PMID- 34371009 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220316 LR - 20220316 IS - 1095-6840 (Electronic) IS - 0016-6480 (Linking) VI - 313 DP - 2021 Nov 1 TI - Lipopolysaccharide inhibits hypothalamic Agouti-related protein gene expression via activating mechanistic target of rapamycin signaling in chicks. PG - 113876 LID - S0016-6480(21)00169-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113876 [doi] AB - Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces profound anorexia in birds. However, the neuronal regulatory network underlying LPS-provoked anorexia is unclear. To determine whether any cross talk occurs among hypothalamic mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and LPS in the regulation of appetite, we performed an intracerebroventricular injection of rapamycin (an mTOR inhibitor) on LPS-treated chicks. The results indicate that peripheral administrations of LPS decreased the agouti-related protein (AgRP) mRNA level, but increased the phosphorylated mTOR and nuclear factor-small ka, CyrillicB (NF-small ka, CyrillicB) protein level. Blocking mTOR significantly attenuated LPS-induced anorexia, AgRP suppression, and p-NF-small ka, CyrillicB increase. Thus, the results suggest that LPS causes anorexia via the mTOR-AgRP signaling pathway, and mTOR signaling is also associated with the regulation of LPS in p-NF-small ka, CyrillicB. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, X J AU - Wang XJ AD - Department of Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Key Lab for Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control, Taian, Shandong 271018, China. FAU - Li, D AU - Li D AD - Department of Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Key Lab for Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control, Taian, Shandong 271018, China. FAU - Jiao, H C AU - Jiao HC AD - Department of Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Key Lab for Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control, Taian, Shandong 271018, China. FAU - Zhao, J P AU - Zhao JP AD - Department of Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Key Lab for Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control, Taian, Shandong 271018, China. FAU - Lin, H AU - Lin H AD - Department of Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Key Lab for Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control, Taian, Shandong 271018, China. Electronic address: hailin@sdau.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210808 PL - United States TA - Gen Comp Endocrinol JT - General and comparative endocrinology JID - 0370735 RN - 0 (Agouti-Related Protein) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Agouti-Related Protein/genetics MH - Gene Expression MH - *Lipopolysaccharides/toxicity MH - Signal Transduction MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - *TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases OTO - NOTNLM OT - AgRP OT - Appetite control OT - Chick OT - Lipopolysaccharide OT - mTOR EDAT- 2021/08/10 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/17 06:00 CRDT- 2021/08/09 20:09 PHST- 2021/06/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/09 20:09 [entrez] AID - S0016-6480(21)00169-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113876 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2021 Nov 1;313:113876. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113876. Epub 2021 Aug 8.