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ArticleNeuroscience2019

Hindbrain Estrogen Receptor Regulation of Ventromedial Hypothalamic Glycogen Metabolism and Glucoregulatory Transmitter Expression in the Hypoglycemic Female Rat.

Prabhat R Napit, Md Haider Ali, Manita Shakya, Santosh K Mandal, Khaggeswar Bheemanapally, A S M Hasan Mahmood, Mostafa M H Ibrahim, K P Briski

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Article in Neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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Prabhat R NapitSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America.
Md Haider AliSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America.
Manita ShakyaSchool 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.
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.
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.

Funding

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

Abstract

Neural substrates for estrogen regulation of glucose homeostasis remain unclear. Female rat dorsal vagal complex (DVC) A2 noradrenergic neurons are estrogen- and metabolic-sensitive. The ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) is a key component of the brain network that governs counter-regulatory responses to insulin-induced hypoglycemia (IIH). Here, the selective estrogen receptor-alpha (ERα) or -beta (ERβ) antagonists MPP and PHTPP were administered separately to the caudal fourth ventricle to address the premise that these hindbrain ER variants exert distinctive control of VMN reactivity to IIH in the female sex. Data show that ERα governs hypoglycemic patterns of VMN astrocyte glycogen metabolic enzyme, e.g. glycogen synthase and phosphorylase protein expression, whereas ERβ mediates local glycogen breakdown. DVC ERs also regulate VMN neurotransmitter signaling of energy sufficiency [γ-aminobutyric acid] or deficiency [nitric oxide, steroidogenic factor-1] during IIH. Neither hindbrain ER mediates IIH-associated diminution of VMN norepinephrine (NE) content. Both ERs oppose hypoglycemic hyperglucagonemia, while ERβ contributes to reduced corticosterone output. Outcomes reveal that input from the female hindbrain to the VMN is critical for energy reserve mobilization, metabolic transmitter signaling, and counter-regulatory hormone secretion during hypoglycemia, and that ERs control those cues. Evidence that VMN NE content is not controlled by hindbrain ERα or -β implies that these receptors may regulate VMN function via NE-independent mechanisms, or alternatively, that other neurotransmitter signals to the VMN may control local substrate receptivity to NE.

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AnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorEstrogen Receptor AntagonistsFemaleGlycogenHypoglycemiaNitric Oxide Synthase Type IPiperidinesPyrazolesPyrimidinesRatsReceptors, EstrogenRhombencephalonSteroidogenic Factor 1Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus1,3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-(4-(2-piperidinylethoxy)phenol)-1H-pyrazole4-(2-phenyl-5,7-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolo(1,5-a)pyrimidin-3-yl)phenolBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorEstrogen Receptor AntagonistsGlycogenNitric Oxide Synthase Type IPiperidinesPyrazolesPyrimidinesReceptors, EstrogenSteroidogenic Factor 1estrogen receptor-betaglutamate decarboxylaseglycogenglycogen phosphorylasenitric oxide synthaseventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

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PMID31085279
PMCPMC6612462

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