Viral infection drives the regulation of feeding behavior related genes in salmo salar
Muñoz, David (Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Oceanografía)
Fuentes, Ricardo (Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Biología Celular)
Carnicero, Beatriz (Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Oceanografía)
Aguilar, Andrea (Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Oceanografía)
Sanhueza, Nataly (Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Oceanografía)
San-Martin, Sergio (Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos)
Agurto, Cristina (Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos)
Donoso, Andrea (Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos)
Valdivia, Leonardo E. (Universidad Mayor. Center for Integrative Biology)
Miguez, Jesús M. (Universidade de Vigo. Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional e Ciencias de la Salud)
Tort Bardolet, Lluís (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)
Boltana, Sebastian (Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Oceanografía)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	The feeding behavior in fish is a complex activity that relies on the ability of the brain to integrate multiple signals to produce appropriate responses in terms of food intake, energy ex-penditure, and metabolic activity. Upon stress cues including viral infection or mediators such as the proinflammatory cytokines, prostaglandins, and cortisol, both Pomc and Npy/Agrp neurons from the hypothalamus are stimulated, thus triggering a response that controls both energy storage and expenditure. However, how appetite modulators or neuro-immune cues link pathogenesis and energy homeostasis in fish remains poorly understood. Here, we provide the first evidence of a molecular linkage between inflammation and food intake in Salmon salar. We show that in vivo viral challenge with infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) impacts food consumption by activating anorexic genes such as mc4r, crf, and pomcb and 5-HT in the brain of S. salar. At the molecular level, viral infection induces an overall reduction in lipid content in the liver, favoring the production of AA and EPA associated with the increment of elovl2 gene. In addition, infection upregulates leptin signaling and inhibits insulin signaling. These changes are accompanied by a robust inflammatory response represented by the increment of Il-1b, Il-6, Tnfa, and Pge2 as well as an increased cortisol level in vivo. Thus, we propose a model in which hypothalamic neurons respond to inflammatory cytokines and stress-related molecules and interact with appetite induction/inhibition. These findings provide evidence of crosstalk between pathogenesis-driven inflammation and hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenocortical axes in stress-induced food intake behavior in fish.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Feeding behavior ; Lipid metabolism ; Inflammation ; Infection
Published in:	International journal of molecular sciences, Vol. 22, Issue 21 (October 2021) , art. 11391, ISSN 1422-0067

DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111391
PMID: 34768822

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