Integrative neurocircuits that control metabolism and food intake

JC Brüning, H Fenselau - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Systemic metabolism has to be constantly adjusted to the variance of food intake and even
be prepared for anticipated changes in nutrient availability. Therefore, the brain integrates …

Arcuate nucleus-dependent regulation of metabolism—pathways to obesity and diabetes mellitus

A Jais, JC Brüning - Endocrine reviews, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
The central nervous system (CNS) receives information from afferent neurons, circulating
hormones, and absorbed nutrients and integrates this information to orchestrate the actions …

HypoMap—a unified single-cell gene expression atlas of the murine hypothalamus

L Steuernagel, BYH Lam, P Klemm, GKC Dowsett… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The hypothalamus plays a key role in coordinating fundamental body functions. Despite
recent progress in single-cell technologies, a unified catalog and molecular characterization …

Reciprocal activity of AgRP and POMC neurons governs coordinated control of feeding and metabolism

AJ De Solis, A Del Río-Martín, J Radermacher… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Abstract Agouti-related peptide (AgRP)-expressing and proopiomelanocortin (POMC)-
expressing neurons reciprocally regulate food intake. Here, we combine non-interacting …

Acts of appetite: neural circuits governing the appetitive, consummatory, and terminating phases of feeding

IC Alcantara, APM Tapia, Y Aponte, MJ Krashes - Nature metabolism, 2022‏ - nature.com
The overconsumption of highly caloric and palatable foods has caused a surge in obesity
rates in the past half century, thereby posing a healthcare challenge due to the array of …

Effects of dietary fibre on metabolic health and obesity

EC Deehan, V Mocanu, KL Madsen - Nature reviews Gastroenterology …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Obesity and metabolic syndrome represent a growing epidemic worldwide. Body weight is
regulated through complex interactions between hormonal, neural and metabolic pathways …

Disrupting the α-synuclein-ESCRT interaction with a peptide inhibitor mitigates neurodegeneration in preclinical models of Parkinson's disease

S Nim, DM O'Hara, C Corbi-Verge… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Accumulation of α-synuclein into toxic oligomers or fibrils is implicated in dopaminergic
neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. Here we performed a high-throughput, proteome …

Shared biological mechanisms of depression and obesity: focus on adipokines and lipokines

X Fu, Y Wang, F Zhao, R Cui, W **e, Q Liu… - Aging (Albany …, 2023‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Depression and obesity are both common disorders currently affecting public health,
frequently occurring simultaneously within individuals, and the relationship between these …

Nutrient-sensing AgRP neurons relay control of liver autophagy during energy deprivation

W Chen, O Mehlkop, A Scharn, H Nolte, P Klemm… - Cell Metabolism, 2023‏ - cell.com
Autophagy represents a key regulator of aging and metabolism in sensing energy
deprivation. We find that fasting in mice activates autophagy in the liver paralleled by …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary fat modulation of gut microbiota and impact on regulatory pathways controlling food intake

S Hamamah, A Amin, AL Al-Kassir, J Chuang… - Nutrients, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Obesity is a multifactorial disease that continues to increase in prevalence worldwide.
Emerging evidence has shown that the development of obesity may be influenced by …