Authors: Sinika Henschke, Hendrik Nolte, Judith Magoley, Tatjana Kleele, Claus Brandt, A. Christine Hausen, Claudia M. Wunderlich, Corinna A. Bauder, Philipp Aschauer, Suliana Manley, Thomas Langer, F. Thomas Wunderlich, Jens C. Brüning
Published: 2024-04-25
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Liver mitochondria play a central role in metabolic adaptations to changing nutritional states, yet their dynamic regulation upon anticipated changes in nutrient availability has remained unaddressed. Here, we found that sensory food perception rapidly induced mitochondrial fragmentation in the liver through protein kinase B/AKT (AKT)–dependent phosphorylation of serine 131 of the mitochondrial fission factor (MFFS131). This response was mediated by activation of hypothalamic pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)–expressing neurons. A nonphosphorylatable MFF