scholarly journals Peptide YY3–36 and Glucagon-Like Peptide-17–36 Inhibit Food Intake Additively

Endocrinology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 146 (12) ◽  
pp. 5120-5127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola M. Neary ◽  
Caroline J. Small ◽  
Maralyn R. Druce ◽  
Adrian J. Park ◽  
Sandra M. Ellis ◽  
...  

Peptide YY (PYY) and glucagon like peptide (GLP)-1 are cosecreted from intestinal L cells, and plasma levels of both hormones rise after a meal. Peripheral administration of PYY3–36 and GLP-17–36 inhibit food intake when administered alone. However, their combined effects on appetite are unknown. We studied the effects of peripheral coadministration of PYY3–36 with GLP-17–36 in rodents and man. Whereas high-dose PYY3–36 (100 nmol/kg) and high-dose GLP-17–36 (100 nmol/kg) inhibited feeding individually, their combination led to significantly greater feeding inhibition. Additive inhibition of feeding was also observed in the genetic obese models, ob/ob and db/db mice. At low doses of PYY3–36 (1 nmol/kg) and GLP-17–36 (10 nmol/kg), which alone had no effect on food intake, coadministration led to significant reduction in food intake. To investigate potential mechanisms, c-fos immunoreactivity was quantified in the hypothalamus and brain stem. In the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, no changes were observed after low-dose PYY3–36 or GLP-17–36 individually, but there were significantly more fos-positive neurons after coadministration. In contrast, there was no evidence of additive fos-stimulation in the brain stem. Finally, we coadministered PYY3–36 and GLP-17–36 in man. Ten lean fasted volunteers received 120-min infusions of saline, GLP-17–36 (0.4 pmol/kg·min), PYY3–36 (0.4 pmol/kg·min), and PYY3–36 (0.4 pmol/kg·min) + GLP-17–36 (0.4 pmol/kg·min) on four separate days. Energy intake from a buffet meal after combined PYY3–36 + GLP-17–36 treatment was reduced by 27% and was significantly lower than that after either treatment alone. Thus, PYY3–36 and GLP-17–36, cosecreted after a meal, may inhibit food intake additively.

2006 ◽  
Vol 290 (6) ◽  
pp. R1565-R1569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly P. Kinzig ◽  
Karen A. Scott ◽  
Jayson Hyun ◽  
Sheng Bi ◽  
Timothy H. Moran

The gut peptide ghrelin has been shown to stimulate food intake after both peripheral and central administration, and the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus has been proposed to be the major site for mediating this feeding stimulatory action. Ghrelin receptors are widely distributed in the brain, and hindbrain ghrelin administration has been shown to potently stimulate feeding, suggesting that there may be other sites for ghrelin action. In the present study, we have further assessed potential sites for ghrelin action by comparing the ability of lateral and fourth ventricular ghrelin administration to stimulate food intake and alter patterns of hypothalamic gene expression. Ghrelin (0.32, 1, or 3.2 nmol) in the lateral or fourth ventricle significantly increased food intake in the first 4 h after injection, with no ventricle-dependent differences in degree or time course of hyperphagia. One nanomole of ghrelin into either the lateral or fourth ventricle resulted in similar increases in arcuate nucleus neuropeptide Y mRNA expression. Expression levels of agouti-related peptide or proopiomelanocortin mRNA were not affected by ghrelin administration. These data demonstrate that ghrelin can affect food intake and hypothalamic gene expression through interactions at multiple brain sites.


2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Suzuki ◽  
Keiko Nakahara ◽  
Keisuke Maruyama ◽  
Rieko Okame ◽  
Takuya Ensho ◽  
...  

The contribution of hypothalamic appetite-regulating peptides to further hyperphagia accompanying the course of lactation in rats was investigated by using PCR array and real-time PCR. Furthermore, changes in the mRNA expression for appetite-regulating peptides in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) were analyzed at all stages of pregnancy and lactation, and also after weaning. Food intake was significantly higher during pregnancy, lactation, and after weaning than during non-lactation periods. During lactation, ARC expression of mRNAs for agouti-related protein (AgRP) and peptide YY was increased, whereas that of mRNAs for proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and cholecystokinin (CCK) was decreased, in comparison with non-lactation periods. The increase in AgRP mRNA expression during lactation was especially marked. The plasma level of leptin was significantly decreased during the course of lactation, whereas that of acyl-ghrelin was unchanged. In addition, food intake was negatively correlated with the plasma leptin level during lactation. This study has clarified synchronous changes in the expression of many appetite-regulating peptides in ARC of rats during lactation. Our results suggest that hyperphagia during lactation in rats is caused by decreases in POMC and CCK expression and increases in AgRP expression in ARC, the latter being most notable. Together with the decrease in the blood leptin level, such changes in mRNA expression may explain the further hyperphagia accompanying the course of lactation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldara Martin Alonso ◽  
Simon C Cork ◽  
Yue Ma ◽  
Myrtha Arnold ◽  
Herbert Herzog ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Drugs that safely promote weight loss are required to treat the obesity crisis. The gut hormone peptide YY 3-36 (PYY3-36) is secreted post-prandially to suppress appetite via the Y2 receptor (Y2R). However, it is unclear whether PYY3-36 acts directly on the Y2R in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) or the afferent vagus nerve to inhibit food intake. Understanding the pathways by which PYY3-36 mediates its anorectic effects may facilitate the therapeutic targeting of this system. Methods: Y2R knockdown in the ARC (ARC-Y2R-KD) was achieved by stereotactic injection of Cre-expressing adeno-associated virus (AAV-Cre) in Y2R-flox C57Bl/6 mice. Y2R KD in the vagus was achieved by bilateral microinjection of AAV-Cre into the nodose ganglia (NG), where the cell bodies of vagal afferents reside. An alternative germline model of sensory nerve Y2R knockdown was generated using Nav1.8-Cre mice crossed with the Y2R-flox strain (Nav1.8-Y2R-KD). Feeding behaviour over 10 days in metabolic cages and the effects of endogenously released (after oral gavage of a nutrient bolus) or exogenously-administered PYY3-36 were investigated. Results: NG-Y2R-KD animals had 60% reduction in NG Y2R mRNA but remained responsive to cholecystokinin, a positive control of vagal functionality. This is the first example of receptor specific adult vagal deafferentation in mice. The Nav1.8-Y2R-KD model achieved 30% receptor KD. Feeding patterns in the ARC-Y2R-KD and NG-Y2R-KD groups were highly different from their controls, with smaller, faster meals in the KD groups. The anorectic effects (at the next meal) of endogenous PYY3-36 were attenuated in NG-Y2R-KD. Low dose exogenous PYY3-36 at 5 µg/kg significantly reduced 2h post injection food intake (FI) in the control groups (n=8; P=0.045) but this was abrogated in the NG-Y2R-KD group. This pattern was mirrored in the Nav1.8-Y2R-KD model: low dose PYY3-36 significantly reduced FI 1h post-IP compared to vehicle in controls (-0.19±0.05 g; P =0.036; n=8) but not in the Nav1.8-Y2R-KD (-0.004±0.111 g; n=3). Peripherally-administered PYY3-36 at a high dose (30 µg/kg) decreased FI in all groups, including ARC-Y2R-KD. Summary: These results suggest that endogenous PYY3-36 modulates meal patterning. The vagus nerve mediates physiological PYY3-36 signalling but alternative pathways, not exclusively via the ARC, may be more important in mediating its pharmacological effects. This is relevant for the design of more effective weight loss agents.


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 586-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary D. Miller

Understanding body weight regulation will aid in the development of new strategies to combat obesity. This review examines energy homeostasis and food intake behaviors, specifically with regards to hormones, peptides, and neurotransmitters in the periphery and central nervous system, and their potential role in obesity. Dysfunction in feeding signals by the brain is a factor in obesity. The hypothalamic (arcuate nucleus) and brainstem (nucleus tractus solitaris) areas integrate behavioral, endocrine, and autonomic responses via afferent and efferent pathways from and to the brainstem and peripheral organs. Neurons present in the arcuate nucleus express pro-opiomelanocortin, Neuropeptide Y, and Agouti Related Peptide, with the former involved in lowering food intake, and the latter two acutely increasing feeding behaviors. Action of peripheral hormones from the gut, pancreas, adipose, and liver are also involved in energy homeostasis. Vagal afferent neurons are also important in regulating energy homeostasis. Peripheral signals respond to the level of stored and currently available fuel. By studying their actions, new agents maybe developed that disable orexigenic responses and enhance anorexigenic signals. Although there are relatively few medications currently available for obesity treatment, a number of agents are in development that work through these pathways.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Hamid Reza Adeli Bhroz ◽  
Kazem Parivar ◽  
Iraj Amiri ◽  
Nasim Hayati Roodbari

Background and Aim: Thyroid is one of the endocrine glands, (T3 and T4) play a significant role in the development of prenatal brain and the following stages. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of hypothyroidism on the amount of expression of NT4, NT3, nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in brain of one-day rat neonates with hypothyroidism.Materials and Methods: In total, 25 mature mice of Albino NMRI race were selected after mating, divided into three group, control, as well as low-dose and high-dose intervention groups. Samples of the control group received pure water during pregnancy, whereas subjects of the intervention group with low and high doses of the medication were administered with 20 mg and 100 mg methimazole powder (dissolved in 100 cc water), respectively. After child delivery, blood samples were obtained from mother mice to determine the level of T3 and T4 in blood serum. Following that, the brain of one-day mice were removed by surgery and assessed to determine the amount of expression of NT4, NT3, NGF and BDNF using the complete kit of RT-PCR.Results: Levels of T4 and T3 in the control group were 28 ug/dl and 1.59 ug/dl, respectively. In the low-dose intervention group, the amounts of the mentioned hormones were 8 ug/dl and 0.85 ug/dl, significantly, indicating a significant reduction in the expression of NT4, NT3, NGF and BDNF genes, compared to the control group. Moreover, T4 and T3 were 6 ug/dl and 0.79 ug/dl in the high-dose group, respectively, conveying a significant decrease in the expression of NT4, NT3, NGF and BDNF genes, compared to the control group (P<0.05).


2009 ◽  
Vol 297 (1) ◽  
pp. R100-R110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Csilla Becskei ◽  
Thomas A. Lutz ◽  
Thomas Riediger

Fasting activates orexigenic neuropeptide Y neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) of mice, which is reversed by 2 h refeeding with standard chow. Here, we investigated the contribution of diet-derived macronutrients and anorectic hormones to the reversal of the fasting-induced ARC activation during 2 h refeeding. Refeeding of 12-h-fasted mice with a cellulose-based, noncaloric mash induced only a small reduction in c-Fos expression. Refeeding with diets, containing carbohydrates, protein, or fat alone reversed it similar to chow; however, this effect depended on the amount of intake. The fasting-induced ARC activation was unchanged by subcutaneously injected amylin, CCK (both 20 μg/kg), insulin (0.2 U/kg and 0.05 U/kg) or leptin (2.6 mg/kg). Insulin and leptin had no effect on c-Fos expression in neuropeptide Y or proopiomelanocortin-containing ARC neurons. Interestingly, CCK but not amylin reduced the ghrelin-induced c-Fos expression in the ARC in ad libitum-fed mice, suggesting that CCK may inhibit orexigenic ARC neurons when acting together with other feeding-related signals. We conclude that all three macronutrients and also non-nutritive, ingestion-dependent signals contribute to an inhibition of orexigenic ARC neurons after refeeding. Similar to the previously demonstrated inhibitory in vivo action of peptide YY, CCK may be a postprandial mediator of ARC inhibition.


Endocrinology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 160 (10) ◽  
pp. 2441-2452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomokazu Hata ◽  
Noriyuki Miyata ◽  
Shu Takakura ◽  
Kazufumi Yoshihara ◽  
Yasunari Asano ◽  
...  

Abstract Anorexia nervosa (AN) results in gut dysbiosis, but whether the dysbiosis contributes to AN-specific pathologies such as poor weight gain and neuropsychiatric abnormalities remains unclear. To address this, germ-free mice were reconstituted with the microbiota of four patients with restricting-type AN (gAN mice) and four healthy control individuals (gHC mice). The effects of gut microbes on weight gain and behavioral characteristics were examined. Fecal microbial profiles in recipient gnotobiotic mice were clustered with those of the human donors. Compared with gHC mice, gAN mice showed a decrease in body weight gain, concomitant with reduced food intake. Food efficiency ratio (body weight gain/food intake) was also significantly lower in gAN mice than in gHC mice, suggesting that decreased appetite as well as the capacity to convert ingested food to unit of body substance may contribute to poor weight gain. Both anxiety-related behavior measured by open-field tests and compulsive behavior measured by a marble-burying test were increased only in gAN mice but not in gHC mice. Serotonin levels in the brain stem of gAN mice were lower than those in the brain stem of gHC mice. Moreover, the genus Bacteroides showed the highest correlation with the number of buried marbles among all genera identified. Administration of Bacteroides vulgatus reversed compulsive behavior but failed to exert any substantial effect on body weight. Collectively, these results indicate that AN-specific dysbiosis may contribute to both poor weight gain and mental disorders in patients with AN.


2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (24) ◽  
pp. 13323-13334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Mario Lobigs ◽  
Eva Lee ◽  
Arno Müllbacher

ABSTRACT C57BL/6J mice infected intravenously with the Sarafend strain of West Nile virus (WNV) develop a characteristic central nervous system (CNS) disease, including an acute inflammatory reaction. Dose response studies indicate two distinct kinetics of mortality. At high doses of infection (108 PFU), direct infection of the brain occurred within 24 h, resulting in 100% mortality with a 6-day mean survival time (MST), and there was minimal destruction of neural tissue. A low dose (103 PFU) of infection resulted in 27% mortality (MST, 11 days), and virus could be detected in the CNS 7 days postinfection (p.i.). Virus was present in the hypogastric lymph nodes and spleens at days 4 to 7 p.i. Histology of the brains revealed neuronal degeneration and inflammation within leptomeninges and brain parenchyma. Inflammatory cell infiltration was detectable in brains from day 4 p.i. onward in the high-dose group and from day 7 p.i. in the low-dose group, with the severity of infiltration increasing over time. The cellular infiltrates in brain consisted predominantly of CD8+, but not CD4+, T cells. CD8+ T cells in the brain and the spleen expressed the activation markers CD69 early and expressed CD25 at later time points. CD8+ T-cell-deficient mice infected with 103 PFU of WNV showed increased mortalities but prolonged MST and early infection of the CNS compared to wild-type mice. Using high doses of virus in CD8-deficient mice leads to increased survival. These results provide evidence that CD8+ T cells are involved in both recovery and immunopathology in WNV infection.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (2) ◽  
pp. R563-R569 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. Leon ◽  
W. Kozak ◽  
J. Peschon ◽  
M. J. Kluger

We examined the effects of injections of systemic [lipopolysaccharide (LPS), 2.5 mg/kg or 50 pg/kg ip] or local (turpentine, 100 microl sc) inflammatory stimuli on fever, motor activity, body weight, and food intake in tumor necrosis factor (TNF) double receptor (TNFR)-knockout mice. A high dose of LPS resulted in exacerbated fevers in TNFR-knockout mice compared with wild-type mice for the early phase of fever (3-15 h); the late phase of fever (16-24 h) and fevers to a low dose of LPS were similar in both groups. Motor activity, body weight, and food intake were similarly reduced in both groups of mice after LPS administration. In response to turpentine, TNFR-knockout and wild-type mice developed virtually identical responses to all variables monitored. These results suggest that 1) TNF modulates fevers to LPS dose dependently, 2) TNF does not modulate fevers to a subcutaneous injection of turpentine, and 3) knockout mice may develop cytokine redundancy in the regulation of the acute phase response to intraperitoneally injected LPS or subcutaneously injected turpentine.


Hypertension ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Chen ◽  
Jerry B Lingrel ◽  
John M Hamlyn ◽  
Mordecai P Blaustein

Dietary salt is a major factor in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension (EH), but the underlying links are unresolved. Animal models indicate that angiotensin (Ang) II and high dietary salt (HS) are convergent signals that act via the brain to elevate blood pressure (BP). Low-dose sc Ang II+HS is a common model for EH. We tested the Na + pump ouabain binding site’s role in this model because it is crucial in some other hypertension models (e.g., ACTH and Nedd4-2-knockout +HS). Mice that express Na + pumps with a mutant, ouabain-resistant α2 catalytic subunit (α2 R/R ; cation transport is normal), and wild type (WT), ouabain sensitive controls (α2 S/S ) were studied. [80-90% of rodent artery myocyte Na + pumps are ouabain-resistant (α1 R/R ); only 10-20% are α2.] BP was measured by telemetry. First, 3 basal 24 hr BPs were recorded. Osmotic 4-week minipumps were then implanted sc in all mice to deliver vehicle (saline; Expt. #1,3), or 400 (Expt. #1,2) or 800 (Expt. #3) ng/kg/min Ang II; simultaneously, in Expt. #2, the diet was switched from 0.4% (standard) to 2% NaCl (HS). BPs were monitored every 3-4 days for up to 4 weeks. Also, in Expt. #2, on day 21, all mice received 2 ip injections, 4 hrs apart, of 10 mg/kg DigiFab, Fab fragments that immuno-neutralize ouabain, while BP was continuously monitored; on day 23, the mice received 2 ip injections of CroFab, anti-crotalus toxin (‘control’) Fab fragments. Results: 1. Basal mean BP (MBP) was 10±2 mm Hg higher in α2 R/R than in WT mice ( P <0.01; n =21 & 29; ANOVA). 2. In WT mice, 400 ng/kg/min sc Ang II and Ang II+HS raised MBP by 15±1 and 34±1 mm Hg, respectively ( P <0.01; n =7-8; ANOVA). 3. The MPB elevation in Ang II+HS α2 R/R (17±2 mm Hg) was only half that in WT mice ( P <0.01; n =7 each; ANOVA). 4. DigiFab rapidly (<1 hr) reduced MBP by 14±2 mm Hg in Ang II+HS hypertensive WT mice ( P <0.001; n =7; T-test), but not in α2 R/R mice ( P <0.01; n =7 each; ANOVA); CroFab did not lower MBP in either strain. 5. 800 ng/kg/min sc Ang II elevated systolic BP by 55±3 mm Hg in WT mice, but by only 37±3 mm Hg in α2 R/R mice ( P <0.05; n =3-5; ANOVA). Conclusions: Ouabain-sensitive α2 Na + pumps and their endogenous ligand are both required for full expression of low-dose Ang II-salt hypertension. Ouabain-sensitive α2 pumps apparently also contribute to high-dose Ang II-hypertension.


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