title: Central resistin regulates hypothalamic and peripheral lipid metabolism in a nutritional-dependent fashion.
abstract: Evidence suggests that the adipocyte-derived hormone resistin (RSTN) directly regulates both feeding and peripheral metabolism through, so far, undefined hypothalamic-mediated mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate that the anorectic effect of RSTN is associated with inappropriately decreased mRNA expression of orexigenic (agouti-related protein and neuropeptide Y) and increased mRNA expression of anorexigenic (cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript) neuropeptides in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. Of interest, RSTN also exerts a profound nutrition-dependent inhibitory effect on hypothalamic fatty acid metabolism, as indicated by increased phosphorylation levels of both AMP-activated protein kinase and its downstream target acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase, associated with decreased expression of fatty acid synthase in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus. In addition, we also demonstrate that chronic central RSTN infusion results in decreased body weight and major changes in peripheral expression of lipogenic enzymes, in a tissue-specific and nutrition-dependent manner. Thus, in the fed state central RSTN is associated with induced expression of fatty acid synthesis enzymes and proinflammatory cytokines in liver, whereas its administration in the fasted state does so in white adipose tissue. Overall, our results indicate that RSTN controls feeding and peripheral lipid metabolism and suggest that hepatic RSTN-induced insulin resistance may be mediated by central activation of de novo lipogenesis in liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: C Ruth
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lage
authors.forename: Sulay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tovar
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sangiao-Alvarellos
authors.forename: Lynda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidal-Puig
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nogueiras
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diéguez
mesh_terms: D054369:Agouti-Related Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D005215:Fasting / Q000378:metabolism; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D050155:Lipogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D052243:Resistin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000071223:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D000098882:Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Protein
chemical_list: C515197:AGRP protein, rat; D054369:Agouti-Related Protein; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D052243:Resistin; C491410:Socs3 protein, rat; D000071223:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; D000098882:Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Protein