Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus increases energy expenditure
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) decreases food intake and body weight, but few central sites of action have been identified for its effect on energy expenditure. The hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus (VMH) is important in regulating energy metabolism. Our previous work indicated that BDNF in the VMH reduced food intake. The purposes of the study were to determine: 1) if BDNF in the VMH increases energy expenditure (EE); 2) if BDNF-enhanced thermogenesis results from increased spontaneous physical activity (SPA) and resting metabolic rate (RMR); and 3) if VMH BDNF thermogenic effects are mediated by uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) in brown adipose tissue (BAT). BDNF (0.5 microg) was injected into the VMH of male Sprague-Dawley rats and oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, food intake and SPA were measured for 24h in an indirect calorimeter. Animals were sacrificed 4h after BDNF injection, and BAT UCP1 gene expression was measured with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. BDNF significantly decreased food and water intake, and body weight gain. Heat production and RMR were significantly elevated for 9h immediately after BDNF injection. BDNF increased SPA and EE during SPA (aEE) within 9h after injection although BDNF had no effect on 0-24h SPA and aEE. BDNF did not induce a significant increase in BAT UCP1 expression. In conclusion, VMH BDNF reduces body weight by decreasing food intake and increasing EE consequent to increased SPA and RMR, suggesting that the VMH is an important site of BDNF action to influence energy balance.
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Injection of BDNF into the VMH increases the metabolic rate and reduces visceral adiposity.
“Conversely, injection of BDNF into the VMH was observed to increase the metabolic rate and reduce visceral adiposity [49, 50]”
From High-intensity interval training or lactate administration combined with aerobic training enhances visceral fat loss while promoting VMH neuroplasticity in female rats (2024) · cites this paper as [49]
The Discussion (page unavailable) reports that VMH-injected BDNF increased resting metabolic rate and energy expenditure in rats. The paper reports reduced body weight gain, but does not report a reduction in visceral adiposity; its tissue measurements concerned brown-fat UCP1 expression, not visceral fat mass. (LLM, conf=0.89)
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- Authors
- Wang, C., Bomberg, E., Billington, C. J., Levine, A. S., & Kotz, C. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Veterans Health Administration (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, ChuanFeng
- Venue
- Brain Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-06
- Volume
- 1336
- Pages
- 66-77
- ISSN
- 0006-8993 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4452019
- OpenAlex
- W2146399707
- Cited by
- 104
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 3.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Brain Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Minnesota Obesity Center
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Keywords
- brain-derived neurotrophic factor, ventromedial hypothalamus, energy expenditure, thermogenesis, spontaneous physical activity, resting metabolic rate, UCP1, brown adipose tissue, dietary intake, body weight regulation, energy balance
- MeSH terms
- Uncoupling Protein 1, Animals, Basal Metabolism, Adipose Tissue, Brown, Carbon Dioxide, Eating, Energy Metabolism, Ion Channels, Male, Motor Activity, Oxygen Consumption, Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus, Weight Gain, Gene Expression, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Thermogenesis, Mitochondrial Proteins, Rats
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