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CELL REPORTS
Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 2934-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.05.022
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- NIH [R01DK105032, S10OD023703]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [LA 3042/2-1]
- NHMRC Early Career Fellowship [GNT1110098]
- NIH center COBRE grant [P30GM118430]
- NIH center NORC grant [P30DK072476]
- NIH equipment award [S10OD023703]
- [F32DK115137]
- [R01DK047348]
- [R01DK092587]
- [R21AI138136]
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Reduced dietary protein intake induces adaptive physiological changes in macronutrient preference, energy expenditure, growth, and glucose homeostasis. We demonstrate that deletion of the FGF21 co-receptor beta Klotho (Klb) from the brain produces mice that are unable to mount a physiological response to protein restriction, an effect that is replicated by whole-body deletion of FGF21. Mice forced to consume a low-protein diet exhibit reduced growth, increased energy expenditure, and a resistance to diet-induced obesity, but the loss of FGF21 signaling in the brain completely abrogates that response. When given access to a higher protein alternative, protein-restricted mice exhibit a shift toward protein-containing foods, and central FGF21 signaling is essential for that response. FGF21 is an endocrine signal linking the liver and brain, which regulates adaptive, homeostatic changes in metabolism and feeding behavior during protein restriction.
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