Enteroendocrine cell types that drive food reward and aversion

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Abstract

Animals must learn through experience which foods are nutritious and should be consumed, and which are toxic and should be avoided. Enteroendocrine cells (EECs) are the prin-cipal chemosensors in the GI tract, but investigation of their role in behavior has been limited by the difficulty of selectively targeting these cells in vivo. Here, we describe an intersectional genetic approach for manipulating EEC subtypes in behaving mice. We show that multiple EEC subtypes inhibit food intake but have different effects on learning. Conditioned flavor preference is driven by release of cholecystokinin whereas conditioned taste aversion is mediated by serotonin and substance P. These positive and negative valence signals are transmitted by vagal and spinal affer-ents, respectively. These findings establish a cellular basis for how chemosensing in the gut drives learning about food.

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Bai, L., Sivakumar, N., Yu, S., Mesgarzadeh, S., Ding, T., Ly, T., … Knight, Z. A. (2022). Enteroendocrine cell types that drive food reward and aversion. ELife, 11. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74964

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