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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 8, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28816-w
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- CREST, JST
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [15K09442, 18K11028, 26670453]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT)-Supported Programs for Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities
- Daiichi-Sankyo Co.
- JKA through its promotion funds from KEIRIN RACE
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K09442, 18K11028] Funding Source: KAKEN
Oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of hypothalamus regulate energy metabolism and reproduction. Plasma oxytocin concentration is reduced in obese subjects with insulin resistance. These findings prompted us to hypothesize that insulin serves to promote oxytocin release. This study examined whether insulin activates oxytocin neurons in the PVN, and explored the underlying signaling. We generated the mice deficient of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1), a major signaling molecule particularly for insulin, specifically in oxytocin neurons (Oxy Pdk1 KO). Insulin increased cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca2+](i)) in oxytocin neurons with larger (>= 25 mu m) and smaller (<25 mu m) diameters isolated from PVN in C57BL/6 mice. In PDK1 Oxy Pdk1 KO mice, in contrast, this effect of insulin to increase [Ca2+](i) was markedly diminished in the larger-sized oxytocin neurons, while it was intact in the smaller-sized oxytocin neurons. Furthermore, intracerebroventricular insulin administration induced oxytocin release into plasma in Oxy Cre but not Oxy Pdk1 KO mice. These results demonstrate that insulin PDK1-dependently preferentially activates PVN magnocellular oxytocin neurons to release oxytocin into circulation, possibly serving as a mechanism for the interaction between metabolism and perinatal functions.
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