2019
Mediation of the Acute Stress Response by the Skeleton
Berger JM, Singh P, Khrimian L, Morgan DA, Chowdhury S, Arteaga-Solis E, Horvath TL, Domingos AI, Marsland AL, Yadav V, Rahmouni K, Gao XB, Karsenty G. Mediation of the Acute Stress Response by the Skeleton. Cell Metabolism 2019, 30: 890-902.e8. PMID: 31523009, PMCID: PMC6834912, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.08.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStress responseBony vertebratesAcute stress responseBone-derived signalsWild-type animalsGenetic studiesEndocrine mediationAdrenal insufficient patientsVertebratesOsteocalcinSympathetic toneParasympathetic neuronsWildOsteocalcin levelsStressorsTypes of stressorsSelective surgeOsteoblastsInactivationRodentsResponseGlutamateUptake
2017
Endothelial HIF-1α Enables Hypothalamic Glucose Uptake to Drive POMC Neurons
Varela L, Suyama S, Huang Y, Shanabrough M, Tschöp M, Gao XB, Giordano FJ, Horvath TL. Endothelial HIF-1α Enables Hypothalamic Glucose Uptake to Drive POMC Neurons. Diabetes 2017, 66: db161106. PMID: 28292966, PMCID: PMC5440016, DOI: 10.2337/db16-1106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBlotting, WesternEndotheliumEnergy MetabolismFood DeprivationGene Knockdown TechniquesGlucoseHyperphagiaHypothalamusHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitImmunohistochemistryMiceMicroscopy, ElectronMitochondriaNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPro-OpiomelanocortinReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionConceptsPOMC neuronsGlucose uptakePOMC neuronal activityHypothalamic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neuronsHypoxia-inducible factor-1αProopiomelanocortin neuronsVascular impairmentGlucose administrationMetabolic disordersNeuronal activityMetabolic environmentFactor-1αImpaired functioningEndothelial cellsNeuronsFood deprivationVivoCentral controlHypothalamusMiceAdministrationUptakeImpairment