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Identifying Links In The Chain: The Dynamic Coupling Of Catecholamines, Peptide Synthesis, And Peptide Release In Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Neurons, Alan Watts, Arshad Khan
Identifying Links In The Chain: The Dynamic Coupling Of Catecholamines, Peptide Synthesis, And Peptide Release In Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Neurons, Alan Watts, Arshad Khan
Arshad M. Khan, Ph.D.
Compared to conventional neurons that use synaptic mechanisms to communicate with closely apposed targets, peptidergic neuroendocrine neurons release relatively large quantities of peptide into the vasculature to control neuroendocrine function at more distal sites. This means that maintaining adequate amounts of peptide for release through controlled biosynthesis is critical for their function. But the flexible and adaptive responses these neurons generate to many different challenges require synthesis and release must be coordinated in some way. How neuroendocrine—or in fact, any neuropeptide—neurons link appropriate levels of peptide biosynthesis with the patterns of action potentials that drive peptide release is unknown. Here …
Neural Input Is Critical For Arcuate Hypothalamic Neurons To Mount Intracellular Signaling Responses To Systemic Insulin And Deoxyglucose Challenges In Male Rats: Implications For Communication Within Feeding And Metabolic Control Networks, Arshad Khan, Ellen Walker, Nicole Dominguez, Alan Watts
Neural Input Is Critical For Arcuate Hypothalamic Neurons To Mount Intracellular Signaling Responses To Systemic Insulin And Deoxyglucose Challenges In Male Rats: Implications For Communication Within Feeding And Metabolic Control Networks, Arshad Khan, Ellen Walker, Nicole Dominguez, Alan Watts
Arshad M. Khan, Ph.D.
The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) controls rat feeding behavior, in part, through peptidergic neurons projecting to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVH). Hindbrain catecholaminergic (CA) neurons innervate both the PVH and ARH, and ablation of CA afferents to PVH neuroendocrine neurons prevents them from mounting cellular responses to systemic metabolic challenges such as insulin or 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). Here, we asked whether ablating CA afferents also limits their ARH responses to the same challenges or alters ARH connectivity with the PVH. We examined ARH neurons for three features: (1) CA afferents, visualized by dopamine-β-hydroxylase-immunoreactivity (DBH-ir); (2) activation by systemic metabolic …