Food perception liver phosphoproteome induced by caged food and POMC neuron activation

Liver mitochondria play a central role in metabolic adaptations to changing nutritional states, yet their dynamic regulation upon anticipated changes in energy state has remained unaddressed. Here, we show that sensory food perception rapidly induces mitochondrial fission in the liver via protein kinase B/AKT-dependent phosphorylation of serine 131 of the Mitochondrial fission factor (MFFS131), and this response is mediated via activation of hypothalamic Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-expressing neurons. A non-phosphorylatable MFFS131G knock-in mutation abrogates AKT-induced mitochondrial fragmentation in vitro. In vivo, MFFS131G knock-in mice display altered liver mitochondrial dynamics upon food perception and refeeding and impaired insulin stimulated suppression of gluconeogenesis. Collectively, we reveal a critical role for rapid activation of a hypothalamic/liver axis to adapt mitochondrial function to anticipated changes of nutritional state in control of hepatic glucose metabolism. The repository contains two LC-MS/MS datasets aiming for the detection of phosphorylated peptides. a) POMC neuron activation and b) time course experiment of fasted, refed and caged food. We assumed that due to the short time (30 min max) that the total protein level remain unchanged.