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Title: | CPT1A in AgRP neurons is required for sex-dependent regulation of feeding and thirst |
Author: | Zagmutt Caroxa, Sebastián Mera Nanín, Paula González-García, Ismael Ibeas, Kevin Romero Romero, María del Mar Obri, Arnaud Martin, Beatriz Esteve Codina, Anna Soler Vázquez, M. Carmen Bastías-Pérez, Marianela Cañes Esteve, Laia Augé Marí, Elisabet Pelegrí i Gabaldà, Carme Vilaplana i Hortensi, Jordi Ariza Piquer, Xavier García Gómez, Jordi Martínez González, José Casals, Núria López, Miguel Palmiter, Richard Sanz, Elisenda Quintana, Albert Herrero Rodríguez, Laura Serra i Cucurull, Dolors |
Keywords: | Àcids grassos Alimentació Set Fatty acids Diet Thirst |
Issue Date: | 25-Mar-2023 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Abstract: | Background Fatty acid metabolism in the hypothalamus has an important role in food intake, but its specific role in AgRP neurons is poorly understood. Here, we examined whether carnitinea palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT1A), a key enzyme in mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation, affects energy balance. Methods To obtain Cpt1aKO mice and their control littermates, Cpt1a(flox/flox) mice were crossed with tamoxifen‐ inducible AgRPCreERT2 mice. Food intake and body weight were analyzed weekly in both males and females. At 12 weeks of age, metabolic flexibility was determined by ghrelin‐induced food intake and fasting-refeeding satiety tests. Energy expenditure was analyzed by calorimetric system and thermogenic activity of brown adipose tissue. To study fluid balance the analysis of urine and water intake volumes; osmolality of urine and plasma; as well as serum levels of angiotensin and components of RAAS (renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system) were measured. At the central level, changes in AgRP neurons were determined by: (1) analyzing specific AgRP gene expression in RiboTag- Cpt1aKO mice obtained by crossing Cpt1aKO mice with RiboTag mice; (2) measuring presynaptic terminal formation in the AgRP neurons with the injection of the AAV1-EF1a-DIO-synaptophysin-GFP in the arcuate nucleus of the hypo‐ thalamus; (3) analyzing AgRP neuronal viability and spine formations by the injection AAV9-EF1a-DIO-mCherry in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus; (4) analyzing in situ the specific AgRP mitochondria in the ZsGreen‐Cpt1aKO obtained by breeding ZsGreen mice with Cpt1aKO mice. Two‐way ANOVA analyses were performed to determine the contributions of the effect of lack of CPT1A in AgRP neurons in the sex. Results Changes in food intake were just seen in male Cpt1aKO mice while only female Cpt1aKO mice increased energy expenditure. The lack of Cpt1a in the AgRP neurons enhanced brown adipose tissue activity, mainly in females, and induced a substantial reduction in fat deposits and body weight. Strikingly, both male and female Cpt1aKO mice showed polydipsia and polyuria, with more reduced serum vasopressin levels in females and without osmolality alterations, indicating a direct involvement of Cpt1a in AgRP neurons in fluid balance. AgRP neurons from Cpt1aKO |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-023-00498-8 |
It is part of: | Biology of Sex Differences, 2023, vol. 14, p. 14 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/198464 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-023-00498-8 |
ISSN: | 2042-6410 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Bioquímica i Fisiologia) Articles publicats en revistes (Química Inorgànica i Orgànica) |
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