Disrupted erythropoietin signalling promotes obesity and alters hypothalamus proopiomelanocortin production

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Although erythropoietin (Epo) is the cytokine known to regulate erythropoiesis, erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) expression and associated activity beyond haematopoietic tissue remain uncertain. Here we show that mice with EpoR expression restricted to haematopoietic tissues (Tg) develop obesity and insulin resistance. Tg-mice exhibit a decrease in energy expenditure and an increase in white fat mass and adipocyte number. Conversely, Epo treatment of wild-type (WT)-mice increases energy expenditure and reduces food intake and fat mass accumulation but shows no effect in body weight of Tg-mice. EpoR is expressed at a high level in white adipose tissue and in the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons of the hypothalamus. Although Epo treatment in WT-mice induces the expression of the polypeptide hormone precursor, POMC, mice lacking EpoR show reduced levels of POMC in the hypothalamus. This study provides the first evidence that mice lacking EpoR in non-haematopoietic tissue become obese and insulin resistant with loss of Epo regulation of energy homeostasis. © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.

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Teng, R., Gavrilova, O., Suzuki, N., Chanturiya, T., Schimel, D., Hugendubler, L., … Noguchi, C. T. (2011). Disrupted erythropoietin signalling promotes obesity and alters hypothalamus proopiomelanocortin production. Nature Communications, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1526

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