Article ; Online: Appetite-regulating hormones modulate odor perception and odor-evoked activity in hypothalamus and olfactory cortices.
2023 Volume 48
Abstract: Odors guide food seeking, and food intake modulates olfactory function. This interaction is mediated by appetite-regulating hormones like ghrelin, insulin, and leptin, which alter activity in the rodent olfactory bulb, but their effects on downstream ... ...
Abstract | Odors guide food seeking, and food intake modulates olfactory function. This interaction is mediated by appetite-regulating hormones like ghrelin, insulin, and leptin, which alter activity in the rodent olfactory bulb, but their effects on downstream olfactory cortices have not yet been established in humans. The olfactory tract connects the olfactory bulb to the cortex through 3 main striae, terminating in the piriform cortex (PirC), amygdala (AMY), olfactory tubercule (OT), and anterior olfactory nucleus (AON). Here, we test the hypothesis that appetite-regulating hormones modulate olfactory processing in the endpoints of the olfactory tract and the hypothalamus. We collected odor-evoked functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) responses and plasma levels of ghrelin, insulin, and leptin from human subjects (n = 25) after a standardized meal. We found that a hormonal composite measure, capturing variance relating positively to insulin and negatively to ghrelin, correlated inversely with odor intensity ratings and fMRI responses to odorized vs. clean air in the hypothalamus, OT, and AON. No significant correlations were found with activity in PirC or AMY, the endpoints of the lateral stria. Exploratory whole-brain analyses revealed significant correlations near the diagonal band of Broca and parahippocampal gyrus. These results demonstrate that high (low) blood plasma concentrations of insulin (ghrelin) decrease perceived odor intensity and odor-evoked activity in the cortical targets of the medial and intermediate striae of the olfactory tract, as well as the hypothalamus. These findings expand our understanding of the cortical mechanisms by which metabolic hormones in humans modulate olfactory processing after a meal. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Odorants ; Leptin ; Ghrelin ; Appetite ; Olfactory Bulb/physiology ; Olfactory Cortex/physiology ; Hypothalamus ; Piriform Cortex/physiology ; Perception ; Insulins ; Olfactory Perception/physiology |
Chemical Substances | Leptin ; Ghrelin ; Insulins |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-10-05 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
ZDB-ID | 754122-3 |
ISSN | 1464-3553 ; 0379-864X |
ISSN (online) | 1464-3553 |
ISSN | 0379-864X |
DOI | 10.1093/chemse/bjad039 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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