title: Natriuretic peptides and cGMP signaling control of energy homeostasis.
abstract: Since the discovery of natriuretic peptides (NPs) by de Bold et al. in 1981, the cardiovascular community has been well aware that they exert potent effects on vessels, heart remodeling, kidney function, and the regulation of sodium and water balance. Who would have thought that NPs are also able to exert metabolic effects and contribute to an original cross talk between heart, adipose tissues, and skeletal muscle? The attention on the metabolic role of NPs was awakened in the year 2000 with the discovery that NPs exert potent lipolytic effects mediated by the NP receptor type A/cGMP pathway in human fat cells and that they contribute to lipid mobilization in vivo. In this review, we will discuss the biological effects of NPs on the main tissues involved in the regulation of energy metabolism (i.e., white and brown adipose tissues, skeletal muscle, liver, and pancreas). These recent results on NPs are opening a new chapter into the physiological properties and therapeutic usefulness of this family of hormones.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale/UPS UMR 1048-I2MC-Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases, Toulouse, France. cedric.moro@inserm.fr
authors.forename: Cedric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lafontan
mesh_terms: D054392:Adipokines / Q000378:metabolism; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000502:physiology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides / Q000502:physiology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D054392:Adipokines; D016207:Cytokines; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides; D006152:Cyclic GMP