ArticleEndocrinology2016
AMPKα2 in Kiss1 Neurons Is Required for Reproductive Adaptations to Acute Metabolic Challenges in Adult Female Mice.
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- AMPK is dispensable for physiological podocyte and glomerular functions but prevents glomerular fibrosis in experimental diabetes.Cell death discovery · 2026Article
- IGF-1 Acts through Kiss1-expressing Cells to Influence Metabolism and Reproduction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Metabolic control of puberty: 60 years in the footsteps of Kennedy and Mitra's seminal work.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2024Review
- Emerging roles of lipid and metabolic sensing in the neuroendocrine control of body weight and reproduction.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Deletion of Androgen Receptor in LepRb Cells Improves Estrous Cycles in Prenatally Androgenized Mice.Endocrinology · 2023Article
- Hyperinsulinemia induces early and dyssynchronous puberty in lean female mice.The Journal of endocrinology · 2022Article
- Multiple Leptin Signalling Pathways in the Control of Metabolism and Fertility: A Means to Different Ends?International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Lack of AR in LepRb Cells Disrupts Ambulatory Activity and Neuroendocrine Axes in a Sex-Specific Manner in Mice.Endocrinology · 2020Article
- Metabolic regulation of kisspeptin - the link between energy balance and reproduction.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2020Review
- Microbial Reconstitution Reverses Early Female Puberty Induced by Maternal High-fat Diet During Lactation.Endocrinology · 2020Article
- Roles of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) in Mammalian Reproduction.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Review
- Metabolic regulation of female puberty via hypothalamic AMPK-kisspeptin signaling.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- Neuroanatomical Framework of the Metabolic Control of Reproduction.Physiological reviews · 2018Review
- Obesity and High-Fat Diet Induce Distinct Changes in Placental Gene Expression and Pregnancy Outcome.Endocrinology · 2018Article
- PI3Kα inactivation in leptin receptor cells increases leptin sensitivity but disrupts growth and reproduction.JCI insight · 2017Article
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Abstract
A temporary and reversible inhibition of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis is adaptive when energy reserves are diminished, allowing individual survival and energy accumulation for eventual reproduction. The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) works as a cellular sensor of the AMP to ATP ratio and ultimately of energy availability. Activation of AMPK suppresses ATP-consuming processes and stimulates ATP-producing pathways. The AMPK α2 catalytic subunit is expressed in multiple hypothalamic nuclei including those associated with reproductive control, ie, the anteroventral periventricular nucleus and the arcuate nucleus. Subsets of kisspeptin neurons in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus (20% in females) and arcuate nucleus (45% in males and 65% in females) coexpress AMPKα2 mRNA. Using the Cre-loxP approach, we assessed whether AMPKα2 in Kiss1 cells is required for body weight and reproductive function. The AMPKα2-deleted mice show no difference in body weight and time for sexual maturation compared with controls. Males and females are fertile and have normal litter size. The AMPKα2-deleted and control females have similar estradiol feedback responses and show no difference in Kiss1 mRNA expression after ovariectomy or ovariectomy plus estradiol replacement. In males, acute fasting decreased Kiss1 mRNA expression in both groups, but no effect was observed in females. However, after an acute fasting, control mice displayed prolonged diestrous phase, but AMPKα2-deleted females showed no disruption of estrous cycles. Our findings demonstrate that the AMPKα2 catalytic subunit in Kiss1 cells is dispensable for body weight and reproductive function in mice but is necessary for the reproductive adaptations to conditions of acute metabolic distress.
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