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ArticleDiabetes2014

Role of synaptic plasticity and EphA5-ephrinA5 interaction within the ventromedial hypothalamus in response to recurrent hypoglycemia.

Barbara Szepietowska, Tamas L Horvath, Robert S Sherwin

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Article in Diabetes, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Barbara SzepietowskaYale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, New Haven, CT.
Tamas L Horvath
Robert S Sherwin
Yale University · US

Funding

Yale Diabetes Research CenterP30DK045735 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Kevan C Herold, GERALD I SHULMAN · 1993 to 2026
$44.0M
GLUCOREGULATORY HORMONE INTERACTIONS IN DIABETESR01DK020495 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ROTHMAN, DOUGLAS LYLE · 1986 to 2022
$6.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK045735NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK020495PHS HHS 20495
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoglycemia stimulates counterregulatory hormone release to restore euglycemia. This protective response is diminished by recurrent hypoglycemia, limiting the benefits of intensive insulin treatment in patients with diabetes. We previously reported that EphA5 receptor-ephrinA5 interactions within the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) influence counterregulatory hormone responses during acute hypoglycemia in nondiabetic rats. In this study, we examined whether recurrent hypoglycemia alters the capacity of the ephrinA5 ligand to activate VMH EphA5 receptors, and if so, whether these changes could contribute to pathogenesis of defective glucose counterregulation in response to a standard hypoglycemic stimulus. The expression of ephrinA5, but not EphA5 receptors within the VMH, was reduced by antecedent recurrent hypoglycemia. In addition, the number of synaptic connections was increased and astroglial synaptic coverage was reduced. Activation of VMH EphA5 receptors via targeted microinjection of ephrinA5-Fc before a hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemic clamp study caused a reduction in the glucose infusion rate in nondiabetic rats exposed to recurrent hypoglycemia. The increase in the counterregulatory response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia was associated with a 150% increase in glucagon release (P < 0.001). These data suggest that changes in ephrinA5/EphA5 interactions and synaptic plasticity within the VMH, a key glucose-sensing region in the brain, may contribute to the impairment in glucagon secretion and counterregulatory responses caused by recurrent hypoglycemia.

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AnimalsEphrin-A5Glutamic AcidHypoglycemiaMaleNeuronal PlasticityRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptor, EphA5RecurrenceSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionVentromedial Hypothalamic NucleusEphrin-A5Glutamic AcidReceptor, EphA5

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PMID24222347
PMCPMC3931406
OpenAlexW2119312699

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