Leptin action via neurotensin neurons controls orexin, the mesolimbic dopamine system and energy balance |
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| Authors: | Leinninger Gina M Opland Darren M Jo Young-Hwan Faouzi Miro Christensen Lyndsay Cappellucci Laura A Rhodes Christopher J Gnegy Margaret E Becker Jill B Pothos Emmanuel N Seasholtz Audrey F Thompson Robert C Myers Martin G |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. ggehrke@med.umich.edu |
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| Abstract: | Leptin acts on leptin receptor (LepRb)-expressing neurons throughout the brain, but the roles for many populations of LepRb neurons in modulating energy balance and behavior remain unclear. We found that the majority of LepRb neurons in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) contain neurotensin (Nts). To investigate the physiologic role for leptin action via these LepRb(Nts) neurons, we generated mice null for LepRb specifically in Nts neurons (Nts-LepRbKO mice). Nts-LepRbKO mice demonstrate early-onset obesity, modestly increased feeding, and decreased locomotor activity. Furthermore, consistent with the connection of LepRb(Nts) neurons with local orexin (OX) neurons and the ventral tegmental area (VTA), Nts-LepRbKO mice exhibit altered regulation of OX neurons and the mesolimbic DA system. Thus, LHA LepRb(Nts) neurons mediate physiologic leptin action on OX neurons and the mesolimbic DA system, and contribute importantly to the control of energy balance. |
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