Oleic acid stimulates monoamine efflux through PPAR-α: Differential effects in diet-induced obesity

Obesity continues to be a growing health concern around the world, and elevated levels of free fatty acids as a result of high-fat intake might play a role in neuroendocrine alterations leading to obesity. However, it is unclear how fatty acids affect neuroendocrine functions and energy metabolism....

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Published in:Life sciences (1973) 2020-08, Vol.255, p.117867-117867, Article 117867
Main Authors: Jagannathan, Lakshmikripa, Socks, Emily, Balasubramanian, Priya, McGowan, Robert, Herdt, Thomas M., Kianian, Reza, MohanKumar, Sheba M.J., MohanKumar, P.S.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Diet
Dopamine
Efflux
Energy balance
Energy metabolism
Fatty acid
Fatty acids
High-performance liquid chromatography
Hypothalamus
Liquid chromatography
Metabolism
Monoamines
Neurotransmitters
Norepinephrine
Obesity
Oleic acid
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors
PPAR-α
Rodents
Serotonin
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Summary:Obesity continues to be a growing health concern around the world, and elevated levels of free fatty acids as a result of high-fat intake might play a role in neuroendocrine alterations leading to obesity. However, it is unclear how fatty acids affect neuroendocrine functions and energy metabolism. Since hypothalamic monoamines play a crucial role in regulating neuroendocrine functions relating to energy balance, we investigated the direct effects of oleic acid on hypothalamic monoamines and hypothesized that oleic acid would activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α), a nuclear transcription factor involved with fatty acid metabolism, to affect monoamines. We also hypothesized that this response would be subdued in diet-induced obesity (DIO). To test these hypotheses, hypothalami from Sprague Dawley and DIO rats were incubated with 0 (Control), 0.00132 mM, 0.132 mM, 1.32 mM oleic acid, 50 μM MK 886 (a selective PPAR- α antagonist), or oleic acid + MK 886 in Krebs Ringers Henseleit (KRH) solution. HPLC-EC was used to measure monoamine levels in perfusates. Oleic acid produced a significant increase in norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin levels in a dose-dependent manner, and incubation with MK886 blocked these effects. The effect of oleic acid on hypothalamic monoamines was attenuated in DIO rats. These findings suggest that PPARα probably plays an essential role in fatty acid sensing in the hypothalamus, by affecting monoamine efflux and DIO rats are resistant to the effects of oleic acid.
ISSN:0024-3205
1879-0631
DOI:10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117867