PMID- 26281715 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170501 LR - 20181113 IS - 1873-2402 (Electronic) IS - 0006-3223 (Print) IS - 0006-3223 (Linking) VI - 79 IP - 11 DP - 2016 Jun 1 TI - Low Dopamine D2 Receptor Increases Vulnerability to Obesity Via Reduced Physical Activity, Not Increased Appetitive Motivation. PG - 887-97 LID - S0006-3223(15)00597-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.07.009 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) has received much attention in obesity studies. Data indicate that D2R is reduced in obesity and that the TaqA1 D2R variant may be more prevalent among obese persons. It is often suggested that reduced D2R generates a reward deficiency and altered appetitive motivation that induces compulsive eating and contributes to obesity. Although dopamine is known to regulate physical activity, it is often neglected in these studies, leaving open the question of whether reduced D2R contributes to obesity through alterations in energy expenditure and activity. METHODS: We generated a D2R knockdown (KD) mouse line and assessed both energy expenditure and appetitive motivation under conditions of diet-induced obesity. RESULTS: The KD mice did not gain more weight or show increased appetitive motivation compared with wild-type mice in a standard environment; however, in an enriched environment with voluntary exercise opportunities, KD mice exhibited dramatically lower activity and became more obese than wild-type mice, obtaining no protective benefit from exercise opportunities. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest the primary contribution of altered D2R signaling to obesity lies in altered energy expenditure rather than the induction of compulsive overeating. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Society of Biological Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Beeler, Jeff A AU - Beeler JA AD - Department of Psychology, Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, Flushing, New York; Department of Neurobiology (JAB, ST, XZ), Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: jbeeler@qc.cuny.edu. FAU - Faust, Rudolf P AU - Faust RP AD - Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program, Chicago, Illinois. FAU - Turkson, Susie AU - Turkson S AD - Department of Neurobiology (JAB, ST, XZ), Chicago, Illinois. FAU - Ye, Honggang AU - Ye H AD - Department of Medicine (HY), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. FAU - Zhuang, Xiaoxi AU - Zhuang X AD - Department of Neurobiology (JAB, ST, XZ), Chicago, Illinois. LA - eng GR - P30 DK020595/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P60 DK020595/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA025875/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 DK088515/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20150726 PL - United States TA - Biol Psychiatry JT - Biological psychiatry JID - 0213264 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (DRD2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D2) SB - IM CIN - Biol Psychiatry. 2016 Jun 1;79(11):e85-6. PMID: 27198522 MH - Animals MH - Blood Glucose MH - Body Weight MH - Calorimetry, Indirect MH - Choice Behavior/physiology MH - Conditioning, Operant/physiology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Energy Metabolism/physiology MH - Feeding Behavior/*physiology MH - Female MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - Housing, Animal MH - Male MH - Mice, 129 Strain MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Motivation/*physiology MH - Motor Activity/*physiology MH - Obesity/*metabolism/psychology MH - Receptors, Dopamine D2/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC4728060 MID - NIHMS716172 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Behavioral thrift OT - D(2)R OT - Dietary induced obesity OT - Reward deficiency OT - Running wheels OT - Voluntary exercise EDAT- 2015/08/19 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/02 06:00 PMCR- 2017/06/01 CRDT- 2015/08/19 06:00 PHST- 2014/11/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/07/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/07/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/08/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/08/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-3223(15)00597-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.07.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Psychiatry. 2016 Jun 1;79(11):887-97. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.07.009. Epub 2015 Jul 26.