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CELL METABOLISM
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 249-259Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2009.08.013
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- ZMMK
- European Community [FP7/2007-2013, 201608]
- DFG [1492-7]
- BMBF obesity competence network
- NIH [AI 055502]
- HHMI
- Cancer Research Institute
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Obesity-associated activation of inflammatory pathways represents a key step in the development of insulin resistance in peripheral organs, partially via activation of TLR4 signaling by fatty acids. Here, we demonstrate that palmitate acting in the central nervous system (CNS) inhibits leptin-induced anorexia and Stat3 activation. To determine the functional significance of TLR signaling in the CNS in the development of leptin resistance and diet-induced obesity in vivo, we have characterized mice deficient for the TLR adaptor molecule MyD88 in the CNS (MyD88(Delta CNS)). Compared to control mice, MyD88(Delta CNS) mice are protected from high-fat diet (HFD)-induced weight gain, from the development of HFD-induced leptin resistance, and from the induction of leptin resistance by acute central application of palmitate. Moreover, CNS-restricted MyD88 deletion protects from HFD- and icv palmitate-induced impairment of peripheral glucose metabolism. Thus, we define neuronal MyD88-dependent signaling as a key regulator of diet-induced leptin and insulin resistance in vivo.
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