Feeding and GLP-1 receptor activation stabilize β-catenin in specific hypothalamic nuclei in male rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology
Hayden J L McEwenDavid R Grattan

Abstract

β-catenin is a multifunctional protein that can act in the canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway to regulate gene expression but can also bind to cadherin proteins in adherens junctions where it plays a key role in regulating cytoskeleton linked with these junctions. Recently, evidence has been presented indicating an essential role for β-catenin in regulating trafficking of insulin vesicles in β-cells and showing that changes in nutrient levels rapidly alter levels of β-catenin in these cells. Given the importance of neuroendocrine hormone secretion in the regulation of whole body glucose homeostasis, the objective of this study was to investigate whether β-catenin signalling is regulated in the hypothalamus during the normal physiological response to food intake. Rats were subjected to a fasting/re-feeding paradigm, and then samples collected at specific timepoints for analysis of β-catenin expression by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. Changes in gene expression were assessed by RT-qPCR. Using immunohistochemistry, feeding acutely increased detectable cytoplasmic levels of β-catenin ('stabilized β-catenin') in neurons in specific regions of the hypothalamus involved in metabolic regulation, including the arcuate, dorsome...Continue Reading

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