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SUBMITTER: Owen BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3769455 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Owen Bryn M BM Bookout Angie L AL Ding Xunshan X Lin Vicky Y VY Atkin Stan D SD Gautron Laurent L Kliewer Steven A SA Mangelsdorf David J DJ
Nature medicine 20130811 9
Preventing reproduction during nutritional deprivation is an adaptive process that is conserved and essential for the survival of species. In mammals, the mechanisms that inhibit fertility during starvation are complex and incompletely understood. Here we show that exposure of female mice to fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), a fasting-induced hepatokine, mimics infertility secondary to starvation. Mechanistically, FGF21 acts on the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the hypothalamus to suppress ...[more]