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Central Regulation Of Food Intake Flashcards

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Things causing energy expenditure

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. Resting metabolic rate (sleeping rate and arousal rate)
. Thermic effect of food (digestion/absorption/metabolism, SNS/hormones/neuropeptides)
. Physical activity: (non-exercise activity thermogenesis like SNS and food composition and sports-like exercise)

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Food intake is primarily regulated by what brain areas ?

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. Hypothalamic nuclei: lat. hypothalamus (feeding), ventromedial hypothalamus (satiety), median eminence (circumventricular organ)
. Dorsal vagal complex of brainstem: area postrema, NTS, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus (DMN)

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Arcuate nucleus

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. In ventromedial hypothalamus
. Contains POMC/CART neurons and NPY/AgRP neurons
. Modulate food intake and energy expenditure

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POMC/CART neurons

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. Anorexigenic
. NT: alpha-MSH
. Receptor: MC4R
. Endocrine and autonomic output from paraventricular nucleus second order neurons: TRH and CRH to inc. energy expenditure

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NPY/AgRP neurons

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. Orexigenic
. NT: NPY
. Receptor: Y1 or Y5
. Behavioral output from LH second order neurons: MCH and orexin to inc. food intake

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Dorsal vagal complex

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. Modulate vagal afferent input to DVC
. Peripheral hormones released in response to ingested nutrients activate receptors on vagal afferents located w.in target organ
. Gastric distension activated mechanosensitive vagal afferents and hepatic portal vein glucose and FA activate chemosensitive vagal afferents
. Activate receptors in AP and hormones are released in response to ingested nutrients

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Leptin

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. Synthesized and secreted by white adipocytes
. Concentration in plasma is directly proportional to fat mass
. Stimulates POMC/CART neurons and inhibits NPY/AgRP neurons
. Dec food intake and enhance energy expenditure
. Activated receptors in DVC to dec. food intake

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Insulin

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. Synthesized by pancreatic beta cells
. Stimulated by high glucose
. Activated hypothalamic receptors to dec. food intake and body weight

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Ghrelin

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. Orexigenic systemic hormone that promotes hunger
. Synthesized by gastric P/D1 endocrine cells
. Plasma conc. Is highest immediately fore eating
. Inversely proportional to body weight
. Inc. food intake by activating GHSE on/in DVC, NPY/AgRP neurons, and vagal afferent nn. W/in stomach

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Short term anorexigenic signals to regulate satiation/satiety

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. Intestinal mucosa: nutrients activate receptors on endocrine cells to enhance secretion of substances to promote satiety
. Pancreas Amylin and pancreatic polypeptide
. Glucose

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CCK promoting satiety

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. Activated CCK-1 (CCK-A) receptors in NTS and AP and vagal afferents to promote satiation
. Promotes retention of gastric contents by constricting pyloric sphincter

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GLP-1

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. Peptide secreted from endocrine L cells in ileum and colon in response to glucose or FFA from dietary triglycerides or FFA from colonic bacterial metabolism of carbs
. Potentiation glucose-stimulated insulin secretion
. Activated GLP-1R receptors in NTS and on vagal afferents to dec. food intake

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PYY

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. Peptide secreted from endocrine L cells in ileum and colon in response to FAs, dietary fibers, and bile
. Activates Y2 receptors in DVC, on vagal afferent nn., and on NPY/AgRP neurons to promote satiety
. Inhibits gastric emptying

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Serotonin (5-HT)

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. AA derivative released from endocrine enterochromaffin (EC) or K cells in GI mucosa
. Activated 5-HT3R on POMC/CART neurons, vagal afferent n. Terminals to dec. food intake

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Amylin (IAPP)

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. Co-secreted from beta cells w/ insulin

. Reduces food intake and body weight by actions in brainstem and CNS

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Pancreatic polypeptide (PP)

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. Secreted from endocrine F cells of pancreas

. Activates CNS Y4 receptors to promote satiety and satiation

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How glucose promotes satiety

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. Activity of POMC/CART neurons related to plasma glucose
. Activity of orexin neurons indirectly related to plasma glucose
. Activate vagal chemosensitive afferents innervating hepatic portal vein

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Spatial synergism

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. Normal exposure of nutrients to mouth to stomach to small intestine
. Meal size can be controlled by sequential activation of pregastric, gastric, and then intestinal stimuli

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Mechanistic synergism

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. Combo of more than one individual method to promote satiety and/or satiation
. Visceral vagal afferents and gut peptides
. Gut peptides and other gut peptides
. Gut peptides w/ monoamines
. Bother peripheral and central mechanisms may be involved

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Nutrient sensing mechanisms

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. Nutrient does not enter cell but interacts w/ apical plasma membrane receptor
. Intracellular signal transduction results in elevation in intracellular Ca
. Exocytosis of substance by cell (hormone, paracrine, amine)

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Nutrient sensors

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. G coupled protein receptors
. Taste receptors
. Ca sensing receptors

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Nutrient absorption mechanism

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. Nutrient enters cell by transporter
. Nutrient exits cell via transporter
. Nutrient travels to liver via portal vein

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Rare monogenic causes of obesity

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. Leptin gene or receptor mutation
. Prohormone convertase 1 mutation (pro-opiomelanocortin neurons can’t produce alphaMSH)
. Pro-opiomelanocortin gene mutation: neurons can’t synthesize pro-opiomelanocortin)
. Melanocortin 4 receptor mutation (NTs can’t bind to MC4R receptor, 6% massive obesity)

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Rare obesity syndromes due to chromosomal rearrangements

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. Prader-willi: 15q11.2-q12 is absent

. SIMI gene mutation: transcription factor involved in formation of paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei

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Leptin in obesity

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. Inc. plasma leptin
. Leptin receptor resistance
. Dec. central leptin sensitivity

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Ghrelin in obesity

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. Higher density of ghrelin-positive cells in antral mucosa
. Secretion not suppressed w/ food intake
. Secretion not inc. prior to food intake
. Inc. sensitivity to ghrelin

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CCK levels in obesity

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Normal post prandial levels

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PYY levels in obesity

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. Low post-prandial levels

. Still effective though

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Gut microbiome in obesity

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. Enriched in genes coding for enzymes that metabolize indigestible carbs

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GLP-1 in obesity

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. Lower post-prandial levels

. Exogenous GLP-1 still effective in obesity

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