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ArticleCell reports2021

Nutritional regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation regulates perineuronal net remodeling in the median eminence.

Sara Kohnke, Sophie Buller, Danae Nuzzaci, Katherine Ridley, Brian Lam, Helena Pivonkova, Marie A Bentsen, Kimberly M Alonge, Chao Zhao, John Tadross and 12 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Sara KohnkeMRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Sophie BullerMRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Danae NuzzaciMRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Katherine RidleyDepartment of Paediatrics and Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Brian LamMRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Helena PivonkovaWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Marie A BentsenUniversity of Washington Medicine Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kimberly M AlongeUniversity of Washington Medicine Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Chao ZhaoWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
John TadrossMRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Staffan HolmqvistDepartment of Paediatrics and Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Takahiro ShimizuWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK.
Hannah HathawayDepartment of Cell & Developmental Biology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Huiliang LiWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK.
Wendy MacklinDepartment of Cell & Developmental Biology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Michael W SchwartzUniversity of Washington Medicine Diabetes Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
William D RichardsonWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK.
Giles S H YeoMRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Robin J M FranklinWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Ragnhildur T KaradottirWellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
David H RowitchDepartment of Paediatrics and Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK.
Clemence BlouetMRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. Electronic address: csb69@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
University of Cambridge · GBWellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GBUniversity of Washington · USWolfson Foundation · GBUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Novel Brain Mechanisms Controlling Glucose HomeostasisR01DK083042 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI SCHWARTZ, MICHAEL W · 2008 to 2025
$7.6M
Nutrition, Obesity and Atherosclerosis Training ProgramT32HL007028 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Karin E Bornfeldt · 1985 to 2026
$6.4M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research Council MC_PC_17230Medical Research Council MC_UU_00014/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_00014/5Medical Research Council MC_UU_12012/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_12012/5Medical Research Council MRC_MC_UU_00014/5Medical Research Council MRC_MC_UU_12012/5Medical Research Council MR/S011552/1Medical Research Council MR/S026193/1NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007028NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK083042Wellcome Trust 100574/Z/12/ZWellcome Trust 108926/B/15/ZWellcome Trust 204488/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 208363/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH; arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus [ARH] and median eminence [ME]) is a key nutrient sensing site for the production of the complex homeostatic feedback responses required for the maintenance of energy balance. Here, we show that refeeding after an overnight fast rapidly triggers proliferation and differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitors, leading to the production of new oligodendrocytes in the ME specifically. During this nutritional paradigm, ME perineuronal nets (PNNs), emerging regulators of ARH metabolic functions, are rapidly remodeled, and this process requires myelin regulatory factor (Myrf) in oligodendrocyte progenitors. In genetically obese ob/ob mice, nutritional regulations of ME oligodendrocyte differentiation and PNN remodeling are blunted, and enzymatic digestion of local PNN increases food intake and weight gain. We conclude that MBH PNNs are required for the maintenance of energy balance in lean mice and are remodeled in the adult ME by the nutritional control of oligodendrocyte differentiation.

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Cell DifferentiationNutritional Physiological PhenomenaAdultAnimalsCell LineageCell ProliferationHumansMaleMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Median EminenceMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve NetOligodendrogliaSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1energy balanceglucose homeostasishypothalamusmedian eminencenutritionobesityoligodendrocyteperineuronal netsplasticity

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PMID34260928
PMCPMC8293628
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