PMID- 37194319 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230518 LR - 20230525 IS - 1759-0914 (Electronic) IS - 1759-0914 (Linking) VI - 15 DP - 2023 Jan-Dec TI - Sex-Dimorphic Octadecaneuropeptide (ODN) Regulation of Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Glucoregulatory Neuron Function and Counterregulatory Hormone Secretion. PG - 17590914231167230 LID - 10.1177/17590914231167230 [doi] LID - 17590914231167230 AB - Central endozepinergic signaling is implicated in glucose homeostasis. Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) metabolic monitoring governs glucose counter-regulation. VMN glucose-stimulatory nitric oxide (NO) and glucose-inhibitory gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurons express the energy gauge 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). Current research addresses the premise that the astrocyte glio-peptide octadecaneuropeptide (ODN) imposes sex-dimorphic control of metabolic sensor activity and neurotransmitter signaling in these neurons. The ODN G-protein coupled-receptor antagonist cyclo((1-8))[DLeu(5)]OP (LV-1075) was administered intracerebroventricularly (icv) to euglycemic rats of each sex; additional groups were pretreated icv with the ODN isoactive surrogate ODN(11-18) (OP) before insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Western blotting of laser-catapult-microdissected VMN NO and GABA neurons showed that hypoglycemia caused OP-reversible augmentation of phospho-, e.g., activated AMPK and nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) expression in rostral (female) or middle (male) VMN segments or ODN-dependent suppression of nNOS in male caudal VMN. OP prevented hypoglycemic down-regulation of glutamate decarboxylase profiles in female rat rostral VMN, without affecting AMPK activity. LV-1075 treatment of male, not female rats elevated plasma glucagon and corticosterone concentrations. Moreover, OP attenuated hypoglycemia-associated augmentation of these hormones in males only. Results identify, for each sex, regional VMN metabolic transmitter signals that are subject to endozepinergic regulation. Directional shifts and gain-or-loss of ODN control during eu- versus hypoglycemia infer that VMN neuron receptivity to or post-receptor processing of this stimulus may be modulated by energy state. In male, counter-regulatory hormone secretion may be governed principally by ODN-sensitive neural pathways, whereas this endocrine outflow may be controlled by parallel, redundant ODN-dependent and -independent mechanisms in female. FAU - Briski, Karen P AU - Briski KP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7648-1395 AD - School of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA, USA. FAU - Napit, Prabhat R AU - Napit PR AD - School of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA, USA. FAU - Alhamyani, Abdulrahman AU - Alhamyani A AD - School of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA, USA. FAU - Leprince, Jerome AU - Leprince J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7814-9927 AD - Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, Normandy University, INSERM U1239, PRIMACEN, Rouen, France. FAU - Mahmood, A S M Hasan AU - Mahmood ASMH AD - School of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - ASN Neuro JT - ASN neuro JID - 101507115 RN - 0 (diazepam binding inhibitor (33-50)) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - 9005-79-2 (Glycogen) RN - X4W3ENH1CV (Norepinephrine) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) RN - 0 (Hormones) SB - IM MH - Rats MH - Male MH - Animals MH - *Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Glycogen/metabolism MH - Norepinephrine/pharmacology MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - *Hypoglycemia/chemically induced/metabolism MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Hormones/metabolism/pharmacology PMC - PMC10196551 OTO - NOTNLM OT - AMPK OT - cyclo(1-8)[DLeu5]OP OT - insulin-induced hypoglycemia OT - neuronal nitric oxide synthase OT - octadecaneuropeptide OT - sex differences OT - ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus COIS- The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. EDAT- 2023/05/17 06:42 MHDA- 2023/05/18 06:42 PMCR- 2023/05/17 CRDT- 2023/05/17 03:42 PHST- 2023/05/18 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/17 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/17 03:42 [entrez] PHST- 2023/05/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177_17590914231167230 [pii] AID - 10.1177/17590914231167230 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ASN Neuro. 2023 Jan-Dec;15:17590914231167230. doi: 10.1177/17590914231167230.