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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
December 2024
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.
Growth hormone (GH) has several metabolic effects, including a profound impact on glucose homeostasis. For example, GH oversecretion induces insulin resistance and increases the risk of developing diabetes mellitus. Here, we show that GH receptor (GHR) ablation in vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2)-expressing cells, which comprise a subgroup of glutamatergic neurons, led to a slight decrease in lean body mass without inducing changes in body adiposity.
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August 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Aims: The parabrachial nucleus (PBN) promotes wakefulness states under general anesthesia. Recent studies have shown that glutamatergic neurons within the PBN play a crucial role in facilitating emergence from anesthesia. Our previous study indicates that vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (vglut2) expression neurons of the PBN extend into the extended amygdala (EA).
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October 2024
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Considering that the retrotrapezoid nucleus/respiratory parafacial region (RTN/pFRG) would be an important center in the central nervous system involved in the maintenance and modulation of respiratory activity, we hypothesized that neurons in this nucleus would also be involved in the postinspiratory (post-I) phase of the respiratory cycle through a connection with the pontine Kölliker-Fuse (KF) region. Here, we performed pharmacogenetic manipulation (AAV-hM3D(Gq)-mCherry or AAV-hM4D(Gi)-mCherry) in VGlut2-cre, Ai6 conscious mice to evaluate breathing parameters through whole body plethysmography under baseline conditions (normoxia: [Formula: see text] = 0.21) or under hypercapnia or hypoxia challenges ([Formula: see text] = 0.
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July 2024
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States.
The hypothalamic ventral premammillary nucleus (PMv) is a glutamatergic nucleus essential for the metabolic control of reproduction. However, conditional deletion of leptin receptor long form (LepRb) in vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (Vglut2) expressing neurons results in virtually no reproductive deficits. In this study, we determined the role of glutamatergic neurotransmission from leptin responsive PMv neurons on puberty and fertility.
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July 2024
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei, 11529, Taiwan.
Background: Local translation at synapses is important for rapidly remodeling the synaptic proteome to sustain long-term plasticity and memory. While the regulatory mechanisms underlying memory-associated local translation have been widely elucidated in the postsynaptic/dendritic region, there is no direct evidence for which RNA-binding protein (RBP) in axons controls target-specific mRNA translation to promote long-term potentiation (LTP) and memory. We previously reported that translation controlled by cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein 2 (CPEB2) is important for postsynaptic plasticity and memory.
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