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GHSR controls food deprivation-induced activation of CRF neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in a LEAP2-dependent manner

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Objective: Prolonged fasting is a major challenge for living organisms. An appropriate metabolic response to food deprivation requires the activation of the corticotropin-releasing factor-producing neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVHCRF neurons), which are a part of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA), as well as the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) signaling, whose activity is up- or down-regulated, respectively, by the hormones ghrelin and the liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP2). Since ghrelin treatment potently up-regulates the HPA axis, we studied the role of GHSR in mediating food deprivation-induced activation of the PVHCRF neurons in mice. Methods: We estimated the activation of the PVHCRF neurons, using immuno-staining against CRF and the marker of neuronal activation c-Fos in brain sections, and assessed plasma levels of corticosterone and glucose in different pharmacologically or genetically manipulated mouse models exposed, or not, to a 2-day food deprivation protocol. In particular, we investigated ad libitum fed or food-deprived male mice that: (1) lacked GHSR gene expression, (2) had genetic deletion of the ghrelin gene, (3) displayed neurotoxic ablation of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, (4) were centrally treated with an anti-ghrelin antibody to block central ghrelin action, (5) were centrally treated with a GHSR ligand that blocks ghrelin-evoked and constitutive GHSR activities, or (6) received a continuous systemic infusion of LEAP2(1-12). Results: We found that food deprivation results in the activation of the PVHCRF neurons and in a rise of the ghrelin/LEAP2 molar ratio. Food deprivation-induced activation of PVHCRF neurons required the presence and the signaling of GHSR at hypothalamic level, but not of ghrelin. Finally, we found that preventing the food deprivation-induced fall of LEAP2 reverses the activation of the PVHCRF neurons in food-deprived mice, although it has no effect on body weight or blood glucose. Conclusion: Food deprivation-induced activation of the PVHCRF neurons involves ghrelin-independent actions of GHSR at hypothalamic level and requires a decrease of plasma LEAP2 levels. We propose that the up-regulation of the actions of GHSR associated to the fall of plasma LEAP2 level are physiologically relevant neuroendocrine signals during a prolonged fasting.

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hal-04044157 , version 1 (24-03-2023)

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Gimena Fernandez, Agustina Cabral, Pablo de Francesco, Maia Uriarte, Mirta Reynaldo, et al.. GHSR controls food deprivation-induced activation of CRF neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in a LEAP2-dependent manner. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022, 79 (5), pp.277. ⟨10.1007/s00018-022-04302-5⟩. ⟨hal-04044157⟩
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