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May, C.E., Rosander, J., Gottfried, J., Dennis, E., Dus, M. (2020). Dietary sugar inhibits satiation by decreasing the central processing of sweet taste.  eLife 9(): e54530.
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FBrf0245960
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Research paper
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From humans to vinegar flies, exposure to diets rich in sugar and fat lowers taste sensation, changes food choices, and promotes feeding. However, how these peripheral alterations influence eating is unknown. Here we used the genetically tractable organism D. melanogaster to define the neural mechanisms through which this occurs. We characterized a population of protocerebral anterior medial dopaminergic neurons (PAM DANs) that innervates the β'2 compartment of the mushroom body and responds to sweet taste. In animals fed a high sugar diet, the response of PAM-β'2 to sweet stimuli was reduced and delayed, and sensitive to the strength of the signal transmission out of the sensory neurons. We found that PAM-β'2 DANs activity controls feeding rate and satiation: closed-loop optogenetic activation of β'2 DANs restored normal eating in animals fed high sucrose. These data argue that diet-dependent alterations in taste weaken satiation by impairing the central processing of sensory signals.
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PMC7297538 (PMC) (EuropePMC)
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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Abbreviation
    eLife
    Title
    eLife
    ISBN/ISSN
    2050-084X
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