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Ciliary gene RPGRIP1L is required for hypothalamic arcuate neuron development
Liheng Wang, … , Rudolph L. Leibel, George Stratigopoulos
Liheng Wang, … , Rudolph L. Leibel, George Stratigopoulos
Published February 7, 2019
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2019;4(3):e123337. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.123337.
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Research Article Metabolism Neuroscience

Ciliary gene RPGRIP1L is required for hypothalamic arcuate neuron development

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Abstract

Intronic polymorphisms in the α-ketoglutarate–dependent dioxygenase gene (FTO) that are highly associated with increased body weight have been implicated in the transcriptional control of a nearby ciliary gene, retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator-interacting protein-1 like (RPGRIP1L). Previous studies have shown that congenital Rpgrip1l hypomorphism in murine proopiomelanocortin (Pomc) neurons causes obesity by increasing food intake. Here, we show by congenital and adult-onset Rpgrip1l deletion in Pomc-expressing neurons that the hyperphagia and obesity are likely due to neurodevelopmental effects that are characterized by a reduction in the Pomc/Neuropeptide Y (Npy) neuronal number ratio and marked increases in arcuate hypothalamic–paraventricular hypothalamic (ARH-PVH) axonal projections. Biallelic RPGRIP1L mutations result in fewer cilia-positive human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived (iPSC-derived) neurons and blunted responses to Sonic Hedgehog (SHH). Isogenic human ARH-like embryonic stem cell–derived (ESc-derived) neurons homozygous for the obesity-risk alleles at rs8050136 or rs1421085 have decreased RPGRIP1L expression and have lower numbers of POMC neurons. RPGRIP1L overexpression increases POMC cell number. These findings suggest that apparently functional intronic polymorphisms affect hypothalamic RPGRIP1L expression and impact development of POMC neurons and their derivatives, leading to hyperphagia and increased adiposity.

Authors

Liheng Wang, Alain J. De Solis, Yossef Goffer, Kathryn E. Birkenbach, Staci E. Engle, Ross Tanis, Jacob M. Levenson, Xueting Li, Richard Rausch, Manika Purohit, Jen-Yi Lee, Jerica Tan, Maria Caterina De Rosa, Claudia A. Doege, Holly L. Aaron, Gabriela J. Martins, Jens C. Brüning, Dieter Egli, Rui Costa, Nicolas Berbari, Rudolph L. Leibel, George Stratigopoulos

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