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ArticleAutonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical2023

GABAergic leptin receptor-expressing neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus project to brown adipose tissue-related neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of mice.

Yanyan Jiang, Kavon Rezai-Zadeh, Lucie D Desmoulins, Heike Muenzberg, Andrei V Derbenev, Andrea Zsombok

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Article in Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yanyan JiangDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America; Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America.
Kavon Rezai-ZadehCentral Leptin Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU System, Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America.
Lucie D DesmoulinsDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America.
Heike MuenzbergCentral Leptin Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU System, Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America.
Andrei V DerbenevDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America; Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America.
Andrea ZsombokDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America; Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. Electronic address: azsombo@tulane.edu.
Tulane University · USPennington Biomedical Research Center · US

Funding

ResourceP40OD010996 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI STRICK, PETER · 2012 to 2024
$11.0M
Leptin and Central Control of ThermoregulationR01DK092587 · NIDDK · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI MUENZBERG-GRUENING, HEIKE · 2012 to 2024
$3.5M
Metabolic Changes: Connecting temperature sensing neurons to sympathetic adipose tissue stimulationR01AT011683 · NCCIH · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI MUENZBERG-GRUENING, HEIKE · 2021 to 2025
$2.5M
Brain Circuits Involved in the Sympathetic Control of the LiverR01DK122842 · NIDDK · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI DERBENEV, ANDREI, ZSOMBOK, ANDREA · 2020 to 2023
$2.4M
TRPV1-Dependent Autonomic Control in DiabetesR01DK099598 · NIDDK · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI ZSOMBOK, ANDREA · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
Brain Circuits Involved in the Sympathetic Control of the LiverR56DK122842 · NIDDK · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI ZSOMBOK, ANDREA · 2019 to 2019
$152k
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT011683NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK092587NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099598NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK122842NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK122842NIH HHS P40 OD010996
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) contributes to energy homeostasis via nonshivering thermogenesis. The BAT is densely innervated by the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and activity of pre-autonomic neurons modulates the sympathetic outflow. Leptin, an adipocyte hormone, alters energy homeostasis and thermogenesis of BAT via several neuronal circuits; however, the cellular effects of leptin on interscapular BAT (iBAT)-related neurons in the hypothalamus remain to be determined. In this study, we used pseudorabies virus (PRV) to identify iBAT-related neurons in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus and test the hypothesis that iBAT-related PVN neurons are modulated by leptin. Inoculation of iBAT with PRV in leptin receptor reporter mice (Lepr:EGFP) demonstrated that a population of iBAT-related PVN neurons expresses Lepr receptors. Our electrophysiological findings revealed that leptin application caused hyperpolarization in some of iBAT-related PVN neurons. Bath application of leptin also modulated excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission to most of iBAT-related PVN neurons. Using channel rhodopsin assisted circuit mapping we found that GABAergic and glutamatergic Lepr-expressing neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus/dorsal hypothalamic area (dDMH/DHA) project to PVN neurons; however, connected iBAT-related PVN neurons receive exclusively inhibitory signals from Lepr-expressing dDMH/DHA neurons.

Indexed as

LeptinParaventricular Hypothalamic NucleusAdipose Tissue, BrownAnimalsHypothalamusMiceNeuronsReceptors, LeptinSympathetic Nervous SystemThermogenesisLeptinReceptors, LeptinHypothalamusiBATLeptinPatch-clamp electrophysiologyPRV

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PMID36538864
PMCPMC9899324
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