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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
The hypothalamus responds to circulating leptin and insulin in the control of food intake and body weight. A number of neurotransmitters in the hypothalamus, including gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), also have key roles in feeding. Huntingtin-associated protein 1 (Hap1) is expressed more abundantly in the hypothalamus than in other brain regions, and lack of Hap1 in mice leads to early postnatal death. Hap1 is also involved in intracellular trafficking of the GABA(A) receptor. Here, we report that fasting upregulates the expression of Hap1 in the rodent hypothalamus, whereas intracerebroventricular administration of insulin downregulates Hap1 by increasing its degradation through ubiquitination. Decreasing the expression of mouse hypothalamic Hap1 by siRNA reduces the level and activity of hypothalamic GABA(A) receptors and causes a decrease in food intake and body weight. These findings provide evidence linking hypothalamic Hap1 to GABA in the stimulation of feeding and suggest that this mechanism is involved in the feeding-inhibitory actions of insulin in the brain.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1078-8956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
526-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Eating, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Fasting, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Feeding Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Receptors, GABA-A, pubmed-meshheading:16604089-Ubiquitin
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Hypothalamic huntingtin-associated protein 1 as a mediator of feeding behavior.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural