Role of AgRP on Ghrelin-induced feeding in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

被引:13
作者
Shrestha, YB [1 ]
Wickwire, K [1 ]
Giraudo, SQ [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Food & Nutr, Athens, GA 30602 USA
关键词
agouti-related protein (AgRP); paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN); ghrelin; food intake;
D O I
10.1016/j.regpep.2005.09.021
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
MT II, agonist for MC3/4-Rs, inhibited Ghrelin's orexigenic effect in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). To further investigate the role of the melanocortin system as mediator of ghrelin's orexigenic actions, we explored the involvement of AgRP in Ghrelin's orexigenic effect by testing the effect on food intake after their co-administration in the PVN, during the light and dark phases of feeding in rats. During both the phases of feeding, co-administration of Ghrelin with either AgRP 50 or AgRP 100 pmol into the PVN did not produce a synergistic effect on the food intake, suggesting that ghrelin induction of feeding occurs by recruiting Agrp as one of the obligatory mediators of its orexigenic effect. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:68 / 73
页数:6
相关论文
共 26 条
  • [1] Ghrelin is an appetite-stimulatory signal from stomach with structural resemblance to motilin
    Asakawa, A
    Inui, A
    Kaga, T
    Yuzuriha, H
    Nagata, T
    Ueno, N
    Makino, S
    Fujimiya, M
    Niijima, A
    Fujino, MA
    Kasuga, M
    [J]. GASTROENTEROLOGY, 2001, 120 (02) : 337 - 345
  • [2] Obesity and the neuroendocrine control of energy homeostasis:: The role of spontaneous locomotor activity
    Castañeda, TR
    Jürgens, H
    Wiedmer, P
    Pfluger, P
    Diano, S
    Horvath, TL
    Tang-Christensen, M
    Tschöp, MH
    [J]. JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 2005, 135 (05) : 1314 - 1319
  • [3] Orexigenic action of peripheral ghrelin is mediated by neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein
    Chen, HY
    Trumbauer, ME
    Chen, AS
    Weingarth, DT
    Adams, JR
    Frazier, EG
    Shen, Z
    Marsh, DJ
    Feighner, SD
    Guan, XM
    Ye, Z
    Nargund, RP
    Smith, RG
    Van Der Ploeg, LHT
    Howard, AD
    Macneil, DJ
    Qian, S
    [J]. ENDOCRINOLOGY, 2004, 145 (06) : 2607 - 2612
  • [4] The distribution and mechanism of action of ghrelin in the CNS demonstrates a novel hypothalamic circuit regulating energy homeostasis
    Cowley, MA
    Smith, RG
    Diano, S
    Tschöp, M
    Pronchuk, N
    Grove, KL
    Strasburger, CJ
    Bidlingmaier, M
    Esterman, M
    Heiman, ML
    Garcia-Segura, LM
    Nillni, EA
    Mendez, P
    Low, MJ
    Sotonyi, P
    Friedman, JM
    Liu, HY
    Pinto, S
    Colmers, WF
    Cone, RD
    Horvath, TL
    [J]. NEURON, 2003, 37 (04) : 649 - 661
  • [5] Integration of NPY, AGRP, and melanocortin signals in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus: Evidence of a cellular basis for the adipostat
    Cowley, MA
    Pronchuk, N
    Fan, W
    Dinulescu, DM
    Colmers, WF
    Cone, RD
    [J]. NEURON, 1999, 24 (01) : 155 - 163
  • [6] A preprandial rise in plasma ghrelin levels suggests a role in meal initiation in humans
    Cummings, DE
    Purnell, JQ
    Frayo, RS
    Schmidova, K
    Wisse, BE
    Weigle, DS
    [J]. DIABETES, 2001, 50 (08) : 1714 - 1719
  • [7] Feeding effects of hypothalamic injection of melanocortin 4 receptor ligands
    Giraudo, SQ
    Billington, CJ
    Levine, AS
    [J]. BRAIN RESEARCH, 1998, 809 (02) : 302 - 306
  • [8] Ghrelin, a novel placental-derived hormone
    Gualillo, O
    Caminos, JE
    Blanco, M
    Garcìa-Caballero, T
    Kojima, M
    Kangawa, K
    Dieguez, C
    Casanueva, FF
    [J]. ENDOCRINOLOGY, 2001, 142 (02) : 788 - 794
  • [9] Chronic central infusion of ghrelin increases hypothalamic neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein mRNA levels and body weight in rats
    Kamegai, J
    Tamura, H
    Shimizu, T
    Ishii, S
    Sugihara, H
    Wakabayashi, I
    [J]. DIABETES, 2001, 50 (11) : 2438 - 2443
  • [10] Hypothalamic localization of the feeding effect of agouti-related peptide and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone
    Kim, MS
    Rossi, M
    Abusnana, S
    Sunter, D
    Morgan, DGA
    Small, CJ
    Edwards, CMB
    Heath, MM
    Stanley, SA
    Seal, LJ
    Bhatti, JR
    Smith, DM
    Ghatei, MA
    Bloom, SR
    [J]. DIABETES, 2000, 49 (02) : 177 - 182