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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1045-1058 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Nature metabolism |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 5 Jun 2023 |
Bibliographical note
© 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