Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Brain Orexin Promotes Obesity Resistance
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Brain Orexin Promotes Obesity Resistance
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A. N. Acad;Sci;C. Kotz;J. Nixon;T. Butterick;C. Perez-Leighton;J. Teske;C. Billington
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A. N. Acad;Sci;C. Kotz;J. Nixon;T. Butterick;C. Perez-Leighton;J. Teske;C. Billington
Resistance to obesity is becoming an exception rather than the norm, and understanding mechanisms that lead some to remain lean in spite of an obesigenic environment is critical if we are to find new ways to reverse this trend. Levels of energy intake and physical activity both contribute to body weight management, but it is challenging for most to adopt major long-term changes in either factor. Physical activity outside of formal exercise, also referred to as activity of daily living, and in stricter form, spontaneous physical activity (SPA), may be an attractive modifiable variable for obesity prevention. In this review, we discuss individual variability in SPA and NEAT (nonexercise thermogenesis, or the energy expended by SPA) and its relationship to obesity resistance. The hypothalamic neuropeptide orexin (hypocretin) may play a key role in regulating SPA and NEAT. We discuss how elevated orexin signaling capacity, in the context of a brain network modulating SPA, may play a major role in defining individual variability in SPA and NEAT. Greater activation of this SPA network leads to a lower propensity for fat mass gain and therefore may be an attractive target for obesity prevention and therapy. Obesity and individual variability Obesity is a condition defined by a chronic excess of body fat 1 and is positively correlated with shorter life expectancy, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease. 2 Obesity has become a public health issue, as its incidence in adults and children has increased in the last two decades across both developed and underdeveloped societies. 3–5 Humans show large variation in their susceptibility to obesity, which is determined by both environmental and genetic factors. 6–9 A major factor in determining this variability is physical activity, and specifically a component of overall energy expenditure known as nonexercise induced thermogenesis (NEAT). 10–12 NEAT includes all forms of energy ex-Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Terms and Conditions set out at http://wiley onlinelibrary.com/onlineopen#OnlineOpen Terms penditure not associated with formal exercise, such as standing and fidgeting. 10,13–15 The complementary concept of spontaneous physical activity (SPA) is used to describe " any type of physical activity that does not qualify as voluntary exercise. " 16,17 Both SPA and NEAT have a heredability component. 17,18 SPA and NEAT are not interchangeable but are complementary concepts: NEAT refers to energy expenditure while SPA describes the types of physical activity that result in NEAT. …