Divergent Regulation of Energy Expenditure and Hepatic Glucose Production by Insulin Receptor in Agouti-Related Protein and POMC Neurons
Lin HV, Plum L, Ono H, Gutiérrez-Juárez R, Shanabrough M, Borok E, Horvath TL, Rossetti L, Accili D. Divergent Regulation of Energy Expenditure and Hepatic Glucose Production by Insulin Receptor in Agouti-Related Protein and POMC Neurons. Diabetes 2009, 59: 337-346. PMID: 19933998, PMCID: PMC2809966, DOI: 10.2337/db09-1303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic glucose productionAgRP neuronsPOMC neuronsInsulin receptorEnergy expenditureInsulin actionGlucose productionInhibitory synaptic contactsSulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) subunitsCentral nervous systemL1 miceProopiomelanocortin neuronsHypothalamic insulinDivergent regulationInsulin resistanceSynaptic contactsInsulin suppressionGlucose metabolismHypothalamic deficiencyNervous systemLocomotor activityDecreased expressionEnergy homeostasisINSRNeurons