title: Neuropeptide Y in the noradrenergic neurons induces the development of cardiometabolic diseases in a transgenic mouse model.
abstract: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a neuropeptide widely expressed in the brain and a peptide transmitter of sympathetic nervous system (SNS) co-released with noradrenaline (NA) in prolonged stress. Association of a gain-of-function polymorphism in the human NPY gene with dyslipideamia, diabetes and vascular diseases suggests that increased NPY plays a role in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome in humans. In the hypothalamus, NPY plays an established role in the regulation of body energy homeostasis. However, the effects of NPY elsewhere in the brain and in the SNS are less explored. In order to understand the role of NPY co-expressed with NA in the sympathetic nerves and brain noradrenergic neurons, a novel mouse model overexpressing NPY in noradrenergic neurons was generated. The mouse displays metabolic defects such as increased adiposity, hepatosteatosis, and impaired glucose tolerance as well as stress-related hypertension and increased susceptibility to vascular wall hypertrophy. The mouse phenotype closely reflects the findings of the several association studies with human NPY gene polymorphisms, and fits with the previous work on the effects of stress-induced NPY release on metabolism and vasculature. Thus, in addition of promoting feeding and obesity in the hypothalamus, NPY expressed in the noradrenergic neurons in the brain and in the SNS induces the development of cardiometabolic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development and Therapeutics, Finland ; Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Suvi T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Ruohonen
authors.forename: Ullamari
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pesonen
authors.forename: Eriika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Savontaus
keywords: Adipose tissue; atherosclerosis; diabetes; hypertension; neuropeptide Y; noradrenaline; obesity; sympathetic nervous system
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