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Deletion of leptin receptors in vagal afferent neurons disrupts estrogen
signaling, body weight, food intake and hormonal controls of feeding in female
mice.
Authors Huang KP, Ronveaux CC, de Lartigue G, Geary N, Asarian L, Raybould HE
Submitted By Submitted Externally on 4/30/2020
Status Published
Journal American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism
Year 2019
Date Published 4/1/2019
Volume : Pages 316 : E568 - E577
PubMed Reference 30753113
Abstract Deletion of the leptin receptor from vagal afferent neurons (VAN) using a
conditional deletion (Nav1.8/LepRfl/fl) results in an obese phenotype with
increased food intake and lack of exogenous cholecystokinin (CCK)-induced
satiation in male mice. Female mice are partially protected from weight gain and
increased food intake in response to ingestion of high-fat (HF) diets. However,
whether the lack of leptin signaling in VAN leads to an obese phenotype or
disruption of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis function in female mice is
unclear. Here, we tested the hypothesis that leptin signaling in VAN is
essential to maintain estrogen signaling and control of food intake, energy
expenditure, and adiposity in female mice. Female Nav1.8/LepRfl/fl mice gained
more weight, had increased gonadal fat mass, increased meal number in the dark
phase, and increased total food intake compared with wild-type controls. Resting
energy expenditure was unaffected. The decrease in food intake produced by
intraperitoneal injection of CCK (3 µg/kg body wt) was attenuated in female
Nav1.8/LepRfl/fl mice compared with wild-type controls. Intraperitoneal
injection of ghrelin (100 µg/kg body wt) increased food intake in
Nav1.8/LepRfl/fl mice but not in wild-type controls. Ovarian steroidogenesis was
suppressed, resulting in decreased plasma estradiol, which was accompanied by
decreased expression of estrogen receptor-1 (Esr1) in VAN but not in the
hypothalamic arcuate nucleus. These data suggest that the absence of leptin
signaling in VAN is accompanied by disruption of estrogen signaling in female
mice, leading to an obese phenotype possibly via altered control of feeding
behavior.




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