PMID- 22643031 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121203 LR - 20120816 IS - 1475-2700 (Electronic) IS - 0954-4224 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 1 DP - 2012 Jun TI - Peripheral and central mechanisms involved in the control of food intake by dietary amino acids and proteins. PG - 29-39 LID - 10.1017/S0954422411000175 [doi] AB - The present review summarises current knowledge and recent findings on the modulation of appetite by dietary protein, via both peripheral and central mechanisms. Of the three macronutrients, proteins are recognised as the strongest inhibitor of food intake. The well-recognised poor palatability of proteins is not the principal mechanism explaining the decrease in high-protein (HP) diet intake. Consumption of a HP diet does not induce conditioned food aversion, but rather experience-enhanced satiety. Amino acid consumption is detected by multiple and redundant mechanisms originating from visceral (during digestion) and metabolic (inter-prandial period) sources, recorded both directly and indirectly (mainly vagus-mediated) by the central nervous system (CNS). Peripherally, the satiating effect of dietary proteins appears to be mediated by anorexigenic gut peptides, principally cholecystokinin, glucagon-like peptide-1 and peptide YY. In the CNS, HP diets trigger the activation of noradrenergic and adrenergic neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract and melanocortin neurons in the arcuate nucleus. Additionally, there is evidence that circulating leucine levels may modulate food intake. Leucine is associated with neural mechanisms involving mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), energy sensors active in the control of energy intake, at least in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. In addition, HP diets inhibit the activation of opioid and GABAergic neurons in the nucleus accumbens, and thus inhibit food intake by reducing the hedonic response to food, presumably because of their low palatability. Future studies should concentrate on studying the adaptation of different neural circuits following the ingestion of protein diets. FAU - Fromentin, Gilles AU - Fromentin G AD - INRA, CNRH-IdF, UMR914 Nutrition Physiology and Ingestive Behaviour, F-75005 Paris, France. gilles.fromentin@agroparistech.fr FAU - Darcel, Nicolas AU - Darcel N FAU - Chaumontet, Catherine AU - Chaumontet C FAU - Marsset-Baglieri, Agnes AU - Marsset-Baglieri A FAU - Nadkarni, Nachiket AU - Nadkarni N FAU - Tome, Daniel AU - Tome D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20120529 PL - England TA - Nutr Res Rev JT - Nutrition research reviews JID - 9113797 RN - 0 (Amino Acids) RN - 0 (Dietary Proteins) RN - 0 (Gastrointestinal Hormones) RN - 0 (Neurotransmitter Agents) SB - IM MH - Amino Acids/*pharmacology MH - Appetite Regulation/*drug effects/physiology MH - Brain/*drug effects/physiology MH - Central Nervous System/drug effects/physiology MH - *Diet MH - Dietary Proteins/*pharmacology MH - Energy Intake/*drug effects/physiology MH - Feeding Behavior/*drug effects/physiology MH - Gastrointestinal Hormones/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Neurons/drug effects MH - Neurotransmitter Agents/pharmacology MH - Satiety Response/drug effects MH - Sensation/drug effects MH - Taste EDAT- 2012/05/31 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/10 06:00 CRDT- 2012/05/31 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/05/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/10 06:00 [medline] AID - S0954422411000175 [pii] AID - 10.1017/S0954422411000175 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nutr Res Rev. 2012 Jun;25(1):29-39. doi: 10.1017/S0954422411000175. Epub 2012 May 29.