1. Chronic abdominal vagus stimulation increased brain metabolic connectivity, reduced striatal dopamine transporter and increased mid‑brain serotonin transporter in obese miniature pigs
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Christine Henry, Charles-Henri Malbert, Mickael Genissel, Jean-Louis Divoux, US 1395 ANI-SCAN [INRA], Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Unité expérimentale de testage de porcs, Axonic, Sorin Groupe, and Unité Expérimentale de Testage de Porcs
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0301 basic medicine ,obesity ,modèle animal ,Swine ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,PET imaging ,Hippocampus ,lcsh:Medicine ,Stimulation ,Striatum ,Weight Gain ,0302 clinical medicine ,Mesencephalon ,Serotonin transporter ,2. Zero hunger ,Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins ,SPECT imaging ,biology ,General Medicine ,chirurgie bariatrique ,animal models ,Vagal stimulation ,obésité ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Swine, Miniature ,medicine.symptom ,Connectivity analysis ,medicine.drug ,Bariatric surgery ,SERT ,DAT ,Animal model ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Vagus Nerve Stimulation ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,nerf vague ,Dopamine ,Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,vagus nerve ,Animals ,Resting energy expenditure ,miniporc ,Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins ,business.industry ,Research ,lcsh:R ,Neostriatum ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Glucose ,nervous system ,tomographie a émission monophotonique ,Positron-Emission Tomography ,biology.protein ,Serotonin ,business ,Weight gain - Abstract
Background/objective Changes in brain metabolism has been investigated thoroughly during unilateral cervical chronic vagal stimulation in epileptic or depressive patients. Bilateral stimulation of the abdominal vagus (aVNS) has received less attention despite the reduction in body weight and an altered feeding behavior in obese animals that could be clinically relevant in obese individuals. Our study aims to examine the changes in brain glucose metabolism (CMRglu) induced by aVNS in obese adult miniature pigs. Dopamine (DAT) and serotonin transporters (SERT) were also quantified to further understand the molecular origins of the alterations in brain metabolism. Subjects/methods Pairs of stimulating electrodes were implanted during laparoscopy on both abdominal vagal trunks in 20 obese adult’s miniature pigs. Half of the animals were permanently stimulated while the remaining were sham stimulated. Two months after the onset of stimulation, dynamic 18FDG PET and 123I-ioflupane SPECT were performed. Food intake, resting energy expenditure and fat deposition were also assessed longitudinally. Results Food intake was halved and resting energy expenditure was increased by 60% in aVNS group compared to sham. The gain in body weight was also 38% less in aVNS group compared to sham. Brain metabolic connectivity increased between numerous structures including striatum, mid-brain, amygdala and hippocampus. On the contrary, increased CMRglu were restricted to the thalamus, the periaqueducal grey and the amygdala. DAT binding potential was decreased by about one third in the striatum while SERT was about doubled in the midbrain. Conclusions Our findings demonstrated that aVNS reduced weight gain as a consequence of diminished daily food intake and increased resting energy expenditure. These changes were associated with enhanced connectivity between several brain areas. A lower striatal DAT together with a doubled mid-brain SERT were likely causative for these changes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12967-019-1831-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- 2019