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Title: Differential gene regulation of GHSR signaling pathway in the arcuate nucleus and NPY neurons by fasting, diet-induced obesity, and 17β-estradiol.

Authors: Yasrebi, Ali; Hsieh, Anna; Mamounis, Kyle J; Krumm, Elizabeth A; Yang, Jennifer A; Magby, Jason; Hu, Pu; Roepke, Troy A

Published In Mol Cell Endocrinol, (2016 Feb 15)

Abstract: Ghrelin's receptor, growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR), is highly expressed in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and in neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons. Fasting, diet-induced obesity (DIO), and 17β-estradiol (E2) influence ARC Ghsr expression. It is unknown if these effects occur in NPY neurons. Therefore, we examined the expression of Npy, Agrp, and GHSR signaling pathway genes after fasting, DIO, and E2 replacement in ARC and pools of NPY neurons. In males, fasting increased ARC Ghsr and NPY Foxo1 but decreased NPY Ucp2. In males, DIO decreased ARC and NPY Ghsr and Cpt1c. In fed females, E2 increased Agrp, Ghsr, Cpt1c, and Foxo1 in ARC. In NPY pools, E2 decreased Foxo1 in fed females but increased Foxo1 in fasted females. DIO in females suppressed Agrp and augmented Cpt1c in NPY neurons. In summary, genes involved in GHSR signaling are differentially regulated between the ARC and NPY neurons in a sex-dependent manner.

PubMed ID: 26577678 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Animals; Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus/metabolism*; Estradiol/pharmacology*; Fasting/metabolism*; Female; Gene Expression Regulation; Male; Mice; Neurons/metabolism*; Neuropeptide Y/metabolism; Obesity/etiology; Obesity/metabolism*; Receptors, Ghrelin/genetics; Receptors, Ghrelin/metabolism*; Sex Factors; Signal Transduction

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