High-fat feeding promotes obesity via insulin receptor/PI3K-dependent inhibition of SF-1 VMH neurons
Klöckener T, Hess S, Belgardt BF, Paeger L, Verhagen LA, Husch A, Sohn JW, Hampel B, Dhillon H, Zigman JM, Lowell BB, Williams KW, Elmquist JK, Horvath TL, Kloppenburg P, Brüning JC. High-fat feeding promotes obesity via insulin receptor/PI3K-dependent inhibition of SF-1 VMH neurons. Nature Neuroscience 2011, 14: 911-918. PMID: 21642975, PMCID: PMC3371271, DOI: 10.1038/nn.2847.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAge FactorsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBlood GlucoseBody WeightCalorimetryDietary FatsDose-Response Relationship, DrugEatingEnzyme InhibitorsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleGene Expression RegulationGlucose Tolerance TestGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHypoglycemic AgentsIn Vitro TechniquesInjections, IntraventricularInsulinLeptinMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeuronsObesityPatch-Clamp TechniquesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesReceptor, InsulinRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionSteroidogenic Factor 1Time FactorsTolbutamideVentromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus