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Abstract
Evidence from human studies and transgenic mice lacking the type 3 adenylyl cyclase (AC3) indicates that AC3 plays a role in the regulation of body weight. It is unknown in which brain region AC3 exerts such an effect. We examined the role of AC3 in the hypothalamus for body weight control using a floxed AC3 mouse strain. Here, we report that AC3 flox/flox mice became obese after the administration of AAV-CRE-GFP into the hypothalamus. Both male and female AC3 floxed mice showed heavier body weight than AAV-GFP injected control mice. Furthermore, mice with selective ablation of AC3 expression in the ventromedial hypothalamus also showed increased body weight and food consumption. Our results indicated that AC3 in the hypothalamus regulates energy balance.
Department
Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences
Publication Date
5-13-2016
Journal Title
Integrative Obesity and Diabetes
Publisher
Open Access Text
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Cao H, Chen X, Yang Y, Storm DR. Disruption of type 3 adenylyl cyclase expression in the hypothalamus leads to obesity Integr Obes Diabetes. 2016;2(3):225-228. PubMed PMID: 27942392.
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©2016 Cao H.
Comments
This is an article published by Open Access Text in Integrative Obesity and Diabetes in 2016, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.15761/IOD.1000149