- Leptin signaling in astrocytes regulates hypothalamic neuronal circuits and feeding.
Leptin signaling in astrocytes regulates hypothalamic neuronal circuits and feeding.
Nature neuroscience (2014-06-02)
Jae Geun Kim, Shigetomo Suyama, Marco Koch, Sungho Jin, Pilar Argente-Arizon, Jesús Argente, Zhong-Wu Liu, Marcelo R Zimmer, Jin Kwon Jeong, Klara Szigeti-Buck, Yuanqing Gao, Cristina Garcia-Caceres, Chun-Xia Yi, Natalina Salmaso, Flora M Vaccarino, Julie Chowen, Sabrina Diano, Marcelo O Dietrich, Matthias H Tschöp, Tamas L Horvath
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ABSTRACT
We found that leptin receptors were expressed in hypothalamic astrocytes and that their conditional deletion led to altered glial morphology and synaptic inputs onto hypothalamic neurons involved in feeding control. Leptin-regulated feeding was diminished, whereas feeding after fasting or ghrelin administration was elevated in mice with astrocyte-specific leptin receptor deficiency. These data reveal an active role of glial cells in hypothalamic synaptic remodeling and control of feeding by leptin.
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Monoclonal Anti-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) antibody produced in mouse, clone G-A-5, ascites fluid