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Src Homology 3-Domain Growth Factor Receptor-Bound 2-Like (Endophilin) Interacting Protein 1, a Novel Neuronal Protein that Regulates Energy Balance

Metabolic Research Unit (J.T., K.W., V.F., L.K.-B., J.M., A.C., S.L., K.B., M.P., R.F., K.W., G.R.C.), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, and ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (K.W., G.R.C.), Waurn Ponds 3217, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine (G.J.M., M.W.S.), Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104; and Pennington Biomedical Research Center (J.T.), Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Ken Walder, Metabolic Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3217, Victoria, Australia. E-mail: walder{at}deakin.edu.au.

To identify genes involved in the central regulation of energy balance, we compared hypothalamic mRNA from lean and obese Psammomys obesus, a polygenic model of obesity, using differential display PCR. One mRNA transcript was observed to be elevated in obese, and obese diabetic, P. obesus compared with lean animals and was subsequently found to be increased 4-fold in the hypothalamus of lethal yellow agouti (A^y/a) mice, a murine model of obesity and diabetes. Intracerebroventricular infusion of antisense oligonucleotide targeted to this transcript selectively suppressed its hypothalamic mRNA levels and resulted in loss of body weight in both P. obesus and Sprague Dawley rats. Reductions in body weight were mediated by profoundly reduced food intake without a concomitant reduction in metabolic rate. Yeast two-hybrid screening, and confirmation in mammalian cells by bioluminescence resonance energy transfer analysis, demonstrated that the protein it encodes interacts with endophilins, mediators of synaptic vesicle recycling and receptor endocytosis in the brain. We therefore named this transcript Src homology 3-domain growth factor receptor-bound 2-like (endophilin) interacting protein 1 (SGIP1). SGIP1 encodes a large proline-rich protein that is expressed predominantly in the brain and is highly conserved between species. Together these data suggest that SGIP1 is an important and novel member of the group of neuronal molecules required for the regulation of energy homeostasis.

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