Amylin, a pancreatic hormone and neuropeptide, acts principally in the hindbrain to decrease food intake and has been recently shown to act as a neurotrophic factor to control the development of AP->NTS and ARC->PVN axonal fiber outgrowth. Amylin is also able to activate ERK signaling specifically in POMC neurons independently of leptin. To investigate the physiological role of amylin signaling in POMC neurons, the core component of the amylin receptor, calcitonin receptor (CTR) was depleted from POMC neurons using an inducible mouse model. The loss of CTR in POMC neurons leads to increased body weight gain, increased adiposity, and glucose intolerance in male knockout mice, characterized by decreased energy expenditure (EE) and decreased expression of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) in brown adipose tissue (BAT). Furthermore, a decreased spontaneous locomotor activity and absent thermogenic reaction to the application of the amylin receptor agonist were observed in male and female mice. Together, these results show a significant physiological impact of amylin/calcitonin signaling in CTR-POMC neurons on energy metabolism and demonstrate the need for sex-specific approaches in obesity research and potentially treatment.

Maria Sörhede Winzell
Dec 1, 2004; 53:S215-S219
Section V: The Incretin Pathway

16 March 2020

Members Event

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Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge; Host, Talking Politics
Chairs: Hans Kundnani, Senior Research Fellow, Europe Programme, Chatham House
Laura Cram, Professor of European Politics, University of Edinburgh. Co-Editor, Government and Opposition: An International Journal of Comparative Politics
 

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