scholarly journals Piwi/piRNAs control food intake by promoting neuropeptide F expression in locusts

EMBO Reports ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huimin Wang ◽  
Feng Jiang ◽  
Xiang Liu ◽  
Qing Liu ◽  
Yunyun Fu ◽  
...  
1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (6) ◽  
pp. R1387-R1391
Author(s):  
M. M. Meguid ◽  
J. L. Beverly ◽  
Z. J. Yang ◽  
J. R. Gleason ◽  
R. A. Meguid ◽  
...  

To determine whether brain glycogen concentrations change during parenteral nutrition, Fischer 344 rats with jugular vein catheters received 0.9 N saline or parenteral nutrition providing 100% of daily calories (PN-100). Rats were killed after 4 days of PN-100 and serially after PN-100 was stopped. Food intake decreased during PN-100 to approximately 15% of control, but total kilocalories eaten and infused over the 4-day PN-100 period was approximately 130% of control. Food intake of PN-100 rats remained low for 3-4 days post-PN-100. At the end of the 4-day PN-100 period, plasma glucose and insulin (P = 0.01) and whole brain glycogen (P < 0.005) were higher than but similar to control within 24 h of PN-100 being stopped. When PN-100 rats were not allowed to eat during the infusion period, plasma glucose was lower, plasma insulin higher, and brain glycogen content the same as in control rats after 4 days of PN-100. The increased brain glycogen was the likely consequence of the hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia during PN-100 and was not causally associated with the reduced food intake either during or immediately after PN-100.


2005 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. le Roux ◽  
S. R. Bloom

Obesity is taking on pandemic proportions. The laws of thermodynamics, however, remain unchanged, as energy will be stored if less energy is expended than consumed; the storage is usually in the form of adipose tissue. Several neural, humeral and psychological factors control the complex process known as appetite. Recently, a close evolutionary relationship between the gut and brain has become apparent. The gut hormones regulate important gastrointestinal functions such as motility, secretion, absorption, provide feedback to the central nervous system on availability of nutrients and may play a part in regulating food intake. Peptide YY (PYY) is a thirty-six amino acid peptide related to neuropeptide Y (NPY) and is co-secreted with glucagon-like peptide 1. Produced by the intestinal L-cells, the highest tissue concentrations of PYY are found in distal segments of the gastrointestinal tract, although it is present throughout the gut. Following food intake PYY is released into the circulation. PYY concentrations are proportional to meal energy content and peak plasma levels appear postprandially after 1 h. PYY3-36 is a major form of PYY in both the gut mucosal endocrine cells and the circulation. Peripheral administration of PYY3-36 inhibits food intake for several hours in both rodents and man. The binding of PYY3-36 to the Y2 receptor leads to an inhibition of the NPY neurones and a possible reciprocal stimulation of the pro-opiomelanocortin neurones. Thus, PYY3-36 appears to control food intake by providing a powerful feedback on the hypothalamic circuits. The effect on food intake has been demonstrated at physiological concentrations and, therefore, PYY3-36 may be important in the everyday regulation of food intake.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-83
Author(s):  
Duraid A.Abbas ◽  
O.M.S. Al—Shaha,

Eighteen rats were divided into three equal groups. The first group was closed orally with quassin, the second group was dosed with quassin after the gut flora were suppressed by difierent antibiotics, and the third group was served as a control. Food intake, water intake, and change in body weight were measured daily before dosing, during two weeks of dosing, and during one week after stopping dosing. Two eats from each group were killed at the end of each week, and stomach, liver, and kidney were collected for histopathologic examination. The results show a significant decline in daily food intake and daily change in body weight, and a significant increase in daily water intake in both dosed groups during the dosing period. Microscopic lesions were seen in the kidneys of both dosed rats group killed at the end of first and second week


2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. I. Abdalla

Abstract The maintenance of the body weight at a stable level is a major determinant in keeping the higher animals and mammals survive. Th e body weight depends on the balance between the energy intake and energy expenditure. Increased food intake over the energy expenditure of prolonged time period results in an obesity. Th e obesity has become an important worldwide health problem, even at low levels. The obesity has an evil effect on the health and is associated with a shorter life expectancy. A complex of central and peripheral physiological signals is involved in the control of the food intake. Centrally, the food intake is controlled by the hypothalamus, the brainstem, and endocannabinoids and peripherally by the satiety and adiposity signals. Comprehension of the signals that control food intake and energy balance may open a new therapeutic approaches directed against the obesity and its associated complications, as is the insulin resistance and others. In conclusion, the present review summarizes the current knowledge about the complex system of the peripheral and central regulatory mechanisms of food intake and their potential therapeutic implications in the treatment of obesity.


2009 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Lara-Villoslada ◽  
Saleta Sierra ◽  
María Paz Díaz-Ropero ◽  
Juan Miguel Rodríguez ◽  
Jordi Xaus ◽  
...  

Lactobacillus fermentumCECT5716, a probiotic strain isolated from human milk, was characterized in a previous study. The objective of this study was to evaluate its sensitivity to antibiotics and its potential toxicity and translocation ability after oral administration to mice. For this puropose, 40 Balb/C mice were divided in two groups (n=20 per group). One group was treated orally with 1010colony forming units (cfu)/mouse/day ofLb. fermentumCECT5716 during 28 d. The other group only received the excipient and was used as control. Food intake, body weight, bacterial translocation and different biochemical and haematological parameters were analysed. Oral administration ofLb. fermentumCECT5716 to mice had no adverse effects on mice. There were no significant differences in body weight or food intake between control and probiotic-treated mice. No bacteraemia was observed and there was no treatment-associated bacterial translocation to liver or spleen. Stress oxidative markers were not different in control and probiotic-treated mice. These results suggest that the strainLb. fermentumCECT5716 is non-pathogenic for mice even in doses 10,000 times higher (expressed per kg of body weight) than those normally consumed by humans.


1986 ◽  
Vol 251 (5) ◽  
pp. R840-R845 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. Friedman ◽  
M. G. Tordoff

To determine whether glucose and fat metabolism interact to control food intake, rats were administered 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG), which inhibits glucose utilization, and methyl palmoxirate (MP), which inhibits fatty acid oxidation. Combined treatment with 2-DG and MP increased food intake in a synergistic fashion. This synergistic effect was observed even at doses of the two agents that alone did not increase food intake, and it was expressed by either an initiation of eating or a prolonged bout of eating, depending on the testing conditions. Metabolic measures of circulating substrates, liver glycogen, and gastric contents confirmed that the drugs had their intended metabolic effects and revealed no evidence that one drug enhanced the direct metabolic action of the other. The results provide direct evidence that glucose and fat metabolism exert a coordinated control over feeding behavior and suggest the existence of a common integrative mechanism in that control.


2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-90
Author(s):  
Grażyna Nowicka

Nutrition is a factor of major importance for health and also for development of diet related disorders. Nowadays there is no doubts that interaction between genes and nutrition plays a key role in health risk prediction and disease prevention. Individual nutritional status is determined not only by food availability but also by genes that control food intake, nutrient absorption and metabolism. On the other hand nutrients can significantly influence different genes expression and metabolic processes. Knowledge of genetic susceptibility to disease will help identify people at enhance risk and their response to diet. The prevalence of the types of genes of interest may differ between populations. The same genotype does not confer the same risk in all populations because of differences in environmental factors and nutritional habits. Therefore, populations should not simply copy each other’s dietary recommendations. Based on genetic and nutritional studies the best way for expression of healthier phenotypes should be found and used to promote health and prevent different diseases development.


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