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MC3Rは,栄養状態と子供の成長と思春期のタイミングを関連付けています

B Y H Lam^1,2, A Williamson^1,2,3, S Finer⁴

¹MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

|November 4, 2021

まとめ

メラノコルチン3受容体 (MC3R) は性成熟,成長,および痩身量増加の調節に重要な役割を果たします. MC3Rの機能喪失変異は pubertyの遅延と成長の減少につながり,エネルギー配置におけるその重要性を強調しています.

科学分野:

神経内分泌学
代謝の調節
生殖生物学

背景:

脳は体内のエネルギー貯蔵を調節し行動,成長,発達に影響を与えます
中央メラノコルチン系,特にメラノコルチン4受容体 (MC4R) は食欲とエネルギー消費を制御する.

研究の目的:

メラノコルチン3受容体 (MC3R) が性成熟,線形成長,痩身量増加などのエネルギーに敏感な過程における役割を調査する.
栄養素の検出とエネルギー配置におけるMC3Rの機能を明らかにする.

主な方法:

MC3R機能喪失変異を有するヒトの分析
Mc3r欠乏したマウスの現象的特徴.
視床下部の神経細胞におけるMc3r発現の検査

主要な成果:

MC3R変異を持つヒトは,思春期の遅延,線形成長の減少,および痩身量減少を示した.
Mc3r欠乏したマウスは性成熟を遅らせ,生殖サイクルを変化させた.
Mc3r発現は,生殖と成長に関与する下垂体ニューロンに集中しています.

結論:

MC3Rのシグナル伝達は,性成熟のタイミング,線形成長,および痩身量の蓄積を調節するために不可欠です.
MC4Rはエネルギー獲得を制御し,MC3Rは成長と熟成のためのエネルギー配置を制御する栄養センサーのバイフォカティングモデルが提案されています.

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