HPA Axis-Dependent Visceral Adipose tissue and brain changes in IBS and related

$191,772P50FY2015DKNIH

University Of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA

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Abstract

This proposal is based on extensive preclinical and clinical evidence supporting complex interactions between alterations in the stress response system reactivity, visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and brain structural and functional changes that might be related to gastrointestinal symptoms and IBS pathophysiology. Using an interdisciplinary translational approach, we will test the hypothesis that increased VAT related to hyperactivity of the HPA axis, is associated with changes in brain morphometry with sex related differences in these alterations. We will adress the following specific aims: Aim A will correlate changes between visceral adiposity, HPA axis activity and regional brain morphology in a rodent model of chronic unpredictable stress in adult male and female rats. Aim B will characterize the role of visceral fat products in stress-induced changes in the HPA axis and brain structural and functional changes in male and female rodents. Aim C will study sex differences in the correlation between HPA overactivity, VAT and adipokines in CRF-OE mice as a model of chronic alterations of stress, genetically driven by CRF since early life, Aim D will correlate HPA axis with VAT accumulation and circulating adipokines to regional brain structural and resting state functional changes in male and female IBS patients. We will employ several novel methodologies and state-of-the-art technologies in many aspects of this application, including rodent brain MRI, multimodal brain imaging in humans, and quantitative MRI-or CT based VAT assessment methods in rodents and humans. Transgenic animals will be used to test the specific role of adipokines and of the CRF/CRFR1 signaling pathways in this system. The use of rodent models and human studies in this project are complementary and related to project 1 which characterizes HPA axis dysregulation in IBS patients and to Project 3 which uses multimodal brain imaging, advanced mathematical modeling/systems biological approaches to identify IBS patients subtypes based on distinct endophenotype clusters. The results of the proposed preclinical and clinical studies should be able to unequivocally address the main hypotheses on the pathophysiological role of excessive VAT accumulation and brain changes and relationship to IBS.

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