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NATURE MEDICINE
卷 12, 期 5, 页码 526-533出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nm1382
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG00975, AG19206] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [P01 HD29587] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH43422] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS045016, NS36232] Funding Source: Medline
The hypothalamus responds to circulating leptin and insulin in the control of food intake and body weight. A number of neurotransmitters in the hypothalamus, including gamma-aminobutyric acid ( GABA), also have key roles in feeding. Huntingtin-associated protein 1 (Hap1) is expressed more abundantly in the hypothalamus than in other brain regions, and lack of Hap1 in mice leads to early postnatal death. Hap1 is also involved in intracellular trafficking of the GABA(A) receptor. Here, we report that fasting upregulates the expression of Hap1 in the rodent hypothalamus, whereas intracerebroventricular administration of insulin downregulates Hap1 by increasing its degradation through ubiquitination. Decreasing the expression of mouse hypothalamic Hap1 by siRNA reduces the level and activity of hypothalamic GABAA receptors and causes a decrease in food intake and body weight. These findings provide evidence linking hypothalamic Hap1 to GABA in the stimulation of feeding and suggest that this mechanism is involved in the feeding-inhibitory actions of insulin in the brain.
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