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Deletion of leptin receptors in vagal afferent neurons disrupts estrogen signaling, body weight, food intake and hormonal controls of feeding in female mice.
American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism 2019 Februrary 13
Deletion of the leptin receptor from vagal afferent neurons (VAN) using a conditional deletion (Nav1.8/LepRfl/fl ) results in an obese phenotype with increased food intake and lack of exogenous cholecystokinin (CCK)-induced satiation in male mice. Female mice are partially protected from weight gain and increased food intake in response to ingestion of high-fat (HF) diets. However, whether lack of leptin signaling in VAN leads to an obese phenotype or disruption of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis function in female mice is unclear. Here, we tested the hypothesis that leptin signaling in VAN is essential to maintain estrogen signaling and control of food intake, energy expenditure and adiposity in female mice. Female Nav1.8/LepRfl/fl mice gained more weight, had increased gonadal fat mass, increased meal number in the dark phase, and increased total food intake compared with wildtype controls. Resting energy expenditure was unaffected. The decrease in food intake produced by intraperitoneal injection of CCK was attenuated in female Nav1.8/LepRfl/fl mice, and ghrelin-induced feeding was increased, compared to wildtype controls. Ovarian steroidogenesis was suppressed, resulting in decreased plasma estradiol which was accompanied by decreased expression of estrogen receptor-1 (Esr1) in VAN but not in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus. These data suggest that the absence of leptin signaling in VAN is accompanied by disruption of estrogen signaling in female mice, leading to an obese phenotype possibly via altered control of feeding behavior.
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