Abstract:
:The current study examined potential mechanisms for altered circulating ghrelin levels observed in diet-induced obesity (DIO) and following weight loss resulting from Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). We hypothesized that circulating ghrelin levels were altered in obesity and after weight loss through changes in ghrelin cell responsiveness to physiological cues. We confirmed lower ghrelin levels in DIO mice and demonstrated elevated ghrelin levels in mice 6 weeks post-RYGB. In both DIO and RYGB settings, these changes in ghrelin levels were associated with altered ghrelin cell responsiveness to two key physiological modulators of ghrelin secretion - glucose and norepinephrine. In DIO mice, increases in ghrelin cell density within both the stomach and duodenum and in somatostatin-immunoreactive D cell density in the duodenum were observed. Our findings provide new insights into the regulation of ghrelin secretion and its relation to circulating ghrelin within the contexts of obesity and weight loss.
journal_name
Mol Metabjournal_title
Molecular metabolismauthors
Uchida A,Zechner JF,Mani BK,Park WM,Aguirre V,Zigman JMdoi
10.1016/j.molmet.2014.07.009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-08-01 00:00:00pages
717-30issue
7issn
2212-8778pii
S2212-8778(14)00135-5journal_volume
3pub_type
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.03.016
更新日期:2017-06-21 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.01.003
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.09.006
更新日期:2016-09-20 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.05.009
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.02.008
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.10.008
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.02.001
更新日期:2016-02-13 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101153
更新日期:2020-12-23 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.05.006
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2014.10.001
更新日期:2014-10-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2019.06.006
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2014.07.001
更新日期:2014-07-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2019.06.003
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.10.006
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.12.006
更新日期:2016-12-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2019.08.006
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.07.011
更新日期:2016-08-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.07.012
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2019.05.009
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.06.013
更新日期:2016-06-30 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2019.11.015
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2020.01.001
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.06.006
更新日期:2016-06-22 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2013.11.008
更新日期:2013-11-28 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.11.003
更新日期:2016-11-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2014.03.007
更新日期:2014-04-02 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.06.002
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2015.06.010
更新日期:2015-07-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.03.009
更新日期:2017-03-27 00:00:00