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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
Volume 124, Issue 10, Pages 4351-4362Publisher
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI74726
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- NIH [R01DK093587, R00DK085330, P30 DK079638-03, T32CA059268, HD62512, R01DK092605]
- NSF [IOS1424017]
- American Diabetes Association
- Marcadia Biotech
- Klarman Family Foundation
- Naman Family Fund for Basic Research
- Curtis Hankamer Basic Research Fund
- American Heart Association
- USDA ARS
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Binge eating afflicts approximately 5% of US adults, though effective treatments are limited. Here, we showed that estrogen replacement substantially suppresses binge-like eating behavior in ovariectomized female mice. Estrogen-dependent inhibition of binge-like eating was blocked in female mice specifically lacking estrogen receptor-alpha (ER alpha) in serotonin (5-HT) neurons in the dorsal raphe nuclei (DRN). Administration of a recently developed glucagon-like peptide-1-estrogen (GLP-1-estrogen) conjugate designed to deliver estrogen to GLP1 receptor-enhanced regions effectively targeted bioactive estrogens to the DRN and substantially suppressed binge-like eating in ovariectomized female mice. Administration of GLP-1 alone reduced binge-like eating, but not to the same extent as the GLP-1-estrogen conjugate. Administration of ER alpha-selective agonist propylpyrazole trial (PPT) to murine DRN 5-HT neurons activated these neurons in an ER alpha-dependent manner. PPT also inhibited a small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SK) current; blockade of the SK current prevented PPT-induced activation of DRN 5-HT neurons. Furthermore, local inhibition of the SK current in the DRN markedly suppressed binge-like eating in female mice. Together, our data indicate that estrogens act upon ER alpha to inhibit the SK current in DRN 5-HT neurons, thereby activating these neurons to suppress binge-like eating behavior and suggest ER alpha and/or SK current in DRN 5-HT neurons as potential targets for anti-binge therapies.
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