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Inhibition of hypothalamic carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 decreases food intake and glucose production

Obici, Silvana, Feng, Zhaohui, Arduini, Arduino, Conti, Roberto, Rossetti, Luciano·2003·Nature Medicine

Abstract

The enzyme carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT1) regulates long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) entry into mitochondria, where the LCFAs undergo beta-oxidation. To investigate the mechanism(s) by which central metabolism of lipids can modulate energy balance, we selectively reduced lipid oxidation in the hypothalamus. We decreased the activity of CPT1 by administering to rats a ribozyme-containing plasmid designed specifically to decrease the expression of this enzyme or by infusing pharmacological inhibitors of its activity into the third cerebral ventricle. Either genetic or biochemical inhibition of hypothalamic CPT1 activity was sufficient to substantially diminish food intake and endogenous glucose production. These results indicated that changes in the rate of lipid oxidation in selective hypothalamic neurons signaled nutrient availability to the hypothalamus, which in turn modulated the exogenous and endogenous inputs of nutrients into the circulation.

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  • Pharmacological and genetic inhibition of hypothalamic CPT1A has been reported to reduce food intake.

    “Even so, in the last decade, pharmacological and genetic inhibition of hypothalamic CPT1A has been reported to reduce the food intake ([10](#B10), [110](#B110), [127](#B127)), potentially as a result of LCFA-CoA cytoplasmic accumulation.”

    From Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in obesity (2013) · cites this paper as [127]

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Authors
Obici, S., Feng, Z., Arduini, A., Conti, R., & Rossetti, L.
Affiliations
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
  • F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (CH)
  • Sigma Tau (Italy) (IT)
Corresponding author
Rossetti, Luciano
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2003-05-18
Volume
9
Issue
6
Pages
756-761
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W2016850962
Cited by
548
References
37
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK-48321, DK-45024)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
Keywords
carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1, hypothalamus, dietary intake, glucose production, long-chain fatty acid oxidation, fatty acid beta-oxidation, energy balance, lipid metabolism, hypothalamic neurons, nutrient sensing
MeSH terms
Animals, Base Sequence, Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase, Eating, Fatty Acids, Glucose, Hypothalamus, Insulin, Liver, Male, Neuropeptide Y, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Oxidation-Reduction, Proteins, RNA, Catalytic, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Rats, Agouti-Related Protein

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