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Amino acids inhibit Agrp gene expression via an mTOR-dependent mechanism
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Metabolic fuels act on hypothalamic neurons to regulate feeding behavior and energy homeostasis, but the signaling mechanisms mediating these effects are not fully clear. Rats placed on a low-protein diet (10% of calories) exhibited increased food intake (P < 0.05) and hypothalamic Agouti-related protein (Agrp) gene expression (P = 0.002). Direct intracerebroventricular injection of either an amino acid mixture (RPMI 1640) or leucine alone (1 mug) suppressed 24-h food intake (P < 0.05), indicating that increasing amino acid concentrations within the brain is sufficient to suppress food intake. To define a cellular mechanism for these direct effects, GT1-7 hypothalamic cells were exposed to low amino acids for 16 h. Decreasing amino acid availability increased Agrp mRNA levels in GT1-7 cells (P < 0.01), and this effect was attenuated by replacement of the amino acid leucine (P < 0.05). Acute exposure to elevated amino acid concentrations increased ribosomal protein S6 kinase phosphorylation via a rapamycin-sensitive mechanism, suggesting that amino acids directly stimulated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling. To test whether mTOR signaling contributes to amino acid inhibition of Agrp gene expression, GT1-7 cells cultured in either low or high amino acids for 16 h and were also treated with rapamcyin (50 nM). Rapamycin treatment increased Agrp mRNA levels in cells exposed to high amino acids (P = 0.01). Taken together, these observations indicate that amino acids can act within the brain to inhibit food intake and that a direct, mTOR-dependent inhibition of Agrp gene expression may contribute to this effect.
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- Authors
- Morrison, C. D., Xi, X., White, C. L., Ye, J., & Martin, R. J.
- Affiliations
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center (US)
- Venue
- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Publisher
- American Physiological Society
- Published
- 2007-07
- Volume
- 293
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- E165-E171
- ISSN
- 0193-1849 (ISSN-L)
- 1522-1555
- PMC
- PMC2596875
- OpenAlex
- W2015145490
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- 6.53
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P20GM103528, P30GM118430)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK072476)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS-051570, R03NS051570)
- National Center for Research Resources (RR 021945, P20RR021945)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Keywords
- amino acids, agouti-related protein, mTOR signaling, leucine, food intake regulation, hypothalamic neurons, GT1-7 cells, S6K, rapamycin, low-protein diet, energy homeostasis
- MeSH terms
- Amino Acids, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Eating, Gene Expression Regulation, Hypothalamus, Male, Protein Kinases, Signal Transduction, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Diet, Protein-Restricted, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Rats, Agouti-Related Protein, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
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