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In many western countries, nearly a quarter of us meet the criteria for clinical obesity and more than half of us are overweight. This is a medical concern because obesity is a serious risk factor for many major chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer, and as a result, obesity is associated with reduced lifespan by almost a decade. The rapid escalation in the prevalence of obesity and the paucity of obesity medications underscores the necessity of an understanding of the basic neurobiology underlying body weight.
During this webinar, Professor Heisler will discuss brain circuits that are the main known controllers of body weight, such as those activated by the adipocyte hormone leptin. She will review how our genes impact our waistline and will discuss crucial genes such as those in the melanocortin system. Professor Heisler will discuss how obesity medications capitalize on this basic neurobiology to promote satiety, reduce hunger and decrease body weight.
Key discussion topics include:
– Gut to brain communication
– Key brain chemicals mediating satiety
– Key brain chemicals controlling hunger
1. Lora Heisler, PhD
Chair in Human Nutrition
Rowett Institute
University of Aberdeen
Institute of Medical Sciences
Obesity Series 2020
Brain Circuits Driving Appetite
2. Lora Heisler, PhD discusses the unique brain
circuits controlling body weight, how our
genes impact our waistline and how obesity
medications leverage basic neurobiology to
reduce hunger and decrease body weight.
Brain Circuits
Driving Appetite
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4. Lora Heisler, PhD
Chair in Human Nutrition
Rowett Institute
University of Aberdeen
Institute of Medical Sciences
Brain Circuits
Driving Appetite
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6. World map of obesity
Adapted from World Health Organization, 2016 Prevalence
From http://www.who.int/gho/ncd/risk_factors/overweight/en/
Accessed June 2, 2018
In the USA, the incidence of
obesity has increased 4-fold over
the last 20 years
The incidence of childhood obesity
is increasing at the fastest rate
USA expenditure > $147 bn each
year to treat obesity and its related
conditions
9. UK adults are obese
Type 2 Diabetes
Heart Disease
Cancer
Gout
Fatty liver disease
Gall bladder disease
Phlebitis
Pancreatitis
Obesity: A global healthcare challenge of the 21st century
12. Intake Expenditure< Intake Expenditure
<
Basal
metabolism
Physical
activity
Thermogenesis
Calories
Intake Expenditure
=
Neutral energy
state
Stable weight
Negative energy
state
Weight loss
Positive energy
state
Weight gain
The energy balance equation
13. 180 mins walking
35 mins cycling
40 mins swimming
45 mins gardening
35 mins dancing
60 mins yoga
540 kcal
260 kcal
211 kcal
139 kcal
134 kcal
92 kcal
215 g
Big Mac
58 g
Mars Bar
200 g
Yogurt
330 ml
Coca-Cola
25 g
Chips
200 ml
Semi-Skim Milk
The energy balance equation: Diet and Exercise
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16. Leptin: Hormone produced
by fat (adipose tissue)
When leptin levels rise,
appetite is suppressed.
When body fat decreases or
during fasting, leptin levels
fall and appetite increases
Leptin
17. 1949 ob/ob mouse
Spontaneous recessive
mutant
Three times the weight of
control mice
Ate twice the amount of
food as control mice
1994 Cloning of Ob gene
Circulating hormone called
leptin (Greek for ‘thin’)
Produced by adipocytes
Anorectic
1997 Human leptin deficiency
Almost non-existent serum
levels of leptin
Children with profound obesity
Homozygous frameshift
mutation
1999 Leptin replacement therapy
Leptin deficient children treated
with recombinant leptin
Significant decrease in food
intake and body weight
Leptin
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18. 1996 Cloning of ObR/LepR gene
Only Receptor for leptin
Receptor expressed within the
brain modulates appetite
1966 db/db mouse
Spontaneous recessive
mutant
Three times the weight of
control mice
Suffer from severe
diabetes
1997 Human LepR variation
Polymorphisms in LepR are
associated with increased body
weight
1998 Human LepR mutation
Very rare
Children with profound obesity
and high levels of serum leptin
No cure
Leptin Receptor
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19. Leptin
Hormone released from
adipocytes
Anorectic peptide
Genetic mutation in mice
and humans causes
profound hyperphagia
and obesity
Leptin replacement can
ameliorate these
phenotypes
However, leptin is not a
useful treatment in
common obesity because
of elevated leptin levels
Leptin receptor
Cytokine –family receptor
Genetic mutation in mice
and humans causes
hyperphagia and obesity
Only centrally expressed
LepRb is involved in
energy homeostasis
Elevated leptin levels in
obesity promote leptin
resistance at LepR
Leptin anorectic
action
Leptin drug discovery is
centred around
decreasing leptin
resistance
Leptin Summary
20. Harness inverse relationship between leptin and food intake
Can leptin treatment
improve obesity?
Research attempting to
develop drugs to
increase leptin sensitivity
25. Body weight Food intake
Melanocortin4 receptor deficiency causes obesity in mice
26. In 1998, two groups reported heterozygous mutations in the MC4R in humans that were
associated with dominantly inherited obesity.
Heterozygous mutations in MC4R have been reported in obese humans from various ethnic
groups and represent the commonest known monogenic cause of human obesity (5–6% of
severely obese subjects).
MC4R deficient Control
Melanocortin4 receptor deficiency causes obesity in people
36. How do 5-HT medications improve obesity?
Which 5-HT receptor?
37. Adapted from Lam & Heisler,
Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 2007
5-HT Receptor Families
38. The 5-HT2CReceptor mediates 5-HT’s effects on appetite & body weight
(Adapted from Tecott, et al. Nature 1995)
Wild Type 5-HT2CR KO
39-43 wk
Food Intake
12-14 wk
Foodintake(g)
2
0
4
3
1
5
*
*
Age (weeks) Age (weeks)
4 12 24 32
0
15
20
35
40
30
288 16 20
Body Weight
25
10
*
*
****
BodyWeight(g)
39. Designer Receptors exclusively activated by Designer
Drugs (DREADD)
1
2
4
3
1. Stereotaxic DR injection of AAV-DREADD Gq into Tph2-iCre mice
2. DREADD Gq expression in DR 5-HT neurons
3. Systemic administration of designer drug CNO
4. Real-time activation of 5-HT DR neurons
Increased neuronal activity
GPCR
Neurotransmitter
Cell membrane
Protein engineering
Neurotransmitter Designer drug
DREADD
Increased neuronal activity
(e.g. Gq)
**
40. How do 5-HT medications improve obesity?
Which 5-HT receptor?
5-HT2CR
Regulating the activity
of which cells?
41. Proposed Model:
5-HT obesity medication therapeutic effect
• D-fenfluramine stimulates the release of 5-HT from the
dorsal raphe (DR) into the hypothalamic arcuate
nucleus (ARC)
• 5-HT activates Gq 5-HT2CRs expressed with POMC,
causing the release of α-MSH
• α-MSH binds to MC4-Rs to reduce food intake and body
weight
Dorsal
Raphe
5-HT
5-HT2CR
α-MSH
POMC
ARC
d-fenfluramine
5-HT
47. α-MSH
POMC
5-HT2CR
X
Mc4r
WT allele
HinDIII NotIATG+1
disrupted, null allele
ATGHinDIII NotI
loxP loxP
Mc4rTB=Stop
+1
3hfoodintake(g)
1.0
0.0
2.0
1.5
Sal
0.5
Lorc
WT
*
Sal Lorc
Mc4r null
MC4-R
Burke et al. Molecular Metabolism, 2017
Lorcaserin reduces appetite by activating a POMC to MC4R circuit
48. 5-HT obesity medication therapeutic
effect
• D-fenfluramine stimulates the release of 5-HT from the
dorsal raphe (DR) into the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus
(ARC)
• 5-HT activates Gq 5-HT2CRs expressed with POMC,
causing the release of α-MSH
Dorsal
Raphe
5-HT
5-HT2CR
α-MSH
POMC
MC4-R
ARC
Lorcaserin
d-fenfluramine
5-HT
Lorcaserin
49. • Lorcaserin bypasses 5-HT and activates Gq 5-HT2CRs
expressed with POMC, also causes the release of α-MSH
• α-MSH binds to MC4-Rs to reduce food intake and body
weight
Dorsal
Raphe
5-HT
5-HT2CR
MC4-R α-MSH
POMC
ARC
Lorcaserin d-fenfluramine
5-HT
Lorcaserin
5-HT obesity medication therapeutic effect
• D-fenfluramine stimulates the release of 5-HT from the
dorsal raphe (DR) into the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus
(ARC)
• 5-HT activates Gq 5-HT2CRs expressed with POMC,
causing the release of α-MSH
50. Overweight and obesity are now the norm in many
countries, such as the UK and USA and this is having
a negative impact on health (e.g. increasing
susceptibility to major disease and shortening
lifespan).
Most people can improve their health with diet and
exercise alone. But for some, other treatment
options are a necessity.
The brain is the master coordinator of energy
homeostasis because it integrates signals and
factors from all over the brain and body.
Insights into the control of appetite have been
gained through genetic and drug studies in mice and
this has led to new medications now in human use.
It is essential that the underpinnings of body weight
are discovered to aid in the prevention and
treatment of obesity.
Summary
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Lora Heisler, PhD
Chair in Human Nutrition
Rowett Institute
University of Aberdeen
Institute of Medical Sciences
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Welcome everyone to the very first webinar of Obesity 2020, a joint webinar series brought to you from InsideScientific and the American Physiological Society. This is Liam Sanio from InsideScientific and I’m very pleased to be your host for today’s event. Between now and December, we have a number of webinars lined up, all focused on the science being conducted by leading obesity researchers around the world.
Today’s webinar is titled “Brain Circuits Driving Appetite” and will feature Professor Lora Heisler from the Rowett Institute at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Professor Heisler will discuss how our brain circuits control body weight, for example through the adipocyte hormone leptin. She will also review how our genes impact our waistline and how obesity medications capitalize on neurobiology to promote satiety, reduce hunger and decrease body weight.
And now without any further ado, I’m very pleased to welcome Professor Lora Heisler. Lora, thanks so much for joining us today!
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And now without any further ado, I’m very pleased to welcome Professor Lora Heisler. Lora, thanks so much for joining us today!
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Overweight and obesity are defined as excess calories stored as fat. The amount or degree of excess fat determines where an individual sits on the overwieght-obesity spectrum. So that tall men versus small women or teenagers can be compared, a body mass index was created that gives an estimate of the amount of fat, as determined by height and weight. You can find these online
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Great, Thank you so much Lora all of your fantastic insights today, both in your presentation as well as the Q&A session. ==========
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