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OBESITY
Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 1289-1296Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.361
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- Danish Biotechnology Centre for Cellular Communication
- Danish Diabetes Association
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- MRC [G0600331] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0600331] Funding Source: researchfish
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Using restriction fragment differential display (RFDD) technology, we have identified the imprinted gene neuronatin (Nnat) as a hypothalamic target under the influence of leptin. Nnat mRNA expression is decreased in several key appetite regulatory hypothalamic nuclei in rodents with impaired leptin signaling and during fasting conditions. Furthermore, peripheral administration of leptin to ob/ob mice normalizes hypothalamic Nnat expression. Comparative immunohistochemical analysis of human and rat hypothalami demonstrates that NNAT protein is present in anatomically equivalent nuclei, suggesting human physiological relevance of the gene product(s). A putative role of Nnat in human energy homeostasis is further emphasized by a consistent association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the human Nnat gene and severe childhood and adult obesity.
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