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Cano G, Hernan SL, Sved AF. Centrally Projecting Edinger-Westphal Nucleus in the Control of Sympathetic Outflow and Energy Homeostasis. Brain Sci 2021; 11:1005. [PMID: 34439626 PMCID: PMC8392615 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11081005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The centrally projecting Edinger-Westphal nucleus (EWcp) is a midbrain neuronal group, adjacent but segregated from the preganglionic Edinger-Westphal nucleus that projects to the ciliary ganglion. The EWcp plays a crucial role in stress responses and in maintaining energy homeostasis under conditions that require an adjustment of energy expenditure, by virtue of modulating heart rate and blood pressure, thermogenesis, food intake, and fat and glucose metabolism. This modulation is ultimately mediated by changes in the sympathetic outflow to several effector organs, including the adrenal gland, heart, kidneys, brown and white adipose tissues and pancreas, in response to environmental conditions and the animal's energy state, providing for appropriate energy utilization. Classic neuroanatomical studies have shown that the EWcp receives inputs from forebrain regions involved in these functions and projects to presympathetic neuronal populations in the brainstem. Transneuronal tracing with pseudorabies virus has demonstrated that the EWcp is connected polysynaptically with central circuits that provide sympathetic innervation to all these effector organs that are critical for stress responses and energy homeostasis. We propose that EWcp integrates multimodal signals (stress, thermal, metabolic, endocrine, etc.) and modulates the sympathetic output simultaneously to multiple effector organs to maintain energy homeostasis under different conditions that require adjustments of energy demands.
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- Georgina Cano
- Department of Neuroscience, A210 Langley Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; (S.L.H.); (A.F.S.)
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Serova LI, Hansson E, Sabban EL. Effect of intranasal administration of neuropeptide Y and single prolonged stress on food consumption and body weight in male rats. Neuropeptides 2020; 82:102060. [PMID: 32600666 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2020.102060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Emerging evidence indicates that intranasal delivery of neuropeptide Y (NPY) to the brain has therapeutic potential for management of stress-triggered neuropsychiatric disorders. Here we aimed to determine how intranasal administration of NPY, either before or immediately after, traumatic stress in single prolonged stress (SPS) rodent model of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) impacts food consumption and body weight. SPS stressors suppressed food consumption for at least two days in the vehicle-treated animals. When given prior to SPS stressors, intranasal NPY prevented the SPS-elicited reduction in food intake only for several hours afterwards. When given after the SPS stressors, under conditions shown to prevent behavioral and biochemical impairments, intranasal NPY had no effect on food intake. Although all groups showed circadian variation, the SPS-exposed rats ate less than unstressed animals during the dark (active) phase. Seven days after exposure to SPS stressors, there were no differences in food intake, although body weight was still lower than unstressed controls in all the experimental groups. Thus, traumatic stress has pronounced effect on food consumption during the rodent's active phase, and a prolonged effect on body weight. Single intranasal infusion of NPY, which was previously shown to prevent development of several PTSD associated behavioral and neuroendocrine impairments, did not elicit prolonged changes in stress triggered food consumption nor regulation of body weight.
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- Lidia I Serova
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA.
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Dedic N, Chen A, Deussing JM. The CRF Family of Neuropeptides and their Receptors - Mediators of the Central Stress Response. Curr Mol Pharmacol 2018; 11:4-31. [PMID: 28260504 PMCID: PMC5930453 DOI: 10.2174/1874467210666170302104053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background: Dysregulated stress neurocircuits, caused by genetic and/or environmental changes, underlie the development of many neuropsychiatric disorders. Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is the major physiological activator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and conse-quently a primary regulator of the mammalian stress response. Together with its three family members, urocortins (UCNs) 1, 2, and 3, CRF integrates the neuroendocrine, autonomic, metabolic and behavioral responses to stress by activating its cognate receptors CRFR1 and CRFR2. Objective: Here we review the past and current state of the CRF/CRFR field, ranging from pharmacologi-cal studies to genetic mouse models and virus-mediated manipulations. Results: Although it is well established that CRF/CRFR1 signaling mediates aversive responses, includ-ing anxiety and depression-like behaviors, a number of recent studies have challenged this viewpoint by revealing anxiolytic and appetitive properties of specific CRF/CRFR1 circuits. In contrast, the UCN/CRFR2 system is less well understood and may possibly also exert divergent functions on physiol-ogy and behavior depending on the brain region, underlying circuit, and/or experienced stress conditions. Conclusion: A plethora of available genetic tools, including conventional and conditional mouse mutants targeting CRF system components, has greatly advanced our understanding about the endogenous mecha-nisms underlying HPA system regulation and CRF/UCN-related neuronal circuits involved in stress-related behaviors. Yet, the detailed pathways and molecular mechanisms by which the CRF/UCN-system translates negative or positive stimuli into the final, integrated biological response are not completely un-derstood. The utilization of future complementary methodologies, such as cell-type specific Cre-driver lines, viral and optogenetic tools will help to further dissect the function of genetically defined CRF/UCN neurocircuits in the context of adaptive and maladaptive stress responses.
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- Nina Dedic
- Department of Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr, 2-10, 80804 Munich. Germany
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- Department of Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr, 2-10, 80804 Munich. Germany
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- Department of Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr, 2-10, 80804 Munich. Germany
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Abtahi S, Mirza A, Howell E, Currie PJ. Ghrelin enhances food intake and carbohydrate oxidation in a nitric oxide dependent manner. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 250:9-14. [PMID: 28552460 PMCID: PMC6885356 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the present study we sought to investigate interactions between hypothalamic nitric oxide (NO) and ghrelin signaling on food intake and energy substrate utilization as measured by the respiratory exchange ratio (RER). Guide cannulae were unilaterally implanted in either the arcuate (ArcN) or paraventricular (PVN) nuclei of male Sprague-Dawley rats. Animals were pretreated with subcutaneous (2.5-10mg/kg/ml) or central (0-100pmol) N-nitro-l-Arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) followed by 50pmol of ghrelin administered into either the ArcN or PVN. Both l-NAME and ghrelin were microinjected at the onset of the active cycle and food intake and RER were assessed 2h postinjection. RER was measured as the ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide expelled relative to the volume of oxygen consumed (VCO2/VO2) using an open-circuit indirect calorimeter. Our results demonstrated that peripheral and central l-NAME pretreatment dose-dependently attenuated ghrelin induced increases in food intake and RER in either the ArcN or PVN. In fact the 100pmol dose largely reversed the metabolic effects of ghrelin in both anatomical regions. These findings suggest that ghrelin enhancement of food intake and carbohydrate oxidation in the rat ArcN and PVN is NO-dependent.
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- Shayan Abtahi
- Department of Psychology, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA.
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Barna J, Renner E, Arszovszki A, Cservenák M, Kovács Z, Palkovits M, Dobolyi A. Suckling induced activation pattern in the brain of rat pups. Nutr Neurosci 2017; 21:317-327. [PMID: 28185482 DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.2017.1286446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to understand the effects of suckling on the brain of the pups by mapping their brain activation pattern in response to suckling. METHODS The c-fos method was applied to identify activated neurons. Fasted rat pups were returned to their mothers for suckling and sacrificed 2 hours later for Fos immunohistochemistry. Double labeling was also performed to characterize some of the activated neurons. For comparison, another group of fasted pups were given dry food before Fos mapping. RESULTS After suckling, we found an increase in the number of Fos-immunoreactive neurons in the insular and somatosensory cortices, central amygdaloid nucleus (CAm), paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic hypothalamic nuclei, lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPB), nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), and the area postrema. Double labeling experiments demonstrated the activation of calcitonin gene-related peptide-ir (CGRP-ir) neurons in the LPB, corticotropin-releasing hormone-ir (CRH-ir) but not oxytocin-ir neurons in the PVN, and noradrenergic neurons in the NTS. In the CAm, Fos-ir neurons did not contain CRH but were apposed to CGRP-ir fiber terminals. Refeeding with dry food-induced Fos activation in all brain areas activated by suckling. The degree of activation was higher following dry food consumption than suckling in the insular cortex, and lower in the supraoptic nucleus and the NTS. Furthermore, the accumbens, arcuate, and dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei, and the lateral hypothalamic area, which were not activated by suckling, showed activation by dry food. DISCUSSION Neurons in a number of brain areas are activated during suckling, and may participate in the signaling of satiety, taste perception, reward, food, and salt balance regulation.
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- János Barna
- a Laboratory of Neuromorphology, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology , Semmelweis University , Budapest , Hungary
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- b MTA-SOTE NAP_A Human Brain Tissue Bank and Laboratory, Semmelweis University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest , Hungary
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- c MTA-ELTE NAP_B Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology , Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest , Hungary
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- a Laboratory of Neuromorphology, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology , Semmelweis University , Budapest , Hungary.,c MTA-ELTE NAP_B Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology , Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest , Hungary
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- d Department of Zoology , University of West Hungary, Savaria Campus , Szombathely , Hungary
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- b MTA-SOTE NAP_A Human Brain Tissue Bank and Laboratory, Semmelweis University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest , Hungary
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- a Laboratory of Neuromorphology, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology , Semmelweis University , Budapest , Hungary.,c MTA-ELTE NAP_B Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology , Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest , Hungary
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Yakabi K, Harada Y, Takayama K, Ro S, Ochiai M, Iizuka S, Hattori T, Wang L, Taché Y. Peripheral α2-β1 adrenergic interactions mediate the ghrelin response to brain urocortin 1 in rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2014; 50:300-10. [PMID: 25265283 PMCID: PMC5942202 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The autonomic nervous system (ANS) conveys neuronal input from the brain to the stomach. We investigated mechanisms through which urocortin 1 (UCN1) injected intracerebroventricularly (ICV, 300 pmol/rat) inhibits circulating ghrelin in rats. This was achieved by assessing (1) the induction of c-fos gene expression as a marker of neuronal activation in specific hypothalamic and caudal brainstem regulating ANS; (2) the influence of vagotomy and pharmacological blockade of central and peripheral α- and β-adrenergic receptor (AR) on ICV UCN1-induced reduction of plasma ghrelin levels (determined by ELISA); and (3) the relevance of this pathway in the feeding response to a fast in rats. UCN1 increased c-fos mRNA expression in key brain sites influencing sympathetic activity namely the hypothalamic paraventricular and ventromedial nuclei, locus coeruleus, nucleus of the solitary tract, and rostral ventrolateral medulla, by 16-, 29-, 6-, 37-, and 13-fold, respectively. In contrast, the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus had little c-fos mRNA expression and ICV UCN1 induced a similar reduction in acylated ghrelin in the sham-operated (31%) and vagotomized (41%) rats. An intraperitoneal (IP) injection of either a non-selective α- or selective α2-AR antagonist reduced, while a selective α2-AR agonist enhanced ICV UCN1-induced suppression of plasma acylated ghrelin levels. In addition, IP injection of a non-selective β- or selective β1-AR agonist blocked, and selective β1-AR antagonist augmented, the ghrelin response to ICV UCN1. The IP injections of a selective α1- or non-selective β or β2-AR antagonists, or any of the pretreatments given ICV had no effect. ICV UCN1 reduced the 2-h food intake in response to a fast by 80%, and this effect was partially prevented by a selective α2-AR antagonist. These data suggest that ICV UCN1 reduces plasma ghrelin mainly through the brain sympathetic component of the ANS and peripheral AR specifically α2-AR activation and inactivation of β1-AR. The α2-AR pathway contributes to the associated reduction in food intake.
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- Koji Yakabi
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama 3508550, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama 3508550, Japan; Tsumura Research Laboratories, Tsumura & Co., Ibaraki 3001192, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama 3508550, Japan; Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University School of Health Sciences, Gunma 3718511, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama 3508550, Japan; Central Research Laboratories, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Chiba 2990111, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama 3508550, Japan
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- Tsumura Research Laboratories, Tsumura & Co., Ibaraki 3001192, Japan
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- Tsumura Research Laboratories, Tsumura & Co., Ibaraki 3001192, Japan
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- CURE/Digestive Diseases Center and Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division, University of California at Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, CA 90078, USA
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- CURE/Digestive Diseases Center and Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division, University of California at Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, CA 90078, USA
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Mace JD, Tachibana T, Wang G, Newmyer BA, Guilliams E, Gilbert ER, Cline MA. Substance P is associated with hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus activation that coincides with increased urotensin 2 mRNA in chicks. Neuropeptides 2014; 48:305-11. [PMID: 25005752 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Exogenous administration of substance P (SP) exerts anorexigenic effects in both chicks and rats, but the central mechanism mediating this response is poorly understood. Therefore, this study was designed to elucidate mechanisms of SP-induced anorexia using chicks as models. Chicks that received intracerebroventricular (ICV) injections of SP dose-dependably reduced their food intake with no effect on water intake. Next, the diencephalon was isolated from SP-injected chicks and mRNA expression of neuropeptide Y (NPY), corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), urocortin 3 (UCN 3) and CRF receptors were measured but were not affected. When measured in the hypothalamus, mRNA abundance of these and NPY receptors, urotensin 2 (UTS2) and melanocortin receptor 4 (MCR4) were not affected by SP-injection. Quantification of c-Fos immunoreactivity in appetite-associated hypothalamic nuclei demonstrated that the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) was activated in SP-injected chicks. Finally, in the PVN isolated from SP-injected chicks, there was increased expression of UTS2 mRNA while CRF and UCN3 were not affected. Thus, the anorexigenic effects of SP appear to be mediated by PVN activation and may involve UTS2.
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- Jacob D Mace
- The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
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Magableh A, Lundy R. Somatostatin and corticotrophin releasing hormone cell types are a major source of descending input from the forebrain to the parabrachial nucleus in mice. Chem Senses 2014; 39:673-82. [PMID: 25086873 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bju038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The pontine parabrachial nucleus (PBN) receives substantial descending input from higher order forebrain regions that exerts inhibitory and excitatory influences on taste-evoked responses. Somatostatin (Sst) and corticotrophin releasing hormone (Crh) reporter mice were used in conjunction with injection of the retrograde tracer CTb-488 into the caudal PBN to determine the extent to which Sst and Crh cell types contribute to the descending pathways originating in the lateral hypothalamus (LH), central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA), bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), and insular cortex (IC). Five to 7 days following injections, the animals were euthanized and tissue sections prepared for confocal microscopy. Crh cell types in each forebrain site except IC project to the PBN with the greatest percentage originating in the BNST. For Sst cell types, the largest percentage of double-labeled cells was found in the CeA followed by the BNST. Few retrogradely labeled cells in the LH coexpressed Sst, whereas no double-labeled cells were observed in IC. The present results suggest that Sst and Crh cell types are a substantial component of the descending pathways from the amygdala and/or BNST to the PBN and are positioned to exert neuromodulatory effects on central taste processing.
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- Ali Magableh
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Stengel A, Taché Y. CRF and urocortin peptides as modulators of energy balance and feeding behavior during stress. Front Neurosci 2014; 8:52. [PMID: 24672423 PMCID: PMC3957495 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Early on, corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), a hallmark brain peptide mediating many components of the stress response, was shown to affect food intake inducing a robust anorexigenic response when injected into the rodent brain. Subsequently, other members of the CRF signaling family have been identified, namely urocortin (Ucn) 1, Ucn 2, and Ucn 3 which were also shown to decrease food intake upon central or peripheral injection. However, the kinetics of feeding suppression was different with an early decrease following intracerebroventricular injection of CRF and a delayed action of Ucns contrasting with the early onset after systemic injection. CRF and Ucns bind to two distinct G-protein coupled membrane receptors, the CRF1 and CRF2. New pharmacological tools such as highly selective peptide CRF1 or CRF2 agonists or antagonists along with genetic knock-in or knock-out models have allowed delineating the primary role of CRF2 involved in the anorexic response to exogenous administration of CRF and Ucns. Several stressors trigger behavioral changes including suppression of feeding behavior which are mediated by brain CRF receptor activation. The present review will highlight the state-of-knowledge on the effects and mechanisms of action of CRF/Ucns-CRF1/2 signaling under basal conditions and the role in the alterations of food intake in response to stress.
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- Andreas Stengel
- Division of General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin, Germany
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Women's Health, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care SystemLos Angeles, CA, USA
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Salivary peptide tyrosine-tyrosine 3-36 modulates ingestive behavior without inducing taste aversion. J Neurosci 2014; 33:18368-80. [PMID: 24259562 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1064-13.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Hormone peptide tyrosine-tyrosine (PYY) is secreted into circulation from the gut L-endocrine cells in response to food intake, thus inducing satiation during interaction with its preferred receptor, Y2R. Clinical applications of systemically administered PYY for the purpose of reducing body weight were compromised as a result of the common side effect of visceral sickness. We describe here a novel approach of elevating PYY in saliva in mice, which, although reliably inducing strong anorexic responses, does not cause aversive reactions. The augmentation of salivary PYY activated forebrain areas known to mediate feeding, hunger, and satiation while minimally affecting brainstem chemoreceptor zones triggering nausea. By comparing neuronal pathways activated by systemic versus salivary PYY, we identified a metabolic circuit associated with Y2R-positive cells in the oral cavity and extending through brainstem nuclei into hypothalamic satiety centers. The discovery of this alternative circuit that regulates ingestive behavior without inducing taste aversion may open the possibility of a therapeutic application of PYY for the treatment of obesity via direct oral application.
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Schwartz GJ, Zeltser LM. Functional organization of neuronal and humoral signals regulating feeding behavior. Annu Rev Nutr 2013; 33:1-21. [PMID: 23642202 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071812-161125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Energy homeostasis--ensuring that energy availability matches energy requirements--is essential for survival. One way that energy balance is achieved is through coordinated action of neural and neuroendocrine feeding circuits, which promote energy intake when energy supply is limited. Feeding behavior engages multiple somatic and visceral tissues distributed throughout the body--contraction of skeletal and smooth muscles in the head and along the upper digestive tract required to consume and digest food, as well as stimulation of endocrine and exocrine secretions from a wide range of organs. Accordingly, neurons that contribute to feeding behaviors are localized to central, peripheral, and enteric nervous systems. To promote energy balance, feeding circuits must be able to identify and respond to energy requirements, as well as the amount of energy available from internal and external sources, and then direct appropriate coordinated responses throughout the body.
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- Gary J Schwartz
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Purser MJ, Dalvi PS, Wang ZC, Belsham DD. The cytokine ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) activates hypothalamic urocortin-expressing neurons both in vitro and in vivo. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61616. [PMID: 23626705 PMCID: PMC3633986 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) induces neurogenesis, reduces feeding, and induces weight loss. However, the central mechanisms by which CNTF acts are vague. We employed the mHypoE-20/2 line that endogenously expresses the CNTF receptor to examine the direct effects of CNTF on mRNA levels of urocortin-1, urocortin-2, agouti-related peptide, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and neurotensin. We found that treatment of 10 ng/ml CNTF significantly increased only urocortin-1 mRNA by 1.84-fold at 48 h. We then performed intracerebroventricular injections of 0.5 mg/mL CNTF into mice, and examined its effects on urocortin-1 neurons post-exposure. Through double-label immunohistochemistry using specific antibodies against c-Fos and urocortin-1, we showed that central CNTF administration significantly activated urocortin-1 neurons in specific areas of the hypothalamus. Taken together, our studies point to a potential role for CNTF in regulating hypothalamic urocortin-1-expressing neurons to mediate its recognized effects on energy homeostasis, neuronal proliferaton/survival, and/or neurogenesis.
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- Matthew J. Purser
- Department of Physiology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Departments of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Medicine, University of Toronto and Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Currie PJ, Coiro CD, Duenas R, Guss JL, Mirza A, Tal N. Urocortin I inhibits the effects of ghrelin and neuropeptide Y on feeding and energy substrate utilization. Brain Res 2012; 1385:127-34. [PMID: 21303672 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.01.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2010] [Revised: 01/29/2011] [Accepted: 01/31/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The corticotropin releasing hormone-related ligand, urocortin-I (UcnI), suppresses food intake when injected into multiple hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic areas. UcnI also alters energy substrate utilization, specifically via enhanced fat oxidation as reflected in reductions in respiratory quotient (RQ). In the present study we compared the feeding and metabolic effects of ghrelin and NPY following pretreatment with UcnI. Direct PVN injections of NPY (50 pmol) and ghrelin (50 pmol) were orexigenic while UcnI (10-40 pmol) reliably suppressed food intake. Both ghrelin and NPY increased RQ, indicating enhanced utilization of carbohydrates and the preservation of fat stores. UcnI alone suppressed RQ responses. PVN UcnI attenuated the effects of both ghrelin and NPY on food intake and energy substrate utilization. While ghrelin (5 pmol) potentiated the effect of NPY (25 pmol) on RQ and food intake, these responses were inhibited by pretreatment with UcnI (10 pmol). In conclusion, PVN NPY and ghrelin stimulate eating and promote carbohydrate oxidation while inhibiting fat utilization. These effects are blocked by UcnI which alone suppresses appetite and promotes fat oxidation. Overall these findings are consistent with a possible interactive role of PVN NPY, ghrelin and urocortin in the modulation of appetite and energy metabolism.
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- Paul J Currie
- Department of Psychology, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202, USA.
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Taksande BG, Kotagale NR, Nakhate KT, Mali PD, Kokare DM, Hirani K, Subhedar NK, Chopde CT, Ugale RR. Agmatine in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus stimulates feeding in rats: involvement of neuropeptide Y. Br J Pharmacol 2011; 164:704-18. [PMID: 21564088 PMCID: PMC3188911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01484.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Revised: 04/02/2011] [Accepted: 05/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Agmatine, a multifaceted neurotransmitter, is abundantly expressed in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Our aim was to assess (i) the effect of agmatine on feeding behaviour and (ii) its association, if any, with neuropeptide Y (NPY). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Satiated rats fitted with intra-PVN cannulae were administered agmatine, alone or jointly with (i) α₂-adrenoceptor agonist, clonidine, or antagonist, yohimbine; (ii) NPY, NPY Y₁ receptor agonist, [Leu³¹, Pro³⁴]-NPY, or antagonist, BIBP3226; or (iii) yohimbine and NPY. Cumulative food intake was monitored at different post-injection time points. Furthermore, the expression of hypothalamic NPY following i.p. treatment with agmatine, alone or in combination with yohimbine (i.p.), was evaluated by immunocytochemistry. KEY RESULTS Agmatine robustly increased feeding in a dose-dependent manner. While pretreatment with clonidine augmented, yohimbine attenuated the orexigenic response to agmatine. Similarly, NPY and [Leu³¹, Pro³⁴]-NPY potentiated the agmatine-induced hyperphagia, whereas BIBP3226 inhibited it. Moreover, yohimbine attenuated the synergistic orexigenic effect induced by the combination of NPY and agmatine. Agmatine increased NPY immunoreactivity in the PVN fibres and in the cells of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) and this effect was prevented by pretreatment with yohimbine. NPY immunoreactivity in the fibres of the ARC, dorsomedial, ventromedial and lateral nuclei of the hypothalamus was not affected by any of the above treatments. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS The orexigenic effect of agmatine is coupled to increased NPY activity mediated by stimulation of α₂-adrenoceptors within the PVN. This signifies the importance of agmatine or α₂-adrenoceptor modulators in the development of novel therapeutic agents to treat feeding-related disorders.
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- BG Taksande
- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Pharmacology, Shrimati Kishoritai Bhoyar College of PharmacyNew Kamptee, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Pharmacology, Shrimati Kishoritai Bhoyar College of PharmacyNew Kamptee, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University CampusNagpur, Maharashtra, India
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- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Pharmacology, Shrimati Kishoritai Bhoyar College of PharmacyNew Kamptee, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University CampusNagpur, Maharashtra, India
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiami, FL, USA
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)Sutarwadi, Pashan, Pune, India
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- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Pharmacology, Shrimati Kishoritai Bhoyar College of PharmacyNew Kamptee, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Pharmacology, Shrimati Kishoritai Bhoyar College of PharmacyNew Kamptee, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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Dono LM, Currie PJ. The cannabinoid receptor CB₁ inverse agonist AM251 potentiates the anxiogenic activity of urocortin I in the basolateral amygdala. Neuropharmacology 2011; 62:192-9. [PMID: 21736884 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2011] [Revised: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The basolateral amygdala is reported to play an important role in the neural bases of emotional processing. Previous studies have shown that injections of urocortin I (UcnI) into the basolateral amygdala (BLA) elicit anxiety-like behaviors in animal models. The present study examined the anxiogenic effects of UcnI administered directly into the BLA of male Sprague-Dawley rats. UcnI was administered at doses of 0.1-10.0 pmol and rats were then placed in an elevated plus maze for 10 min. UcnI reliably decreased the percent time spent in the open arms of the elevated plus maze (EPM) as well as open arm entries. This effect was observed across all doses tested, indicating the induction of anxiety-like behavior. In separate groups of rats, the CB(1) inverse agonist AM251 was administered systemically (0.03-3.0 mg/kg IP) or directly into the BLA (0.25-25.0 pmol) and EPM performance assessed. Both routes of AM251 administration produced a reduction in open arm entries and in time spent in the open arms. Moreover, when rats were pretreated with AM251 either systemically or directly into the BLA, the anxiogenic effect of UcnI was potentiated. That is, co-administration of AM251 and UcnI produced a greater suppression of percent time spent in the open arms and open arm entries as compared to UcnI alone. Based on these findings, we propose that urocortin and endocannabinoid signaling are part of an integrated neural axis modulating anxiety states within the basolateral amygdala. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Anxiety and Depression'.
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- Lindsey M Dono
- Department of Psychology, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202, USA
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Increase of core temperature induced by corticotropin-releasing factor and urocortin: A comparative study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 165:191-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2010.07.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2009] [Revised: 06/23/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Toriya M, Maekawa F, Maejima Y, Onaka T, Fujiwara K, Nakagawa T, Nakata M, Yada T. Long-term infusion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor reduces food intake and body weight via a corticotrophin-releasing hormone pathway in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. J Neuroendocrinol 2010; 22:987-95. [PMID: 20561155 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been implicated in learning, depression and energy metabolism. However, the neuronal mechanisms underlying the effects of BDNF on energy metabolism remain unclear. The present study aimed to elucidate the neuronal pathways by which BDNF controls feeding behaviour and energy balance. Using an osmotic mini-pump, BDNF or control artificial cerebrospinal fluid was infused i.c.v. at the lateral ventricle or into the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) for 12 days. Intracerebroventricular BDNF up-regulated mRNA expression of corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) and urocortin in the PVN. TrkB, the receptor for BDNF, was expressed in the PVN neurones, including those containing CRH. Both i.c.v. and intra-PVN-administered BDNF decreased food intake and body weight. These effects of BDNF on food intake and body weight were counteracted by the co-administration of alpha-helical-CRH, an antagonist for the CRH and urocortin receptors CRH-R1/R2, and partly attenuated by a selective antagonist for CRH-R2 but not CRH-R1. Intracerebroventricular BDNF also decreased the subcutaneous and visceral fat mass, adipocyte size and serum triglyceride levels, which were all attenuated by alpha-helical-CRH. Furthermore, BDNF decreased the respiratory quotient and raised rectal temperature, which were counteracted by alpha-helical-CRH. These results indicate that the CRH-urocortin-CRH-R2 pathway in the PVN and connected areas mediates the long-term effects of BDNF to depress feeding and promote lipolysis.
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- M Toriya
- Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Physiology, Jichi Medical University, Shimostuke, Tochigi, Japan
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Wang C, Godar RJ, Billington CJ, Kotz CM. Chronic administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus reverses obesity induced by high-fat diet. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 298:R1320-32. [PMID: 20164202 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00844.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An acute injection of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) reduces body weight by decreasing feeding and increasing energy expenditure (EE), in animals on standard laboratory chow. Animals have divergent responses to a high-fat diet (HFD) exposure, with some developing obesity and others remaining lean. In the current study, we tested two hypotheses: 1) BDNF in the PVN reverses HFD-induced obesity, and 2) animals with higher body fat have a greater physiological response to BDNF than those with less body fat. Eighty-four 10-wk old rats were allowed HFD ad libitum for 9 wk and then prepared with bilateral PVN cannulas. Animals were then divided into tertiles based on their body fat rank: high, intermediate, and low (H, I, and L). Each group was further divided into 2 subgroups and then PVN injected with BDNF or control (artificial cerebrospinal fluid, aCSF) every other day for 3 wk. Energy intake (EI), body weight, and body composition were measured. At study's end, rats were killed to allow measurement of other metabolic indices. In parallel, another 12 rats were fed control diet (CD), PVN-cannulated and injected with aCSF. HFD exposure induced obesity, particularly in the H body fat group, with a significant increase in EI, body weight, fat mass, liver size, and serum glucose, triglycerides, insulin, and leptin. BDNF significantly reduced EI, body weight, body fat, lean mass, and serum metabolic indices. These BDNF effects were greatest in the H body fat group. These data indicate that BDNF reduced HFD-induced obesity and metabolic syndrome-like measures, and the animals with the most body fat had the most significant response to BDNF.
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- ChuanFeng Wang
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research Service (151), One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA.
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Panguluri S, Saggu S, Lundy R. Comparison of somatostatin and corticotrophin-releasing hormone immunoreactivity in forebrain neurons projecting to taste-responsive and non-responsive regions of the parabrachial nucleus in rat. Brain Res 2009; 1298:57-69. [PMID: 19699720 PMCID: PMC2769563 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.08.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2009] [Revised: 08/12/2009] [Accepted: 08/13/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Several forebrain areas have been shown to project to the parabrachial nucleus (PBN) and exert inhibitory and excitatory influences on taste processing. The neurochemicals by which descending forebrain inputs modulate neural taste-evoked responses remain to be established. This study investigated the existence of somatostatin (SS) and corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) in forebrain neurons that project to caudal regions of the PBN responsive to chemical stimulation of the anterior tongue as well as more rostral unresponsive regions. Retrograde tracer was iontophoretically or pressure ejected from glass micropipettes, and 7 days later the animals were euthanized for subsequent immunohistochemical processing for co-localization of tracer with SS and CRF in tissue sections containing the lateral hypothalamus (LH), central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA), bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), and insular cortex (IC). In each forebrain site, robust labeling of cells with distinguishable nuclei and short processes was observed for SS and CRF. The results indicate that CRF neurons in each forebrain site send projections throughout the rostral caudal extent of the PBN with a greater percentage terminating in regions rostral to the anterior tongue-responsive area. For SS, the percentage of double-labeled neurons was more forebrain site specific in that only BNST and CeA exhibited significant numbers of double-labeled neurons. Few retrogradely labeled cells in LH co-expressed SS, while no double-labeled cells were observed in IC. Again, tracer injections into rostral PBN resulted in a greater percentage of double-labeled neurons in BNST and CeA compared to caudal injections. The present results suggest that some sources of descending forebrain input might utilize somatostatin and/or CRF to exert a broad influence on sensory information processing in the PBN.
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- Siva Panguluri
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Pharmacy, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
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Zhang L, Macia L, Turner N, Enriquez RF, Riepler SJ, Nguyen AD, Lin S, Lee NJ, Shi YC, Yulyaningsih E, Slack K, Baldock PA, Herzog H, Sainsbury A. Peripheral neuropeptide Y Y1 receptors regulate lipid oxidation and fat accretion. Int J Obes (Lond) 2009; 34:357-73. [PMID: 19918245 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Neuropeptide Y and its Y receptors are important players in the regulation of energy homeostasis. However, while their functions in feeding regulation are well recognized, functions in other critical aspects of energy homeostasis are largely unknown. To investigate the function of Y1 receptors in the regulation of energy homeostasis, we examined energy expenditure, physical activity, body composition, oxidative fuel selection and mitochondrial oxidative capacity in germline Y1(-/-) mice as well as in a conditional Y1-receptor-knockdown model in which Y1 receptors were knocked down in peripheral tissues of adult mice. RESULTS Germline Y1(-/-) mice of both genders not only exhibit a decreased respiratory exchange ratio, indicative of increased lipid oxidation, but interestingly also develop late-onset obesity. However, the increased lipid oxidation is a primary effect of Y1 deletion rather than secondary to increased adiposity, as young Y1(-/-) mice are lean and show the same effect. The mechanism behind this is likely because of increased liver and muscle protein levels of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT-1) and maximal activity of key enzymes involved in beta-oxidation; beta-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase (betaHAD) and medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD), leading to increased mitochondrial capacity for fatty acid transport and oxidation. These effects are controlled by peripheral Y1-receptor signalling, as adult-onset conditional Y1 knockdown in peripheral tissues also leads to increased lipid oxidation, liver CPT-1 levels and betaHAD activity. Importantly, these mice are resistant to diet-induced obesity. CONCLUSIONS This work shows the primary function of peripheral Y1 receptors in the regulation of oxidative fuel selection and adiposity, opening up new avenues for anti-obesity treatments by targeting energy utilization in peripheral tissues rather than suppressing appetite by central effects.
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- L Zhang
- Neuroscience Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Inhoff T, Wiedenmann B, Klapp BF, Mönnikes H, Kobelt P. Is desacyl ghrelin a modulator of food intake? Peptides 2009; 30:991-4. [PMID: 19428778 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2008] [Revised: 01/21/2009] [Accepted: 01/23/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Desacyl ghrelin is produced in the gastric mucosa and plasma by deacylation of ghrelin. It occurs in considerably larger amounts than ghrelin in various regions in the organisms of rats and mice. It exerts biological activities in vitro as different as stimulating adipogenesis or inhibiting glucose output in hepatocytes. In fasted rats, desacyl ghrelin levels decreased under catabolic metabolic conditions and in mice, high desacyl ghrelin concentrations went along with decreased food intake. These observations suggest an influence of the peptide on food intake and energy homeostasis. Behavioral studies led to controversial results, but several suggest an anorexigenic effect. Studies on desacyl ghrelin-induced modulation of food intake indicate the involvement of central nervous pathways, since it is said to cross the blood-brain barrier and to induce increased neuronal activity hypothalamic nuclei. It is likely to be involved in the regulation of the synthesis of anorexigenic hypothalamic mediators. Quite possibly, there might be means of interaction between desacyl ghrelin and its supposable precursor ghrelin.
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- Tobias Inhoff
- Department of Medicine, Division Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Endocrinology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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Liu Q, Fehring C, Lowry TF, Wong-Riley MTT. Postnatal development of metabolic rate during normoxia and acute hypoxia in rats: implication for a sensitive period. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2008; 106:1212-22. [PMID: 19118157 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90949.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previously, we reported that the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) in rats was weakest at postnatal day (P) P13, concomitant with neurochemical changes in respiratory nuclei. A major determinant of minute ventilation (Ve) is reportedly the metabolic rate [O(2) consumption (Vo(2)) and CO(2) production (Vco(2))]. The present study aimed at testing our hypothesis that daily metabolic rates changed in parallel with ventilation during development and that a weak HVR at P13 was attributable mainly to an inadequate metabolic rate in hypoxia. Ventilation and metabolic rates were monitored daily in P0-P21 rats. We found that 1) ventilation and metabolic rates were not always correlated, and Ve/Vo(2) and Ve/Vco(2) ratios were not constant during development; 2) metabolic rate and Ve/Vo(2) and Ve/Vco(2) ratios at P0-P1 were significantly different from the remaining first postnatal week in normoxia and hypoxia; 3) at P13, metabolic rates and Ve/Vo(2) and Ve/Vco(2) ratios abruptly increased in normoxia and were compromised in acute hypoxia, unlike more stable trends during the remaining second and third postnatal weeks; and 4) the respiratory quotient (Vco(2)/Vo(2)) was quite stable in normoxia and fluctuated slightly in hypoxia from P0 to P21. Thus our data revealed heretofore unsuspected metabolic adjustments at P0-P1 and P13. At P0-P1, ventilation and metabolic rates were uncorrelated, whereas at P13, they were closely correlated under normoxia and hypoxia. The findings further strengthened the existence of a critical period of respiratory development around P13, when multiple physiological and neurochemical adjustments occur simultaneously.
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- Qiuli Liu
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Bakshi VP, Newman SM, Smith-Roe S, Jochman KA, Kalin NH. Stimulation of lateral septum CRF2 receptors promotes anorexia and stress-like behaviors: functional homology to CRF1 receptors in basolateral amygdala. J Neurosci 2007; 27:10568-77. [PMID: 17898228 PMCID: PMC6673168 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3044-06.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) system is the primary central mediator of stress-like states, coordinating behavioral, endocrine, and autonomic responses to stress. Although induction of anorexia is a well documented effect of CRF receptor agonist administration, the central sites and behavioral processes underlying this phenomenon are poorly understood. The present studies addressed this question by examining the neuroanatomical, behavioral, and pharmacological mechanisms mediating decreases in feeding produced by the CRF1/CRF2 receptor agonist urocortin. Separate groups of food-restricted male Sprague Dawley rats were given infusions of urocortin (0, 50, 125, 250 ng/0.5 microl) into the lateral septum (LS) and immediately afterward were rated on a wide array of behaviors (locomotion, rearing, grooming, stereotypies) including a microstructural analysis of ingestive behavior. Intra-LS urocortin infusion dose-dependently reduced feeding and drinking while concomitantly increasing grooming, stereotypies, and ethological plus traditional measures of anxiety-like responses in the elevated plus-maze. Urocortin infusion into neighboring sites (lateral ventricle, medial caudate) had no effects. Coinfusion into the LS of the mixed CRF1/CRF2 receptor antagonist D-Phe-CRF(12-41) (0, 100, 1000 ng/0.5 microl) or the novel selective CRF2 receptor antagonist Astressin2B (0, 500, 1000 ng/0.5 microl) blocked urocortin-induced effects, but the CRF1-selective antagonist NBI27914 (0, 500, 1000 ng/0.5 microl) had no effect, although it completely reversed the behavioral sequelae of CRF when infused into the basolateral amygdala. These results indicate that one of the modes through which the CRF system promotes anorexia is the recruitment of stress-like states after stimulation of CRF2 receptors within the LS.
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- Vaishali P Bakshi
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53719, USA.
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Wang C, Bomberg E, Billington C, Levine A, Kotz CM. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus reduces energy intake. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R1003-12. [PMID: 17581841 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00011.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recent studies show that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) decreases feeding and body weight after peripheral and ventricular administration. BDNF mRNA and protein, and its receptor tyrosine kinase B (TrkB) are widely distributed in the hypothalamus and other brain regions. However, there are few reports on specific brain sites of actions for BDNF. We evaluated the effect of BDNF in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) on feeding. BDNF injected unilaterally or bilaterally into the PVN of food-deprived and nondeprived rats significantly decreased feeding and body weight gain within the 0- to 24-h and 24- to 48-h postinjection intervals. Effective doses producing inhibition of feeding behavior did not establish a conditioned taste aversion. PVN BDNF significantly decreased PVN neuropeptide Y (NPY)-induced feeding at 1, 2, and 4 h following injection. BDNF administration in the PVN abolished food-restriction-induced NPY gene expression in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus. In conclusion, BDNF in the PVN significantly decreases food intake and body weight gain, suggesting that the PVN is an important site of action for BDNF in its effects on energy metabolism. Furthermore, BDNF appears to interact with NPY in its anorectic actions, although a direct effect on NPY remains to be established.
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- ChuanFeng Wang
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research Service (151), One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA.
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Wang C, Bomberg E, Billington C, Levine A, Kotz CM. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus increases energy expenditure by elevating metabolic rate. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R992-1002. [PMID: 17567712 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00516.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) decreases food intake and body weight, but few central sites of action have been identified. The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is important in energy metabolism regulation, and expresses both BDNF and its receptor. We tested three hypotheses: 1) PVN BDNF reduces feeding and increases energy expenditure (EE), 2) PVN BDNF-enhanced thermogenesis results from increased spontaneous physical activity (SPA) and resting metabolic rate (RMR), and 3) PVN BDNF thermogenic effects are mediated, in part, by uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) in brown adipose tissue (BAT). BDNF (0.5 microg) was injected into the PVN of Sprague-Dawley rats; and oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, food intake, and SPA were measured for 24 h in an indirect calorimeter. SPA was also measured in open-field activity chambers for 48 h after BDNF injection. Animals were killed 6 or 24 h after BDNF injection, and BAT UCP1 gene expression was measured with quantitative real-time PCR. BDNF significantly decreased food intake and body weight gain 24 h after injection. Heat production and RMR were significantly elevated for 7 h immediately after BDNF injection. BDNF had no effect on SPA, but increased UCP1 gene expression in BAT at 6 h, but not 24 h after injection. In conclusion, PVN BDNF reduces body weight by decreasing food intake and increasing EE consequent to increased RMR, which may be due, in part, to BAT UCP1 activity. These data suggest that the PVN is an important site of BDNF action to influence energy balance.
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- ChuanFeng Wang
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research Service (151), One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA.
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Fekete ÉM, Inoue K, Zhao Y, Rivier JE, Vale WW, Szücs A, Koob GF, Zorrilla EP. Delayed satiety-like actions and altered feeding microstructure by a selective type 2 corticotropin-releasing factor agonist in rats: intra-hypothalamic urocortin 3 administration reduces food intake by prolonging the post-meal interval. Neuropsychopharmacology 2007; 32:1052-68. [PMID: 17019404 PMCID: PMC2748839 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Brain corticotropin-releasing factor/urocortin (CRF/Ucn) systems are hypothesized to control feeding, with central administration of 'type 2' urocortins producing delayed anorexia. The present study sought to identify the receptor subtype, brain site, and behavioral mode of action through which Ucn 3 reduces nocturnal food intake in rats. Non-food-deprived male Wistar rats (n=176) were administered Ucn 3 into the lateral (LV) or fourth ventricle, or into the ventromedial or paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus (VMN, PVN) or the medial amygdala (MeA), regions in which Ucn 3 is expressed in proximity to CRF(2) receptors. LV Ucn 3 suppressed ingestion during the third-fourth post-injection hours. LV Ucn 3 anorexia was reversed by cotreatment with astressin(2)-B, a selective CRF(2) antagonist and not observed following equimole subcutaneous or fourth ventricle administration. Bilateral intra-VMN and intra-PVN infusion, more potently than LV infusion, reduced the quantity (57-73%) and duration of ingestion (32-68%) during the third-fourth post-infusion hours. LV, intra-PVN and intra-VMN infusion of Ucn 3 slowed the eating rate and reduced intake by prolonging the post-meal interval. Intra-VMN Ucn 3 reduced feeding bout size, and intra-PVN Ucn 3 reduced the regularity of eating from pellet to pellet. Ucn 3 effects were behaviorally specific, because minimal effective anorectic Ucn 3 doses did not alter drinking rate or promote a conditioned taste aversion, and site-specific, because intra-MeA Ucn 3 produced a nibbling pattern of more, but smaller meals without altering total intake. The results implicate the VMN and PVN of the hypothalamus as sites for Ucn 3-CRF(2) control of food intake.
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- Éva M Fekete
- Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Endocrine Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka City University Medical School, Abeno-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka, Japan
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- Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratory for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratory for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Harold L Dorris Neurological Research Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Correspondence: Dr EP Zorrilla, Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, SP30-2400, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA, Tel: + 1 858 784 7416, Fax: + 1 858 784 7405,
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Fekete ÉM, Zorrilla EP. Physiology, pharmacology, and therapeutic relevance of urocortins in mammals: ancient CRF paralogs. Front Neuroendocrinol 2007; 28:1-27. [PMID: 17083971 PMCID: PMC2730896 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2006.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2006] [Revised: 09/05/2006] [Accepted: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Urocortins, three paralogs of the stress-related peptide corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) found in bony fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals, have unique phylogenies, pharmacologies, and tissue distributions. As a result and despite a structural family resemblance, the natural functions of urocortins and CRF in mammalian homeostatic responses differ substantially. Endogenous urocortins are neither simply counterpoints nor mimics of endogenous CRF action. In their own right, urocortins may be clinically relevant molecules in the pathogenesis or management of many conditions, including congestive heart failure, hypertension, gastrointestinal and inflammatory disorders (irritable bowel syndrome, active gastritis, gastroparesis, and rheumatoid arthritis), atopic/allergic disorders (dermatitis, urticaria, and asthma), pregnancy and parturition (preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion, onset, and maintenance of effective labor), major depression and obesity. Safety trials for intravenous urocortin treatment have already begun for the treatment of congestive heart failure. Further understanding the unique functions of urocortin 1, urocortin 2, and urocortin 3 action may uncover other therapeutic opportunities.
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- Éva M. Fekete
- Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps
Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Pécs University Medical School, 7602 Pécs,
Hungary
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- Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps
Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Harold L. Dorris Neurological Research Institute, The Scripps
Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Shibakusa T, Mizunoya W, Okabe Y, Matsumura S, Iwaki Y, Okuno A, Shibata K, Inoue K, Fushiki T. Transforming growth factor-beta in the brain is activated by exercise and increases mobilization of fat-related energy substrates in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 292:R1851-61. [PMID: 17303681 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00632.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have recently reported that inhibition of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta in the brain reduced fat-related energy substrates concentrations in response to exercise. We investigated the relevance between the mobilization of fat-related energy substrates (nonesterified fatty acid and ketone bodies) during exercise and the effects of TGF-beta in the brain. Low-intensity exercise was simulated by contraction of the hindlimbs, induced by electrical stimulation at 2 Hz in anesthetized rats (Sim-Ex). As with actual exercise, it was confirmed that mobilization of carbohydrate-related energy substrates (glucose and lactic acid) occurred immediately after the onset of Sim-Ex, and mobilization of fat-related energy substrates followed thereafter. The timing of mobilization of fat-related substrates corresponded to that of the increase in TGF-beta in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in Sim-Ex. The level of TGF-beta in CSF significantly increased after 10 min of Sim-Ex and remained elevated until 30 min of Sim-Ex. Intracisternal administration of TGF-beta caused rapid mobilization of fat-related energy substrates. Meanwhile, there were no effects on the changes in carbohydrate-related substrates. The levels of catecholamines were slightly elevated after TGF-beta administration, and, although not significantly in statistical terms, we consider that at least a part of TGF-beta signal was transducted via the sympathetic nervous system because of these increases. These data indicate that TGF-beta in the brain is closely related to the mobilization of fat-related energy substrates during low-intensity exercise. We hypothesized that the central nervous system plays a role in the regulation of energy metabolism during low-intensity exercise and this may be mediated by TGF-beta.
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- Tetsuro Shibakusa
- Laboratory of Nutrition Chemistry, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Univ, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
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Harris RBS, Palmondon J, Leshin S, Flatt WP, Richard D. Chronic disruption of body weight but not of stress peptides or receptors in rats exposed to repeated restraint stress. Horm Behav 2006; 49:615-25. [PMID: 16423352 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2005] [Revised: 11/27/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rats exposed to restraint stress for 3 h on each of 3 days lose weight and do not return to the weight of their non-stressed controls for extended periods of time. Studies described here demonstrate that the initial weight loss is associated with increased energy expenditure and reduced food intake on the days of restraint but that there is no difference between stressed and control rats once stress ends. The failure to compensate for this energy deficit accounts for the sustained reduction in weight which lasts for up to 80 days after the end of restraint. In an additional experiment, in situ hybridization was used to measure mRNA expression of corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) and CRF receptors in hypothalamic nuclei, of urocortin (UCN) in the Edinger Westphal nucleus and of UCN III in the rostral perifornical area and medial amygdaloidal nucleus. Immediately after the second 3 h bout of restraint stress, there was a significant increase in expression of UCN in the Edinger Westphal nucleus and of CRF-R1 in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and a less pronounced decrease in CRF-R2 expression in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus. There were no differences in expression of stress-related peptides or their receptors 40 days after the end of repeated restraint. These results suggest that the sustained reduction in body weight and increased responsiveness to subsequent stressors in rats that have been exposed to repeated restraint are not associated with prolonged changes in mRNA expression of CRF receptors or their ligands.
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- Ruth B S Harris
- Department of Foods and Nutrition, Dawson Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605, USA.
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Lin L, Park M, Hulver M, York DA. Different metabolic responses to central and peripheral injection of enterostatin. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 290:R909-15. [PMID: 16339388 PMCID: PMC2526557 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00045.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Enterostatin, a pentapeptide cleaved from procolipase, suppresses fat intake after peripheral and central administration. Chronic treatment of rats with enterostatin decreases body weight and body fat. The effect was greater than could be accounted by the reduction in food intake alone. Hence, we have investigated the effect of enterostatin on energy metabolism. Male Sprague-Dawley rats adapted to a high-fat diet were implanted with lateral cerebral ventricular or amygdala cannulas. The metabolic effects were determined by indirect calorimetry. After habituation to the test cages, fasted rats were injected with either saline vehicle or enterostatin given either intraperitoneally (100 nmol) or intracerebroventricularly (1 nmol) or into specific brain regions [amygdala (0.01 nmol) or paraventricular nucleus (PVN) (0.1 nmol)]. Respiratory quotient (RQ) and energy expenditure were monitored over 2 h. Intraperitoneal enterostatin reduced RQ (saline: 0.81 +/- 0.02 vs. enterostatin: 0.76 +/- 0.01) and increased energy expenditure by 44%. Intracerebroventricular enterostatin increased the energy expenditure without any effects on RQ, whereas PVN enterostatin increased metabolic rate, while preventing the increase in RQ observed in the control animals. In contrast, neither RQ nor energy expenditure was altered after enterostatin was injected into the amygdala. Enterostatin activated AMP-activated protein kinase in primary cultures of human myocytes in a dose- and time-dependent manner and increased the rate of fatty acid beta-oxidation. These findings suggest that enterostatin regulates energy expenditure and substrate partitioning through both peripheral and central effects.
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- Ling Lin
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
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Carlin KM, Vale WW, Bale TL. Vital functions of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) pathways in maintenance and regulation of energy homeostasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:3462-7. [PMID: 16492754 PMCID: PMC1413935 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0511320103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Regulation of energy homeostasis is a vital function of the CNS requiring adaptive responses to maintain and support life after stress perturbations. The mechanisms whereby these processes occur are, however, only partially understood. A major determinate of these responses is corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). Receptors for CRF, CRFR1 and CRFR2, have been hypothesized to play distinct roles in the alterations necessary for homeostatic maintenance. The function of CRFR2, in particular, has remained elusive despite its presence in both the CNS and periphery. In this work, we have used complimentary gene deletion and pharmacological approaches to elucidate the crucial role CRFR2 plays in the regulation of regional tissue thermogenesis and adaptive physiology. Analyses of interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) thermogenesis by thermal signature analysis and the concordant biochemical changes in key sympathetic components in mice deficient for CRFR2 revealed significantly elevated basal IBAT thermogenesis and prolonged adrenergic responsivity of IBAT in older mice. Measurement of metabolic rates by indirect calorimetry after chronic high-fat diet challenge and treatment with the CRFR1 antagonist NBI-27914 revealed a decreased respiratory exchange ratio of these mice that was normalized with NBI-27914. Further, as a definitive measure for physiological pathology, mice examined in a behavioral model of differential temperature selection showed a predilection for warmer external temperatures, supporting a loss of body heat in these mice. These studies provide physiological, biochemical, and behavioral evidence for the critical participation of CRF pathways in the maintenance and adaptive responses necessary for regulation of energy homeostasis.
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- Kendall M. Carlin
- *Department of Animal Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- *Department of Animal Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
- To whom correspondence may be addressed at:
201E Vet, 6046, University of Pennsylvania, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6046. E-mail:
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Currie PJ, Mirza A, Fuld R, Park D, Vasselli JR. Ghrelin is an orexigenic and metabolic signaling peptide in the arcuate and paraventricular nuclei. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005; 289:R353-R358. [PMID: 15817841 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00756.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ghrelin is a 28-amino acid acylated peptide and is the endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). The GHS-R is expressed in hypothalamic nuclei, including the arcuate nucleus (Arc) where it is colocalized with neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons. In the present study, we examined the effects of ghrelin on feeding and energy substrate utilization (respiratory quotient; RQ) following direct injections into either the arcuate or the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus. Ghrelin was administered at the beginning of the dark cycle at doses of 15–60 pmol to male and female rats. In feeding studies, food intake was measured 2 and 4 h postinjection. Separate groups of rats were injected with ghrelin, and the RQ (V̇co2/V̇o2) was measured using an open circuit calorimeter over a 4-h period. Both Arc and PVN injections of ghrelin increased food intake in male and female rats. Ghrelin also increased RQ, reflecting a shift in energy substrate utilization in favor of carbohydrate oxidation. Because these effects are similar to those observed after PVN injection of NPY, we then assessed the impact of coinjecting ghrelin with NPY into the PVN. When rats were pretreated with very low doses of ghrelin (2.5–10 pmol), NPY's (50 pmol) effects on eating and RQ were potentiated. Overall, these data are in agreement with evidence suggesting that ghrelin functions as a gut-brain endocrine hormone implicated in the regulation of food intake and energy metabolism. Our findings are also consistent with a possible interactive role of hypothalamic ghrelin and NPY systems.
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- Paul J Currie
- Dept. of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Bernier NJ, Craig PM. CRF-related peptides contribute to stress response and regulation of appetite in hypoxic rainbow trout. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005; 289:R982-90. [PMID: 15932968 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00668.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hypoxia stress suppresses appetite in a variety of fish species, but the mechanisms mediating this response are not known. Therefore, given their anorexigenic and hypophysiotropic properties, we investigated the contribution of forebrain corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and urotensin I (UI) to the regulation of food intake and the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal (HPI) stress axis in hypoxic rainbow trout. Exposure to 50 and 35% O(2) saturation for 24 h decreased food intake by 28 and 48%, respectively. The 35% O(2) treatment also increased forebrain CRF and UI mRNA levels, plasma cortisol, and lactate. Exposure for 72 h to the same conditions resulted in similar reductions in food intake, increases in plasma cortisol proportional to the hypoxia severity, and increases in forebrain CRF and UI mRNA levels in the 50% O(2) treatment. Relative to saline-infused fish, chronic intracranial infusion of the CRF receptor antagonist alpha-helical CRF((9-41)) reduced the appetite-suppressing effects of 24-h exposure to 35% O(2) and blocked the hypoxia-induced increase in plasma cortisol. Finally, forebrain microdissection revealed that 50 and 35% O(2) exposure for 24 h specifically increases preoptic area CRF and UI mRNA levels in proportion to the severity of the hypoxic challenge and either has no effect or elicits small decreases in other forebrain regions. These results show that CRF-related peptides play a physiological role in regulating the HPI axis and in mediating at least a portion of the reduction in food intake under hypoxic conditions in rainbow trout and demonstrate that the response of forebrain CRF and UI neurons to this stressor is region specific.
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- Nicholas J Bernier
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1.
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Research is reviewed on effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on energy substrate utilization and central interactions among NPY, serotonin and urocortin, particularly in neurons of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus.
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- Paul J Currie
- Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Energy balance is maintained via a homeostatic system involving both the brain and the periphery. A key component of this system is the hypothalamus. Over the past two decades, major advances have been made in identifying an increasing number of peptides within the hypothalamus that contribute to the process of energy homeostasis. Under stable conditions, equilibrium exists between anabolic peptides that stimulate feeding behavior, as well as decrease energy expenditure and lipid utilization in favor of fat storage, and catabolic peptides that attenuate food intake, while stimulating sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity and restricting fat deposition by increasing lipid metabolism. The equilibrium between these neuropeptides is dynamic in nature. It shifts across the day-night cycle and from day to day and also in response to dietary challenges as well as peripheral energy stores. These shifts occur in close relation to circulating levels of the hormones, leptin, insulin, ghrelin and corticosterone, and also the nutrients, glucose and lipids. These circulating factors together with neural processes are primary signals relaying information regarding the availability of fuels needed for current cellular demand, in addition to the level of stored fuels needed for long-term use. Together, these signals have profound impact on the expression and production of neuropeptides that, in turn, initiate the appropriate anabolic or catabolic responses for restoring equilibrium. In this review, we summarize the evidence obtained on nine peptides in the hypothalamus that have emerged as key players in this process. Data from behavioral, physiological, pharmacological and genetic studies are described and consolidated in an attempt to formulate a clear statement on the underlying function of each of these peptides and also on how they work together to create and maintain energy homeostasis.
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- Sarah F Leibowitz
- Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Richard D, Baraboi D. Circuitries Involved in the Control of Energy Homeostasis and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 3:269-77. [PMID: 15330675 DOI: 10.2165/00024677-200403050-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The regulation of bodyweight is a complex process involving the interplay of neuronal circuitries controlling food intake and energy expenditure (thermogenesis) with endocrine secretions modulating the activity of the neurons making up those circuitries. The neurons controlling food intake and thermogenesis also modulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the role of which in the regulation of energy balance has been acknowledged for some time. These neurons secrete various neuromolecules or neuropeptides including endocannabinoids, neuropeptide Y, agouti-related protein, melanin-concentrating hormone, orexins (hypocretins), melanocortins, cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, corticotropin-releasing hormone, and urocortins. Among those peptides, neuropeptide Y, agouti-related peptide, melanin-concentrating hormone, orexins, and endocannabinoids have been classified as being anabolic molecules whereas melanocortins, cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, and corticotropin-releasing hormone are referred to as catabolic peptides. The expression and secretion of these neuromolecules are known to be affected by the anabolic (corticosteroids and ghrelin) and catabolic (leptin, insulin, and glucagon-like peptide 1) peripheral hormones. A link is made between the pathways regulating energy balance and those modulating the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
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- Denis Richard
- D.B. Brown Obesity Research Chair, Centre de recherche, l'Hôpital Laval, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie Québec, Québec, Canada.
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Spina MG, Langnaese K, Orlando GF, Horn TFW, Rivier J, Vale WW, Wolf G, Engelmann M. Colocalization of urocortin and neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the hypothalamus and Edinger-Westphal nucleus of the rat. J Comp Neurol 2004; 479:271-86. [PMID: 15457505 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Different lines of studies suggest that both the corticotropin-releasing hormone-related peptide Urocortin I (Ucn) and the neuromodulator nitric oxide (NO) are involved in the regulation of the complex mechanisms controlling feeding and anxiety-related behaviors. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible interaction between Ucn and NO in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), an area known to be involved in the modulation of these particular behaviors. Therefore, we mapped local mRNA and peptide/protein presence of both Ucn and the NO producing neuronal NO synthase (nNOS). This investigation was extended to include the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON) and the Edinger-Westphal nucleus area (EW), the latter being one of the major cellular Ucn-expressing sites. Furthermore, we compared the two predominantly used laboratory rat strains, Wistar and Sprague-Dawley. Ucn mRNA and immunoreactivity were detected in the SON and in the EW. A significant difference between Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats was found in mRNA levels in the EW. nNOS was detected in all brain areas analyzed, showing a significantly lower immunoreactivity in the PVN and EW of Sprague-Dawley versus Wistar rats. Contrary to some previous reports, no Ucn mRNA and only a very low immunoreactivity were detectable in the PVN of either rat strain. Interestingly, double-labeling immunofluorescence revealed that in the SON approximately 75% of all cells immunoreactive for Ucn were colocalized with nNOS, whereas in the EW only approximately 2% of the Ucn neurons were found to contain nNOS. These findings suggest an interaction between Ucn and NO signaling within the SON, rather than the PVN, that may modulate the regulation of feeding, reproduction, and anxiety-related behaviors.
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- Mariarosa G Spina
- Institute of Medical Neurobiology, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg D-39120, Germany.
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Vasconcelos LAP, Donaldson C, Sita LV, Casatti CA, Lotfi CFP, Wang L, Cadinouche MZA, Frigo L, Elias CF, Lovejoy DA, Bittencourt JC. Urocortin in the central nervous system of a primate (Cebus apella): sequencing, immunohistochemical, and hybridization histochemical characterization. J Comp Neurol 2003; 463:157-75. [PMID: 12815753 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The urocortin (UCN)-like immunoreactivity and UCN mRNA distribution in various regions of the nonprimate mammalian brain have been reported. However, the Edinger-Westphal nucleus (EW) appears to be the only brain site where UCN expression is conserved across species. Although UCN peptides are present throughout vertebrate phylogeny, the functional roles of both UCN and EW remain poorly understood. Therefore, a study focused on UCN system organization in the primate brain is warranted. By using immunohistochemistry (single and double labeling) and in situ hybridization, we have characterized the organization of UCN-expressing cells and fibers in the central nervous system and pituitary of the capuchin monkey (Cebus apella). In addition, the sequence of the prepro-UCN was determined to establish the level of structural conservation relative to the human sequence. To understand the relationship of acetylcholine cells in the EW, a colocalization study comparing choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and UCN was also performed. The cloned monkey prepro-UCN is 95% identical to the human preprohormone across the matched sequences. By using an antiserum raised against rat UCN and a probe generated from human cDNA, we found that the EW is the dominant site for UCN expression, although UCN mRNA is also expressed in spinal cord lamina IX. Labeled axons and terminals were distributed diffusely throughout many brain regions and along the length of the spinal cord. Of particular interest were UCN-immunoreactive inputs to the medial preoptic area, the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, the oral part of the spinal trigeminal nucleus, the flocculus of the cerebellum, and the spinal cord laminae VII and X. We found no UCN hybridization signal in the pituitary. In addition, we observed no colocalization between ChAT and UCN in EW neurons. Our results support the hypothesis that the UCN system might participate in the control of autonomic, endocrine, and sensorimotor functions in primates.
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- Luciana A P Vasconcelos
- Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais-Campus of Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais 37701-355, Brazil
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Campbell RE, Grove KL, Smith MS. Distribution of corticotropin releasing hormone receptor immunoreactivity in the rat hypothalamus: coexpression in neuropeptide Y and dopamine neurons in the arcuate nucleus. Brain Res 2003; 973:223-32. [PMID: 12738066 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02487-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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An abundance of physiological data suggests an interaction between neuropeptide Y (NPY) and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in the regulation of endocrine and autonomic functions. Previously, studies in our laboratory have indicated that NPY neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) project to and come in close contact with CRH neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH). Conversely, it has been demonstrated that the ventromedial portion of the ARH, an area containing NPY neurons, displays CRH receptor binding and CRH receptor mRNA. These data suggest a possible reciprocal feedback regulation between NPY and CRH neurons. The ARH also contains several other populations of neurons that may be targets of the CRH system and express CRH receptors; most notable are tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neurons (TIDA). The PVH is an important component in the regulation of prolactin secretion and may play a role in the suppression of TIDA activity, which is a critical step in the prolactin stress response. The purpose of the present study was to characterize the distribution and cellular localization of CRH R(1) receptor-like immunoreactivity (CRH R(1)-ir) in the rat hypothalamus and to determine the phenotype of neurons in the ARH that contain CRH R(1)-ir. CRH R(1)-ir was present throughout the rat brain. Hypothalamic regions with the highest levels of immunostaining were the supraoptic nucleus, magnocellular PVH, ARH, and suprachiasmatic nucleus. Double label immunofluorescence was used to demonstrate that CRH R(1)-ir in the ARH was localized to NPY cell bodies. Furthermore, TIDA neurons in the ARH also displayed CRH R(1)-ir. However, despite an abundance of CRH R(1)-ir cells in the ARH, CRH-ir fiber innervation to the ARH was extremely sparse. Therefore, although this study provides neuroanatomical evidence for direct CRH R(1) regulation of ARH NPY and TIDA neurons in the rat, it is not consistent with the idea of a reciprocal feedback loop and suggests the involvement of other CRH-like ligands, such as urocortin.
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- Rebecca E Campbell
- Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, 505 NW 185th Avenue, Beaverton, OR 97006-3499, USA
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Guzman EA, Zhang W, Lin TR, Mulholland MW. Stimulation of rat pancreatic exocrine secretion by urocortin and corticotropin releasing factor. Peptides 2003; 24:727-34. [PMID: 12895659 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(03)00125-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Neural and hormonal mechanisms control pancreatic secretion. The effects of the corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) related neuropeptide urocortin (UCN) on pancreatic exocrine secretion were examined. In anesthetized male rats, pancreatic secretion volume and total protein were assayed. UCN increased pancreatic secretory volume and protein secretion and potentiated cholecytokinin-stimulated protein secretion. Astressin, a non-specific CRF receptor antagonist, inhibited UCN-stimulated protein output while CRF(2) receptor antagonist, antisauvagine-30, was without effect. Atropine, but not subdiaphragmatic vagotomy, inhibited UCN-mediated secretion. In acinar cells, UCN did not stimulate release of amylase nor intracellular cAMP. UCN is a pancreatic exocrine secreatagogue with effects mediated through cholinergic intrapancreatic neurons.
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- Eduardo A Guzman
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0331, USA
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Richard D, Lin Q, Timofeeva E. The corticotropin-releasing factor family of peptides and CRF receptors: their roles in the regulation of energy balance. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 440:189-97. [PMID: 12007535 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01428-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) system could play a significant role in the regulation of energy balance. This system, which includes CRF, CRF-related peptides and CRF receptors, is part of a huge network of cells connected to central and peripheral pathways modulating energy metabolism. CRF and CRF-related peptides, which elicit their effects through G-protein-coupled receptors known in mammals as CRF(1) receptor and CRF(2) receptor, are capable of strong anorectic and thermogenic effects. Also supporting a role for the CRF system in the regulation of energy balance are findings demonstrating alterations in this system in obese and food-deprived animals that concur to facilitate energy deposition. In recent years, great progress has been made in understanding the specific physiological roles of the CRF system. In that respect, the discovery of urocortins II and III, two endogenous ligands of the CRF(2) receptor, and the development of selective and long-acting antagonists for the CRF receptors, have led to a better comprehension of the role of the CRF system in the regulation of energy balance. Although there are still important unresolved issues in the field of CRF research, the progress made recently warrants investigations aimed at evaluating the CRF system as a potential target for anti-obesity drugs.
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- Denis Richard
- D.B. Brown Chair on Obesity Research and Laval Hospital Research Center, Laval University, Quebec (Qué), Canada G1K 7P4.
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