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Apolipoprotein A-IV Inhibits AgRP/NPY Neurons and Activates Pro-Opiomelanocortin
Neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus.
Authors Yan C, He Y, Xu Y, Shu G, Wang C, Yang Y, Saito K, Xu P, Hinton AO, Yan X, Yu L,
Wu Q, Tso P, Tong Q, Xu Y
Submitted By Submitted Externally on 4/21/2017
Status Published
Journal Neuroendocrinology
Year 2016
Date Published
Volume : Pages 103 : 476 - 88
PubMed Reference 26337236
Abstract Apolipoprotein A-IV (apoA-IV) in the brain potently suppresses food intake.
However, the mechanisms underlying its anorexigenic effects remain to be
identified., We first examined the effects of apoA-IV on cellular activities in
hypothalamic neurons that co-express agouti-related peptide (AgRP) and
neuropeptide Y (NPY) and in neurons that express pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC). We
then compared anorexigenic effects of apoA-IV in wild-type mice and in mutant
mice lacking melanocortin 4 receptors (MC4Rs; the receptors of AgRP and the POMC
gene product). Finally, we examined expression of apoA-IV in mouse hypothalamus
and quantified its protein levels at fed versus fasted states., We demonstrate
that apoA-IV inhibited the firing rate of AgRP/NPY neurons. The decreased firing
was associated with hyperpolarized membrane potential and decreased miniature
excitatory postsynaptic current. We further used c-fos immunoreactivity to show
that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injections of apoA-IV abolished the
fasting-induced activation of AgRP/NPY neurons in mice. Further, we found that
apoA-IV depolarized POMC neurons and increased their firing rate. In addition,
genetic deletion of MC4Rs blocked anorexigenic effects of i.c.v. apoA-IV.
Finally, we detected endogenous apoA-IV in multiple neural populations in the
mouse hypothalamus, including AgRP/NPY neurons, and food deprivation suppressed
hypothalamic apoA-IV protein levels., Our findings support a model where central
apoA-IV inhibits AgRP/NPY neurons and activates POMC neurons to activate MC4Rs,
which in turn suppresses food intake.




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