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Functional Analysis of the Larval Feeding Circuit in Drosophila
Published on: November 19, 2013
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栄養 を 制御 する 脳幹 回路 の 特定
Alexander R Nectow1, Marc Schneeberger2, Hongxing Zhang3
1Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA; Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Cell
|July 29, 2017
まとめ
背中のラフェ核 (DRN) のニューロンは,食事の行動を制御します. DRNVgatニューロンを活性化すると,食物の摂取が増加し,DRNVGLUT3ニューロンを活性化すると,食物の摂取が抑制され,新たな肥満治療の標的となる.
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- メタボリズム
- 内分泌学
背景:
- 飢えと食欲は 視床下部によって制御されますが 他の脳の領域の役割は不明です
- 脊髄核 (DRN) の特定のニューロン集団のエネルギーバランスへの関与については,さらなる解明が必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- 背面ラフェ核 (DRN) にある特定の神経細胞の機能が,食事の行動とエネルギーバランスを調節することを調査する.
- 肥満の潜在的治療標的をDRN内で特定する.
主な方法:
- 電気生理学的記録とDRNVgatとDRNVGLUT3の神経細胞のインビボ操作.
- 痩せた肥満マウスモデルにおける食事行動,体重,運動活動の分析.
- 分子プロファイリングにより,薬剤を投与可能な標的を特定し,その後の薬理学的介入を行う.
主要な成果:
- DRNVgatおよびDRNVGLUT3ニューロンは,エネルギーバランスの変化で相互活性化を示します.
- DRNVgatニューロンを調節すると 食物摂取が増加し,DRNVGLUT3ニューロンを調節すると 食物摂取が抑制された.
- 肥満マウスの標的型調節により,食物の摂取量,体重,および活動が正常化し,強力な栄養効果を持つ薬剤対象が特定されました.
結論:
- 背面ラフェ核 (DRN) はエネルギーバランスの重要な制御センターです.
- DRN,DRNVgatおよびDRNVGLUT3内の特定のニューロンの集団は,餌に反対的な効果を発揮する.
- DRNニューロンは 肥満治療の有望なターゲットです
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