Journal
FEBS OPEN BIO
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages 443-449Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2013.09.002
Keywords
Insulin; Amygdala; Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; Obesity; Inflammation; Endoplasmic reticulum stress; NPY; Oxytocin
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- FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), Sao Paulo, Brazil [2008/55674-8]
- INCT (Instituto Nacional Ciencia e Tecnologia em Obesidade e Diabetes) [573856/2008-7]
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Insulin acts in the hypothalamus, decreasing food intake (FI) by the IR/PI3K/Akt pathway. This pathway is impaired in obese animals and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and low-grade inflammation are possible mechanisms involved in this impairment. Here, we highlighted the amygdala as an important brain region for FI regulation in response to insulin. This regulation was dependent on PI3K/AKT pathway similar to the hypothalamus. Insulin was able to decrease neuropeptide Y (NPY) and increase oxytocin mRNA levels in the amygdala via PI3K, which may contribute to hypophagia. Additionally, obese rats did not reduce FI in response to insulin and AKT phosphorylation was decreased in the amygdala, suggesting insulin resistance. Insulin resistance was associated with ER stress and low-grade inflammation in this brain region. The inhibition of ER stress with PBA reverses insulin action/signaling, decreases NPY and increases oxytocin mRNA levels in the amygdala from obese rats, suggesting that ER stress is probably one of the mechanisms that induce insulin resistance in the amygdala. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Federation of European Biochemical Societies. All rights reserved.
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