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SUBMITTER: Kaushik S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3323137 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaushik Susmita S Arias Esperanza E Kwon Hyokjoon H Lopez Nuria Martinez NM Athonvarangkul Diana D Sahu Srabani S Schwartz Gary J GJ Pessin Jeffrey E JE Singh Rajat R
EMBO reports 20120301 3
Autophagy degrades cytoplasmic contents to achieve cellular homeostasis. We show that selective loss of autophagy in hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons decreases α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) levels, promoting adiposity, impairing lipolysis and altering glucose homeostasis. Ageing reduces hypothalamic autophagy and α-MSH levels, and aged-mice phenocopy, the adiposity and lipolytic defect observed in POMC neuron autophagy-null mice. Intraperitoneal isoproterenol restores lip ...[more]