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Hypothalamic Pro-Opiomelanocortin mRNA Is Reduced By Fasting in ob/ob and db/db Mice, but Is Stimulated by Leptin

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Mizuno, Tooru M, Kleopoulos, Steven P, Bergen, Hugo T, Roberts, James L, Priest, Catherine A, Mobbs, Charles V·1998·Diabetes

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Reduction in the activity of the α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) system causes obesity, and infusions of α-MSH can produce satiety, raising the possibility that α-MSH may mediate physiological satiety signals. Since α-MSH is coded for by the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene, we examined if POMC gene expression would be inhibited by fasting in normal mice or in models of obesity characterized by leptin insufficiency (ob/ob) or leptin insensitivity (db/db). In wild-type mice, hypothalamic POMC mRNA was decreased >60% after a 2-day fast and was positively correlated with leptin mRNA. Similarly, compared with controls, POMC mRNA was decreased by at least 60% in both db/db and ob/ob mice. POMC mRNA was negatively correlated with both neuropeptide Y (NPY) and melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) mRNA. Finally, treatment of both male and female ob/ob mice with leptin stimulated hypothalamic POMC mRNA by about threefold. These results suggest that impairment in production, processing, or responsiveness to α-MSH may be a common feature of obesity and that hypothalamic POMC neurons, stimulated by leptin, may constitute a link between leptin and the melanocortin system.

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Authors
Mizuno, T. M., Kleopoulos, S. P., Bergen, H. T., Roberts, J. L., Priest, C. A., & Mobbs, C. V.
Venue
Diabetes
Published
1998-02-01
Volume
47
Issue
2
Pages
294-297
ISSN
  • 0012-1797 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-327X
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W2130421120
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521
References
3
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15.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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