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Sugar Metabolism Regulates Flavor Preferences and Portal Glucose Sensing.
In most species, including humans, food preference is primarily controlled by nutrient value. In particular, glucose-containing sugars exert exquisitely strong effects on food choice via gut-generated signals. However, the identity of the visceral signals underlying glucose's rewarding effects remains uncertain. In particular, it is unknown whether sugar metabolism mediates the formation of preferences for glucose-containing sugars. Using the mouse as a model organism, we made use of a combination of conditioning schedules, gastrointestinal nutrient administration, and chromatographic/electrochemical methods to assess the behavioral and neural effects of activating the gut with either metabolizable glucose or a non-metabolizable glucose analog. We show that mice display much superior preferences for flavors associated with intra-gastric infusions of glucose compared to flavors associated with intra-gastric infusions of the non-metabolizable glucose analog α-methyl-D-glucopyranoside ("MDG," an activator of intestinal sodium/glucose co-transporters). These effects were unaffected by surgical bypassing of the duodenum, suggesting glucose-specific post-absorptive sensing mechanisms. Consistently, intra-portal infusions of glucose, but not of MDG, induced significant rises in dopamine (DA) levels within brain reward circuits. Our data reveal that the unmatched rewarding effects of glucose-containing sugars cannot be accounted for by metabolism-independent activation of sodium/glucose cotransporters; rather, they point to glucose metabolism as the physiological mechanism underlying the potent reward value of sugar-sweetened flavored beverages. In particular, no circulating "gut factors" need to be invoked to explain the reward value of ingested glucose. Thus, instead of circulating gut hormones, portal-mesenteric sensing of glucose emerges as the preferential physiological pathway for sugar reward.
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