus are preferentially activated when detecting a high-fat high-sugar (HFHS) diet and transmit a negative valence to inhibit food consumption. Notably, when given free choice of chow and HFHS diets, mice with the whole DBBPenk population ablated exhibit reduced consumption of chow but increased intake of the HFHS diet, resulting in accelerated development of obesity and metabolic disturbances. Together, we identify a molecularly defined neural population in male mice that is crucial for the maintenance of energy balance by facilitating homoeostatic feeding while suppressing hedonic overeating.


Assuntos
Prosencéfalo Basal , Comportamento Alimentar , Animais , Masculino , Camundongos , Comportamento Alimentar/fisiologia , Prosencéfalo Basal/fisiologia , Prosencéfalo Basal/metabolismo , Encefalinas/metabolismo , Ingestão de Alimentos/fisiologia , Precursores de Proteínas/metabolismo , Dieta Hiperlipídica , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Vias Neurais/fisiologia , Obesidade/etiologia , Neurônios/fisiologia , Neurônios/metabolismo
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Sci Adv ; 10(26): eadl2675, 2024 Jun 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38941473

RESUMO

Declined memory is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Experiments in rodents and human postmortem studies suggest that serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) plays a role in memory, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Here, we investigate the role of 5-HT 2C receptor (5-HT2CR) in regulating memory. Transgenic mice expressing a humanized HTR2C mutation exhibit impaired plasticity of hippocampal ventral CA1 (vCA1) neurons and reduced memory. Further, 5-HT neurons project to and synapse onto vCA1 neurons. Disruption of 5-HT synthesis in vCA1-projecting neurons or deletion of 5-HT2CRs in the vCA1 impairs neural plasticity and memory. We show that a selective 5-HT2CR agonist, lorcaserin, improves synaptic plasticity and memory in an AD mouse model. Cumulatively, we demonstrate that hippocampal 5-HT2CR signaling regulates memory, which may inform the use of 5-HT2CR agonists in the treatment of dementia.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer , Memória , Camundongos Transgênicos , Plasticidade Neuronal , Receptor 5-HT2C de Serotonina , Animais , Humanos , Receptor 5-HT2C de Serotonina/metabolismo , Receptor 5-HT2C de Serotonina/genética , Memória/efeitos dos fármacos , Memória/fisiologia , Camundongos , Plasticidade Neuronal/efeitos dos fármacos , Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Hipocampo/efeitos dos fármacos , Serotonina/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Região CA1 Hipocampal/metabolismo , Região CA1 Hipocampal/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios/metabolismo , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Agonistas do Receptor 5-HT2 de Serotonina/farmacologia
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bioRxiv ; 2024 Apr 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38746314

RESUMO

Obesity is a growing global health epidemic with limited effective therapeutics. Serotonin (5-HT) is one major neurotransmitter which remains an excellent target for new weight-loss therapies, but there remains a gap in knowledge on the mechanisms involved in 5-HT produced in the dorsal Raphe nucleus (DRN) and its involvement in meal initiation. Using a closed-loop optogenetic feeding paradigm, we showed that the 5-HTDRN→arcuate nucleus (ARH) circuit plays an important role in regulating meal initiation. Incorporating electrophysiology and ChannelRhodopsin-2-Assisted Circuit Mapping, we demonstrated that 5-HTDRN neurons receive inhibitory input partially from GABAergic neurons in the DRN, and the 5-HT response to GABAergic inputs can be enhanced by hunger. Additionally, deletion of the GABAA receptor subunit in 5-HT neurons inhibits meal initiation with no effect on the satiation process. Finally, we identified the instrumental role of dopaminergic inputs via dopamine receptor D2 in 5-HTDRN neurons in enhancing the response to GABA-induced feeding. Thus, our results indicate that 5-HTDRN neurons are inhibited by synergistic inhibitory actions of GABA and dopamine, which allows for the initiation of a meal.

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Sci Adv ; 10(40): eadp0696, 2024 Oct 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39356770

RESUMO

The major female ovarian hormone, 17ß-estradiol (E2), can alter neuronal excitability within milliseconds to regulate a variety of physiological processes. Estrogen receptor-α (ERα), classically known as a nuclear receptor, exists as a membrane-bound receptor to mediate this rapid action of E2, but the ionic mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we show that a membrane channel protein, chloride intracellular channel protein-1 (Clic1), can physically interact with ERα with a preference to the membrane-bound ERα. Clic1-mediated currents can be enhanced by E2 and reduced by its depletion. In addition, Clic1 currents are required to mediate the E2-induced rapid excitations in multiple brain ERα populations. Further, genetic disruption of Clic1 in hypothalamic ERα neurons blunts the regulations of E2 on female body weight balance. In conclusion, we identified the Clic1 chloride channel as a key mediator for E2-induced rapid neuronal excitation, which may have a broad impact on multiple neurobiological processes regulated by E2.


Assuntos
Canais de Cloreto , Receptor alfa de Estrogênio , Neurônios , Neurônios/metabolismo , Canais de Cloreto/metabolismo , Canais de Cloreto/genética , Receptor alfa de Estrogênio/metabolismo , Receptor alfa de Estrogênio/genética , Animais , Feminino , Humanos , Estradiol/metabolismo , Estradiol/farmacologia , Camundongos , Hipotálamo/metabolismo , Hipotálamo/citologia , Ligação Proteica
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J Clin Invest ; 133(14)2023 07 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37261917

RESUMO

Glucose is the basic fuel essential for maintenance of viability and functionality of all cells. However, some neurons - namely, glucose-inhibited (GI) neurons - paradoxically increase their firing activity in low-glucose conditions and decrease that activity in high-glucose conditions. The ionic mechanisms mediating electric responses of GI neurons to glucose fluctuations remain unclear. Here, we showed that currents mediated by the anoctamin 4 (Ano4) channel are only detected in GI neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) and are functionally required for their activation in response to low glucose. Genetic disruption of the Ano4 gene in VMH neurons reduced blood glucose and impaired counterregulatory responses during hypoglycemia in mice. Activation of VMHAno4 neurons increased food intake and blood glucose, while chronic inhibition of VMHAno4 neurons ameliorated hyperglycemia in a type 1 diabetic mouse model. Finally, we showed that VMHAno4 neurons represent a unique orexigenic VMH population and transmit a positive valence, while stimulation of neurons that do not express Ano4 in the VMH (VMHnon-Ano4) suppress feeding and transmit a negative valence. Together, our results indicate that the Ano4 channel and VMHAno4 neurons are potential therapeutic targets for human diseases with abnormal feeding behavior or glucose imbalance.


Assuntos
Glucose , Hipoglicemia , Animais , Camundongos , Anoctaminas , Glicemia , Glucose/farmacologia , Hipoglicemia/genética , Hipotálamo/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Núcleo Hipotalâmico Ventromedial/metabolismo
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Cell Biosci ; 12(1): 170, 2022 Oct 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36210455

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons play a sexually dimorphic role in body weight and glucose balance. However, the mechanisms for the sex differences in POMC neuron functions are not fully understood. RESULTS: We detected small conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) current in POMC neurons. Secondary analysis of published single-cell RNA-Seq data showed that POMC neurons abundantly express SK3, one SK channel subunit. To test whether SK3 in POMC neurons regulates POMC neuron functions on energy and glucose homeostasis, we used a Cre-loxP strategy to delete SK3 specifically from mature POMC neurons. POMC-specific deletion of SK3 did not affect body weight in either male or female mice. Interestingly, male mutant mice showed not only decreased food intake but also decreased physical activity, resulting in unchanged body weight. Further, POMC-specific SK3 deficiency impaired glucose balance specifically in female mice but not in male mice. Finally, no sex differences were detected in the expression of SK3 and SK current in total POMC neurons. However, we found higher SK current but lower SK3 positive neuron population in male POMC neurons co-expressing estrogen receptor α (ERα) compared to that in females. CONCLUSION: These results revealed a sexually dimorphic role of SK3 in POMC neurons in both energy and glucose homeostasis independent of body weight control, which was associated with the sex difference of SK current in a subpopulation of POMC + ERα + neurons.

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Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) ; 13: 889122, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36120438

RESUMO

Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons are important for the regulation of body weight and glucose balance. The inhibitory tone to POMC neurons is mediated primarily by the GABA receptors. However, the detailed mechanisms and functions of GABA receptors are not well understood. The α5 subunit of GABAA receptor, Gabra5, is reported to regulate feeding, and we found that Gabra5 is highly expressed in POMC neurons. To explore the function of Gabra5 in POMC neurons, we knocked down Gabra5 specifically from mature hypothalamic POMC neurons using the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 strategy. This POMC-specific knock-down of Gabra5 did not affect body weight or food intake in either male or female mice. Interestingly, the loss of Gabra5 caused significant increases in the firing frequency and resting membrane potential, and a decrease in the amplitude of the miniature inhibitory postsynaptic current (mIPSC) in male POMC neurons. However, the loss of Gabra5 only modestly decreased the frequency of mIPSC in female POMC neurons. Consistently, POMC-specific knock-down of Gabra5 significantly improved glucose tolerance in male mice but not in female mice. These results revealed a sexually dimorphic role of Gabra5 in POMC neuron activity and glucose balance, independent of body weight control.


Assuntos
Glucose , Pró-Opiomelanocortina , Animais , Peso Corporal , Feminino , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Neurônios/metabolismo , Pró-Opiomelanocortina/genética , Receptores de GABA-A
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Nat Med ; 28(12): 2537-2546, 2022 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36536256

RESUMO

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors and receptor agonists are used to treat obesity, anxiety and depression. Here we studied the role of the serotonin 2C receptor (5-HT2CR) in weight regulation and behavior. Using exome sequencing of 2,548 people with severe obesity and 1,117 control individuals without obesity, we identified 13 rare variants in the gene encoding 5-HT2CR (HTR2C) in 19 unrelated people (3 males and 16 females). Eleven variants caused a loss of function in HEK293 cells. All people who carried variants had hyperphagia and some degree of maladaptive behavior. Knock-in male mice harboring a human loss-of-function HTR2C variant developed obesity and reduced social exploratory behavior; female mice heterozygous for the same variant showed similar deficits with reduced severity. Using the 5-HT2CR agonist lorcaserin, we found that depolarization of appetite-suppressing proopiomelanocortin neurons was impaired in knock-in mice. In conclusion, we demonstrate that 5-HT2CR is involved in the regulation of human appetite, weight and behavior. Our findings suggest that melanocortin receptor agonists might be effective in treating severe obesity in individuals carrying HTR2C variants. We suggest that HTR2C should be included in diagnostic gene panels for severe childhood-onset obesity.


Assuntos
Obesidade Mórbida , Receptor 5-HT2C de Serotonina , Animais , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Células HEK293 , Obesidade/genética , Receptor 5-HT2C de Serotonina/genética , Serotonina , Agonistas do Receptor 5-HT2 de Serotonina/farmacologia , Adaptação Psicológica
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J Vis Exp ; (176)2021 10 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34694284

RESUMO

Immunohistochemical staining of mouse brains is a routine technique commonly used in neuroscience to investigate central mechanisms underlying the regulation of energy metabolism and other neurobiological processes. However, the quality, reliability, and reproducibility of brain histology results may vary among laboratories. For each staining experiment, it is necessary to optimize the key procedures based on differences in species, tissues, targeted proteins, and the working conditions of the reagents. This paper demonstrates a reliable workflow in detail, including intra-aortic perfusion, brain sectioning, free-floating immunostaining, tissue mounting, and imaging, which can be followed easily by researchers in this field. Also discussed are how to modify these procedures to satisfy the individual needs of researchers. To illustrate the reliability and efficiency of this protocol, perineuronal nets were stained with biotin-labeled Wisteria florbunda agglutinin (WFA) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) with an anti-AVP antibody in the mouse brain. Finally, the critical details for the entire procedure have been addressed, and the advantages of this protocol compared to those of other protocols. Taken together, this paper presents an optimized protocol for free-floating immunostaining of mouse brain tissue. Following this protocol makes this process easier for both junior and senior scientists to improve the quality, reliability, and reproducibility of immunostaining studies.


Assuntos
Encéfalo , Matriz Extracelular , Animais , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Camundongos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Coloração e Rotulagem
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