2023
Brain responses to nutrients are severely impaired and not reversed by weight loss in humans with obesity: a randomized crossover study
van Galen K, Schrantee A, ter Horst K, la Fleur S, Booij J, Constable R, Schwartz G, DiLeone R, Serlie M. Brain responses to nutrients are severely impaired and not reversed by weight loss in humans with obesity: a randomized crossover study. Nature Metabolism 2023, 5: 1059-1072. PMID: 37308722, DOI: 10.1038/s42255-023-00816-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiet-induced weight lossCerebral neuronal activityStriatal dopamine releaseWeight lossCrossover studyDopamine releaseNeuronal activityIntragastric glucoseNeuronal responsesSuccessful weight lossHealthy body weightSignificant weight lossBrain responsesPathological feeding behaviorsWeight regainHunger scoresLipid infusionLean participantsCaloric intakePlasma hormonesObesityBody weightInfusionNutrient signalsHigh rate
2021
The response to prolonged fasting in hypothalamic serotonin transporter availability is blunted in obesity
van Galen KA, Booij J, Schrantee A, Adriaanse SM, Unmehopa UA, Fliers E, Schwartz GJ, DiLeone RJ, Horst K, la Fleur SE, Serlie MJ. The response to prolonged fasting in hypothalamic serotonin transporter availability is blunted in obesity. Metabolism 2021, 123: 154839. PMID: 34331964, PMCID: PMC8994212, DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2021.154839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStriatal DAT availabilityLean menSERT availabilityDAT availabilityThalamic serotonin transportersSerotonin transporterDopaminergic systemTransporter availabilityStriatal dopamine transporter availabilityPeripheral metabolic signalsFree fatty acid concentrationsCross-over trialSerotonin transporter availabilityFasting-induced increaseDopamine transporter availabilitySystemic energy metabolismHypothalamus/thalamusLean subjectsPlasma insulinFatty acid concentrationsStriatal DATFood intakeObesityInter-individual variationHigh inter-individual variation
2013
Obesity Activates a Program of Lysosomal-Dependent Lipid Metabolism in Adipose Tissue Macrophages Independently of Classic Activation
Xu X, Grijalva A, Skowronski A, van Eijk M, Serlie MJ, Ferrante AW. Obesity Activates a Program of Lysosomal-Dependent Lipid Metabolism in Adipose Tissue Macrophages Independently of Classic Activation. Cell Metabolism 2013, 18: 816-830. PMID: 24315368, PMCID: PMC3939841, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdipose tissue macrophagesAdipose tissueInflammatory phenotypeTissue macrophagesLipid metabolismObesity-induced inflammationSystemic immune responsesModel of obesityRecruitment of macrophagesImpairs lipid metabolismKey metabolic tissuesNoninflammatory functionsImmune cellsImmune responseClassic activationObesityMetabolic tissuesMacrophagesExcess lipidsLipid catabolismM1 stateTissueMetabolismLipid contentPhenotype