Y1 and Y5 Receptors Are Both Required for the Regulation of Food Intake and Energy Homeostasis in Mice

Amy D. Nguyen*, Natalie F. Mitchell, Shu Lin, Laurence Macia, Ernie Yulyaningsih, Paul A. Baldock, Ronaldo F. Enriquez, Lei Zhang, Yan-Chuan Shi, Serge Zolotukhin, Herbert Herzog, Amanda Sainsbury

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Abstract

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) acting in the hypothalamus is one of the most powerful orexigenic agents known. Of the five known Y receptors, hypothalamic Y1 and Y5 have been most strongly implicated in mediating hyperphagic effects. However, knockout of individual Y1 or Y5 receptors induces late-onset obesity - and Y5 receptor knockout also induces hyperphagia, possibly due to redundancy in functions of these genes. Here we show that food intake in mice requires the combined actions of both Y1 and Y5 receptors. Germline Y1Y5 ablation in Y1Y5(-/-) mice results in hypophagia, an effect that is at least partially mediated by the hypothalamus, since mice with adult-onset Y1Y5 receptor dual ablation targeted to the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus (Y1Y5(Hyp/Hyp)) also exhibit reduced spontaneous or fasting-induced food intake when fed a high fat diet. Interestingly, despite hypophagia, mice with germline or hypothalamus-specific Y1Y5 deficiency exhibited increased body weight and/or increased adiposity, possibly due to compensatory responses to gene deletion, such as the decreased energy expenditure observed in male Y1Y5(-/-) animals relative to wildtype values. While Y1 and Y5 receptors expressed in other hypothalamic areas besides the PVN - such as the dorsomedial nucleus and the ventromedial hypothalamus - cannot be excluded from having a role in the regulation of food intake, these studies demonstrate the pivotal, combined role of both Y1 and Y5 receptors in the mediation of food intake.

Original languageEnglish
Article number40191
Pages (from-to)1-16
Number of pages16
JournalPLoS ONE
Volume7
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jun 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • NEUROPEPTIDE-Y
  • FEEDING-BEHAVIOR
  • TRANSGENIC MICE
  • WEIGHT-LOSS
  • RAT-BRAIN
  • OBESITY
  • EXPRESSION
  • HYPOTHALAMUS
  • NPY
  • APPETITE

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