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A dorsal hippocampus-prodynorphinergic dorsolateral septum-to-lateral hypothalamus circuit mediates contextual gating of feeding

Travis Goode,J. Alipio,Antoine Besnard,Devesh Pathak,Michael D. Kritzer-Cheren,Ain Chung,Xin Duan,Amar Sahay

Published 2024 in bioRxiv

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Adaptive regulation of feeding depends on linkage of internal states and food outcomes with contextual cues. Human brain imaging has identified dysregulation of a hippocampal-lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) network in binge eating, but mechanistic instantiation of underlying cell-types and circuitry is lacking. Here, we identify an evolutionary conserved and discrete Prodynorphin (Pdyn)-expressing subpopulation of Somatostatin (Sst)-expressing inhibitory neurons in the dorsolateral septum (DLS) that receives primarily dorsal, but not ventral, hippocampal inputs. DLS(Pdyn) neurons inhibit LHA GABAergic neurons and confer context- and internal state-dependent calibration of feeding. Viral deletion of Pdyn in the DLS mimicked effects seen with optogenetic silencing of DLS Pdyn INs, suggesting a potential role for DYNORPHIN-KAPPA OPIOID RECEPTOR signaling in contextual regulation of food-seeking. Together, our findings illustrate how the dorsal hippocampus has evolved to recruit an ancient LHA feeding circuit module through Pdyn DLS inhibitory neurons to link contextual information with regulation of food consumption. HIGHLIGHTS DLS(Pdyn) neurons receive dense input from the dorsal but not ventral hippocampus DLS(Pdyn) neurons inhibit GABAergic neurons in the LHA Silencing dorsal hippocampus-DLS(Pdyn)-LHA circuit nodes abolishes context-conditioned feeding Pdyn in the DLS is necessary for context-conditioned feeding

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