Leptin regulation of the mesoaccumbens dopamine pathway
- PMID: 16982425
- DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.09.006
Leptin regulation of the mesoaccumbens dopamine pathway
Abstract
Leptin is an adipose-derived hormone that acts on hypothalamic leptin receptors to regulate energy balance. Leptin receptors are also expressed in extrahypothalamic sites including the ventral tegmental area (VTA), critical to brain reward circuitry. We report that leptin targets DA and GABA neurons of the VTA, inducing phosphorylation of signal-transducer-and-activator-of-transcription-3 (STAT3). Retrograde tracing combined with pSTAT3 immunohistochemistry show leptin-responsive VTA neurons projecting to nucleus accumbens (NAc). Assessing leptin function in the VTA, we showed that ob/ob mice had diminished locomotor response to amphetamine and lacked locomotor sensitization to repeated amphetamine injections, both defects reversed by leptin infusion. Electrically stimulated DA release from NAc shell terminals was markedly reduced in ob/ob slice preparations, and NAc DA levels and TH expression were lower. These data define a role for leptin in mesoaccumbens DA signaling and indicate that the mesoaccumbens DA pathway, critical to integrating motivated behavior, responds to this adipose-derived signal.
Comment in
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Leptin in energy balance and reward: two faces of the same coin?Neuron. 2006 Sep 21;51(6):678-80. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.09.009. Neuron. 2006. PMID: 16982412
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