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CELL REPORTS
卷 36, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109615
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- NIDA IRP Scientific Director's Fellowship for Diversity in Research
- National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, US National Institutes of Health
Research shows that a subpopulation of LH GABAergic neurons expressing leptin receptors specifically drives appetitive behaviors in mice, while their ablation does not affect weight gain and food intake. Both groups of neurons in the LH can modulate reward-related behaviors, but only LHVGAT neurons impact feeding, and LHLEPR neurons can discriminate conditioned cues in Pavlovian paradigms.
Assigning behavioral roles to genetically defined neurons within the lateral hypothalamus (LH) is an ongoing challenge. We demonstrate that a subpopulation of LH GABAergic neurons expressing leptin receptors (LHLEPR) specifically drives appetitive behaviors in mice. Ablation of LH GABAergic neurons (LHVGAT) decreases weight gain and food intake, whereas LHLEPR ablation does not. Appetitive learning in a Pavlovian conditioning paradigm is delayed in LHVGAT-ablated mice but prevented entirely in LHLEPR-ablated mice. Both LHVGAT and LHLEPR neurons bidirectionally modulate reward-related behaviors, but only LHVGAT neurons affect feeding. In the Pavlovian paradigm, only LHLEPR activity discriminates between conditioned cues. Optogenetic activation or inhibition of either population in this task disrupts discrimination. However, manipulations of LHLEPR -> VTA projections evoke divergent effects on responding. Unlike food-oriented learning, chemogenetic inhibition of LHLEPR neurons does not alter cocaine-conditioned place preference but attenuates cocaine sensitization. Thus, LHLEPR neurons may specifically regulate appetitive behaviors toward non-drug reinforcers.
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