CaMK1D signalling in AgRP neurons promotes ghrelin-mediated food intake

Karl Vivot*, Gergö Meszaros, Evanthia Pangou, Zhirong Zhang, Mengdi Qu, Eric Erbs, Gagik Yeghiazaryan, Mar Quiñones, Erwan Grandgirard, Anna Schneider, Etienne Clauss-Creusot, Alexandre Charlet, Maya Faour, Claire Martin, Fedor Berditchevski, Izabela Sumara, Serge Luquet, Peter Kloppenburg, Ruben Nogueiras, Romeo Ricci*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Hypothalamic AgRP/NPY neurons are key players in the control of feeding behaviour. Ghrelin, a major orexigenic hormone, activates AgRP/NPY neurons to stimulate food intake and adiposity. However, cell-autonomous ghrelin-dependent signalling mechanisms in AgRP/NPY neurons remain poorly defined. Here we show that calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase ID (CaMK1D), a genetic hot spot in type 2 diabetes, is activated upon ghrelin stimulation and acts in AgRP/NPY neurons to mediate ghrelin-dependent food intake. Global Camk1d-knockout male mice are resistant to ghrelin, gain less body weight and are protected against high-fat-diet-induced obesity. Deletion of Camk1d in AgRP/NPY, but not in POMC, neurons is sufficient to recapitulate above phenotypes. In response to ghrelin, lack of CaMK1D attenuates phosphorylation of CREB and CREB-dependent expression of the orexigenic neuropeptides AgRP/NPY in fibre projections to the paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Hence, CaMK1D links ghrelin action to transcriptional control of orexigenic neuropeptide availability in AgRP neurons.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1045-1058
Number of pages14
JournalNature metabolism
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jun 2023

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© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

Keywords

  • Mice
  • Animals
  • Male
  • Ghrelin/metabolism
  • Agouti-Related Protein/genetics
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism
  • Neuropeptide Y/genetics
  • Neurons/metabolism
  • Obesity/metabolism
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Eating
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 1/metabolism

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