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ArticleNature communications2024

Fasting induces metabolic switches and spatial redistributions of lipid processing and neuronal interactions in tanycytes.

Maxime Brunner, David Lopez-Rodriguez, Judith Estrada-Meza, Rafik Dali, Antoine Rohrbach, Tamara Deglise, Andrea Messina, Bernard Thorens, Federico Santoni, Fanny Langlet

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Tanycytes: bloodhounds of the metabolic brain.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2026
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  5. The role of tanycytes in the regulation of energy balance.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Maxime Brunner *Service of Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolism, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
David Lopez-Rodriguez *Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5420-447X
Judith Estrada-MezaFaculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9919-580X
Rafik DaliFaculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Antoine RohrbachFaculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Tamara DegliseFaculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Andrea MessinaService of Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolism, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2393-1874
Bernard ThorensCenter for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3738-0129
Federico SantoniService of Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolism, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. federico.santoni@chuv.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-3258-4747
Fanny LangletFaculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. fanny.langlet@unil.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-0021-0422

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ependyma lining the third ventricle (3V) in the mediobasal hypothalamus plays a crucial role in energy balance and glucose homeostasis. It is characterized by a high functional heterogeneity and plasticity, but the underlying molecular mechanisms governing its features are not fully understood. Here, 5481 hypothalamic ependymocytes were cataloged using FACS-assisted scRNAseq from fed, 12h-fasted, and 24h-fasted adult male mice. With standard clustering analysis, typical ependymal cells and β2-tanycytes appear sharply defined, but other subpopulations, β1- and α-tanycytes, display fuzzy boundaries with few or no specific markers. Pseudospatial approaches, based on the 3V neuroanatomical distribution, enable the identification of specific versus shared tanycyte markers and subgroup-specific versus general tanycyte functions. We show that fasting dynamically shifts gene expression patterns along the 3V, leading to a spatial redistribution of cell type-specific responses. Altogether, we show that changes in energy status induce metabolic and functional switches in tanycyte subpopulations, providing insights into molecular and functional diversity and plasticity within the tanycyte population.

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Ependymoglial CellsFastingLipid MetabolismNeuronsAnimalsEnergy MetabolismEpendymaGlucoseHypothalamusMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLThird VentricleGlucose

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PMCPMC11298547

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