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. 2022 Jun;16(3):1246-1251.
doi: 10.1007/s11682-021-00600-x. Epub 2022 Jan 3.

Serotonin transporter is negatively associated with body mass index after glucose loading in humans

Kyoungjune Pak  1 , Keunyoung Kim  2 , Seongho Seo  3 , Myung Jun Lee  4 , In Joo Kim  2
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Serotonin transporter is negatively associated with body mass index after glucose loading in humans

Kyoungjune Pak et al. Brain Imaging Behav. 2022 Jun.

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Abstract

Serotonin transporter (SERT) is a presynaptically localized membrane protein that regulates the serotonin transmission via its reuptake of released serotonin. We hypothesized that glucose loading may change SERT availability from brainstem in humans. An intravenous bolus injection of 18F-FP-CIT was administered after the infusion of glucose or placebo (normal saline), and the emission data were acquired over 90 mins in 33 healthy nonobese subjects. For a volume-of-interest-based analysis, an atlas involving midbrain, and pons was applied. SERT availability, binding potential (BPND), were measured via the simplified reference tissue method with a reference of cerebellum. For a voxel-based analysis, statistical parametric mapping 12 was used with parametric BPND images. BPNDs from midbrain (p=0.8937), and pons (p=0.1115) were not different between glucose and placebo loading. Both of BPNDs from midbrain after glucose, and placebo loading were negatively correlated with body mass index (BMI). BMI showed a trend of negative correlation with glucose-loaded BPND from pons, whereas, placebo-loaded BPNDs from pons did not show any significant association with BMI. In conclusion, SERT availability was negatively correlated with BMI after glucose loading in humans. SERT might have a role in eating behavior through the action of insulin. Further studies are needed to elucidate the underlying mechanism of this phenomenon.

Keywords: Glucose; Obesity; Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins.

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