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Disruption of neural signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 causes obesity, diabetes, infertility, and thermal dysregulation
被引:306
作者:
Gao, Q
Wolfgang, MJ
Neschen, S
Morino, K
Horvath, TL
Shulman, GI
Fu, XY
机构:
[1] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[2] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med & Cellular & Mol Physiol, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[3] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Obstet & Gynecol & Reprod Sci, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[4] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Howard Hughes Med Inst, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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10.1073/pnas.0303992101
中图分类号:
O [数理科学和化学];
P [天文学、地球科学];
Q [生物科学];
N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号:
07 ;
0710 ;
09 ;
摘要:
Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3 is widely expressed in the CNS during development and adulthood. STAT3 has been implicated in the control of neuron/glial differentiation and leptin-mediated energy homeostasis, but the physiological role and degree of involvement of STAT3 in these processes is not defined and controversial because of the lack of a direct genetic model. To address this, we created mice with a neural-specific disruption of STAT3 (STAT3(N-/-)). Surprisingly, homozygous mutants were born at the expected Mendelian ratio without apparent developmental abnormalities but susceptible to neonatal lethality. Mutants that survived the neonatal period were hyperphagic, obese, diabetic, and infertile. Administering a melanocortin-3/4 receptor agonist abrogated the hyperphagia and hypothalamic immunohistochemistry showed a marked reduction in proopiomelanocortin with an increase in neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein. Mutants had reduced energy expenditure and became hypothermic after fasting or cold stress. STAT3(N-/-) mice are hyperleptinemic, suggesting a leptin-resistant condition. Concomitant with neuroendocrine defects such as decreased linear growth and infertility with accompanying increased corticosterone levels, this CNS knockout recapitulates the unique phenotype of db/db and ob/ob obese models and distinguishes them from other genetic models of obesity. Thus, STAB in the CNS plays essential roles in the regulation of energy homeostasis and reproduction.
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页码:4661 / 4666
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