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Evidence for a Non-leptin System that Defends against Weight Gain in Overfeeding.

Cell metabolism | 2018

Weight is defended so that increases or decreases in body mass elicit responses that favor restoration of one's previous weight. While much is known about the signals that respond to weight loss and the central role that leptin plays, the lack of experimental systems studying the overfed state has meant little is known about pathways defending against weight gain. We developed a system to study this physiology and found that overfed mice defend against increased weight gain with graded anorexia but, unlike weight loss, this response is independent of circulating leptin concentration. In overfed mice that are unresponsive to orexigenic stimuli, adipose tissue is transcriptionally and immunologically distinct from fat of ad libitum-fed obese animals. These findings provide evidence that overfeeding-induced obesity alters adipose tissue and central responses in ways that are distinct from ad libitum obesity and activates a non-leptin system to defend against weight gain.

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Associated grants

  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R56 DK066525
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK101942
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 DK007328
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK064819
  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 HL007343
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK026687
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK063608
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 DK007647
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK066525

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