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ArticleMolecular and cellular neurosciences2019

Norepinephrine control of ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus glucoregulatory neurotransmitter expression in the female rat: Role of monocarboxylate transporter function.

A S M Hasan Mahmood, Santosh K Mandal, Khaggeswar Bheemanapally, Mostafa M H Ibrahim, K P Briski

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Article in Molecular and cellular neurosciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A S M Hasan MahmoodSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America.
Santosh K MandalSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America.
Khaggeswar BheemanapallySchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America.
Mostafa M H IbrahimSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America.
K P BriskiSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America. Electronic address: briski@ulm.edu.
University of Louisiana at Monroe · US

Funding

Estradiol Regulation of Hypothalamic Astrocyte GlycogenR01DK109382 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE · PI BRISKI, KAREN P · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK109382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) is a critical component of the neural circuitry that regulates glucostasis. Astrocyte glycogen is a vital reserve of glucose and its oxidizable metabolite L-lactate. In hypoglycemic female rats, estradiol-dependent augmentation of VMN glycogen phosphorylase (GP) protein requires hindbrain catecholamine input. Research here investigated the premise that norepinephrine (NE) regulation of VMN astrocyte metabolism shapes local glucoregulatory neurotransmitter signaling in this sex. Estradiol-implanted ovariectomized rats were pretreated by intra-VMN administration of the monocarboxylate transporter inhibitor alpha-cyano-4-hydroxy-cinnamic acid (4CIN) or vehicle before NE delivery to that site. NE caused 4CIN-reversible reduction or augmentation of VMN glycogen synthase and phosphorylase expression. 4CIN prevented NE stimulation of gluco-inhibitory (glutamate decarboxylase

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AnimalsAstrocytesCoumaric AcidsEnzyme InhibitorsEstrogen Receptor betaEstrogensFatty AcidsFemaleGlucoseGlycogenGlycogen SynthaseMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersNorepinephrineRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, Adrenergicalpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamateCoumaric AcidsEnzyme InhibitorsEstrogen Receptor betaEstrogensFatty AcidsGlucoseGlycogenGlycogen SynthaseMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersNorepinephrineReceptors, AdrenergicGlutamate decarboxylaseGlycogen phosphorylaseMonocarboxylate transporterNitric oxide synthaseNorepinephrineVentromedial hypothalamic nucleus

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PMID30660767
PMCPMC6472905
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