Melanocortin-4 receptor mRNA expressed in sympathetic outflow neurons to brown adipose tissue: neuroanatomical and functional evidence

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作者
Song, C. Kay [1 ,2 ]
Vaughan, Cheryl H. [1 ,2 ]
Keen-Rhinehart, Erin [1 ,2 ]
Harris, Ruth B. S. [3 ]
Richard, Denis [4 ]
Bartness, Timothy J. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Georgia State Univ, Dept Biol, Atlanta, GA 30302 USA
[2] Georgia State Univ, Ctr Behav Neurosci, Atlanta, GA 30302 USA
[3] Univ Georgia, Dept Foods & Nutr, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[4] Hop Laval, Ctr Rech, Ste Foy, PQ, Canada
关键词
Siberian hamsters; in situ hybridization; pseudorabies virus; tract tracing; melanocortins;
D O I
10.1152/ajpregu.00174.2008
中图分类号
Q4 [生理学];
学科分类号
071003 ;
摘要
A precise understanding of neural circuits controlling lipid mobilization and thermogenesis remains to be determined. We have been studying the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) contributions to white adipose tissue (WAT) lipolysis largely in Siberian hamsters. Central melanocortins are implicated in the control of the sympathetic outflow to WAT, and, moreover, the melanocortin 4 receptors (MC4-R) appear to be principally involved. We previously found that acute third ventricular melanotan II (MTII; an MC3/4-R agonist) injections increase sympathetic drive (norepinephrine turnover) to interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) and IBAT temperature. Here we tested whether MC4-R mRNA is expressed in IBAT SNS outflow neurons using in situ hybridization for the former and injections of the transneuronal viral retrograde tract tracer, pseudorabies virus (PRV) into IBAT, for the latter. Significant numbers of double-labeled cells for PRV and MC4-R mRNA were found across the neuroaxis (mean of all brain sites similar to 60%), including the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVH; similar to 80%). Acute parenchymal MTII microinjections into the PVH of awake, freely-moving hamsters, using doses below those able to increase IBAT temperature when injected into the third ventricle, increased IBAT temperature for as long as 4 h, as measured by temperature transponders implanted below the tissue. Collectively, these data add significant support to the view that central melanocortins are important in controlling IBAT thermogenesis via the SNS innervation of this tissue, likely through the MC4-Rs.
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页码:R417 / R428
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