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Mavanji V, Pomonis BL, Shekels L, Kotz CM. Interactions between Lateral Hypothalamic Orexin and Dorsal Raphe Circuitry in Energy Balance. Brain Sci 2024; 14:464. [PMID: 38790443 PMCID: PMC11117928 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14050464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Orexin/hypocretin terminals innervate the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), which projects to motor control areas important for spontaneous physical activity (SPA) and energy expenditure (EE). Orexin receptors are expressed in the DRN, and obesity-resistant (OR) rats show higher expression of these receptors in the DRN and elevated SPA/EE. We hypothesized that orexin-A in the DRN enhances SPA/EE and that DRN-GABA modulates the effect of orexin-A on SPA/EE. We manipulated orexin tone in the DRN either through direct injection of orexin-A or through the chemogenetic activation of lateral-hypothalamic (LH) orexin neurons. In the orexin neuron activation experiment, fifteen minutes prior to the chemogenetic activation of orexin neurons, the mice received either the GABA-agonist muscimol or antagonist bicuculline injected into the DRN, and SPA/EE was monitored for 24 h. In a separate experiment, orexin-A was injected into the DRN to study the direct effect of DRN orexin on SPA/EE. We found that the activation of orexin neurons elevates SPA/EE, and manipulation of GABA in the DRN does not alter the SPA response to orexin neuron activation. Similarly, intra-DRN orexin-A enhanced SPA and EE in the mice. These results suggest that orexin-A in the DRN facilitates negative energy balance by increasing physical activity-induced EE, and that modulation of DRN orexin-A is a potential strategy to promote SPA and EE.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vijayakumar Mavanji
- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA; (V.M.); (B.L.P.); (L.S.)
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA; (V.M.); (B.L.P.); (L.S.)
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA; (V.M.); (B.L.P.); (L.S.)
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA; (V.M.); (B.L.P.); (L.S.)
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
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Mavanji V, Pomonis B, Kotz CM. Orexin, serotonin, and energy balance. WIREs Mech Dis 2022; 14:e1536. [PMID: 35023323 PMCID: PMC9286346 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
The lateral hypothalamus is critical for the control of ingestive behavior and spontaneous physical activity (SPA), as lesion or stimulation of this region alters these behaviors. Evidence points to lateral hypothalamic orexin neurons as modulators of feeding and SPA. These neurons affect a broad range of systems, and project to multiple brain regions such as the dorsal raphe nucleus, which contains serotoninergic neurons (DRN) important to energy homeostasis. Physical activity is comprised of intentional exercise and SPA. These are opposite ends of a continuum of physical activity intensity and structure. Non‐goal‐oriented behaviors, such as fidgeting, standing, and ambulating, constitute SPA in humans, and reflect a propensity for activity separate from intentional activity, such as high‐intensity voluntary exercise. In animals, SPA is activity not influenced by rewards such as food or a running wheel. Spontaneous physical activity in humans and animals burns calories and could theoretically be manipulated pharmacologically to expend calories and protect against obesity. The DRN neurons receive orexin inputs, and project heavily onto cortical and subcortical areas involved in movement, feeding and energy expenditure (EE). This review discusses the function of hypothalamic orexin in energy‐homeostasis, the interaction with DRN serotonin neurons, and the role of this orexin‐serotonin axis in regulating food intake, SPA, and EE. In addition, we discuss possible brain areas involved in orexin–serotonin cross‐talk; the role of serotonin receptors, transporters and uptake‐inhibitors in the pathogenesis and treatment of obesity; animal models of obesity with impaired serotonin‐function; single‐nucleotide polymorphisms in the serotonin system and obesity; and future directions in the orexin–serotonin field. This article is categorized under:Metabolic Diseases > Molecular and Cellular Physiology
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- Vijayakumar Mavanji
- Research Service, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Research Service, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.,Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Muthmainah M, Gogos A, Sumithran P, Brown RM. Orexins (hypocretins): The intersection between homeostatic and hedonic feeding. J Neurochem 2021; 157:1473-1494. [PMID: 33608877 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Orexins are hypothalamic neuropeptides originally discovered to play a role in the regulation of feeding behaviour. The broad connections of orexin neurons to mesocorticolimbic circuitry suggest they may play a role in mediating reward-related behaviour beyond homeostatic feeding. Here, we review the role of orexin in a variety of eating-related behaviour, with a focus on reward and motivation, and the neural circuits driving these effects. One emerging finding is the involvement of orexins in hedonic and appetitive behaviour towards palatable food, in addition to their role in homeostatic feeding. This review discusses the brain circuitry and possible mechanisms underlying the role of orexins in these behaviours. Overall, there is a marked bias in the literature towards studies involving male subjects. As such, future work needs to be done to involve female subjects. In summary, orexins play an important role in driving motivation for high salient rewards such as highly palatable food and may serve as the intersection between homeostatic and hedonic feeding.
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- Muthmainah Muthmainah
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Mental Health Research Theme, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.,The Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.,Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Mental Health Research Theme, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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- Department of Medicine (Austin), University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Vic., Australia.,Department of Endocrinology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Vic., Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Mental Health Research Theme, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.,The Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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Hsu TM, McCutcheon JE, Roitman MF. Parallels and Overlap: The Integration of Homeostatic Signals by Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons. Front Psychiatry 2018; 9:410. [PMID: 30233430 PMCID: PMC6129766 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Motivated behaviors are often initiated in response to perturbations of homeostasis. Indeed, animals and humans have fundamental drives to procure (appetitive behaviors) and eventually ingest (consummatory behaviors) substances based on deficits in body fluid (e.g., thirst) and energy balance (e.g., hunger). Consumption, in turn, reinforces motivated behavior and is therefore considered rewarding. Over the years, the constructs of homeostatic (within the purview of the hypothalamus) and reward (within the purview of mesolimbic circuitry) have been used to describe need-based vs. need-free consumption. However, many experiments have demonstrated that mesolimbic circuits and "higher-order" brain regions are also profoundly influenced by changes to physiological state, which in turn generate behaviors that are poised to maintain homeostasis. Mesolimbic pathways, particularly dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and their projections to nucleus accumbens (NAc), can be robustly modulated by a variety of energy balance signals, including post-ingestive feedback relaying nutrient content and hormonal signals reflecting hunger and satiety. Moreover, physiological states can also impact VTA-NAc responses to non-nutritive rewards, such as drugs of abuse. Coupled with recent evidence showing hypothalamic structures are modulated in anticipation of replenished need, classic boundaries between circuits that convey perturbations in homeostasis and those that drive motivated behavior are being questioned. In the current review, we examine data that have revealed the importance of mesolimbic dopamine neurons and their downstream pathways as a dynamic neurobiological mechanism that provides an interface between physiological state, perturbations to homeostasis, and reward-seeking behaviors.
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- Ted M Hsu
- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavior, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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Hayatdavoudi P, Sadeghnia HR, Mohamadian-Roshan N, Hadjzadeh MAR. Beneficial Effects of Selective Orexin-A Receptor Antagonist in 4-aminopyridine-induced Seizures in Male Rats. Adv Biomed Res 2017; 6:162. [PMID: 29387673 PMCID: PMC5767796 DOI: 10.4103/abr.abr_262_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Orexins are excitatory neuropeptides which stimulate the central regulatory pathways. Orexins increase the penicillin-induced epileptic activity in rats. Orexin-A increases in different types of seizures and its elevated level is the characteristic feature in the epileptic children during polysomnography. Recently, the orexin receptor blockage has been reported to increase seizure threshold in mice; however, effect of the selective orexin-A receptor antagonist (SB-334867) on 4-aminopyridine (4-AP)-induced seizures has not been investigated. Materials and Methods We used the intraperitoneal injection of 4-AP to induce seizure in male rats. Under urethane anesthesia, SB-334867 (50 and 100 nmol) was injected stereotaxically into the ventral hippocampal commissure. Using video recording, the effects of SB-334867 on electroencephalogram and tonic-clonic convulsions were compared to those that received diazepam or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Results SB-334867 significantly decreased the duration of spike trains compared to DMSO-treated rats (P < 0.001) and reduced the duration of convulsive seizures (P < 0.05). Seizure onset was increased significantly by SB-334867, 50 nmol, compared to DMSO (P < 0.05) and diazepam (P < 0.01) treated rats. Conclusion Antagonism of orexin-A receptor by a low-dose SB-334867 showed protective effects in 4-AP-induced seizure-like activities in anesthetized rats.
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- Parichehr Hayatdavoudi
- Department of Physiology, Neurocognitive Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacological Research Center of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pathology, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Neurocognitive Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Hagar JM, Macht VA, Wilson SP, Fadel JR. Upregulation of orexin/hypocretin expression in aged rats: Effects on feeding latency and neurotransmission in the insular cortex. Neuroscience 2017; 350:124-132. [PMID: 28344067 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Aging is associated with changes in numerous homeostatic functions, such as food intake, that are thought to be mediated by the hypothalamus. Orexin/hypocretin neurons of the hypothalamus regulate several physiological functions, including feeding, sleep and wakefulness. Evidence from both clinical and animal studies supports the notion that aging is associated with loss or dysregulation of the orexin system. Here, we used virus-mediated gene transfer to manipulate expression of orexin peptides in young and aged rats and examined behavioral and neurochemical correlates of food intake in these animals. Aged rats showed slower feeding latencies when presented with palatable food compared to young control rats, and these deficits were ameliorated by upregulation of orexin expression. Similarly, young animals treated with a virus designed to decrease preproorexin expression showed longer feeding latencies reminiscent of aged control rats. Feeding was also associated with increased acetylcholine, glutamate and GABA efflux in insular cortex of young control animals. Orexin upregulation did not restore deficits in feeding-elicited release of these neurotransmitters in aged rats, but did enhance basal neurotransmitter levels which may have contributed to the behavioral correlates of these genetic manipulations. These studies demonstrate that age-related deficits in behavioral and neurochemical measures of feeding are likely to be mediated, in part, by the orexin system. Because these same neurotransmitter systems have been shown to underlie orexin effects on cognition, treatments which increase orexin function may have potential for improving both physiological and cognitive manifestations of certain age-related disorders.
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- Janel M Hagar
- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA; Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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Melse M, Temel Y, Tan SK, Jahanshahi A. Deep brain stimulation of the rostromedial tegmental nucleus: An unanticipated, selective effect on food intake. Brain Res Bull 2016; 127:23-28. [PMID: 27520392 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg) is a relatively newly described brainstem structure. The RMTg is extensively connected to both dopaminergic (DA) and serotoninergic key areas and it fulfills a pivotal role in the regulation of mesolimbic and nigrostriatal DA release. The RMTg may directly influence DA- and 5-HT associated motor and possibly also mood related behavior, the latter of which has not yet been well described. The current study explored the consequences of RMTg manipulation on DA- and 5-HT related behavior through the application of RMTg deep brain stimulation (DBS) with both high and low frequency stimulation (LFS and HFS). We used a wide array of motor and mood tests to assess changes in behavior. RMTg DBS did not change behavioral outcomes in the Skinner box task, nor in the Catwalk, the sucrose intake test, the open field test, the elevated zero maze, or the place preference test, but LFS did induce a significant decrease in food intake. This seems to be a selective effect as no motor or anxiety changes were observed that could lead to attenuated food intake. This finding not only underlines the RMTg's braking effect on the VTA, but possibly also on the forebrain, where GABA-ergic RMTg efferent may cause suppression of feeding in the lateral hypothalamus.
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- Maartje Melse
- Departments of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, PO BOX 616 (UNS 50, BOX 38) 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, PO BOX 616 (UNS 50, BOX 38) 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30 D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, PO BOX 616 (UNS 50, BOX 38) 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Hsu TM, Suarez AN, Kanoski SE. Ghrelin: A link between memory and ingestive behavior. Physiol Behav 2016; 162:10-7. [PMID: 27072509 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Feeding is a highly complex behavior that is influenced by learned associations between external and internal cues. The type of excessive feeding behavior contributing to obesity onset and metabolic deficit may be based, in part, on conditioned appetitive and ingestive behaviors that occur in response to environmental and/or interoceptive cues associated with palatable food. Therefore, there is a critical need to understand the neurobiology underlying learned aspects of feeding behavior. The stomach-derived "hunger" hormone, ghrelin, stimulates appetite and food intake and may function as an important biological substrate linking mnemonic processes with feeding control. The current review highlights data supporting a role for ghrelin in mediating the cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms that underlie conditioned feeding behavior. We discuss the role of learning and memory on food intake control (with a particular focus on hippocampal-dependent memory processes) and provide an overview of conditioned cephalic endocrine responses. A neurobiological framework is provided through which conditioned cephalic ghrelin secretion signals in neurons in the hippocampus, which then engage orexigenic neural circuitry in the lateral hypothalamus to express learned feeding behavior.
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- Ted M Hsu
- Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Neuroscience Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Neuroscience Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Davoudi M, Azizi H, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J, Semnanian S. The blockade of GABAA receptors attenuates the inhibitory effect of orexin type 1 receptors antagonist on morphine withdrawal syndrome in rats. Neurosci Lett 2016; 617:201-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hsu TM, Hahn JD, Konanur VR, Noble EE, Suarez AN, Thai J, Nakamoto EM, Kanoski SE. Hippocampus ghrelin signaling mediates appetite through lateral hypothalamic orexin pathways. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 26745307 PMCID: PMC4695382 DOI: 10.7554/elife.11190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Feeding behavior rarely occurs in direct response to metabolic deficit, yet the overwhelming majority of research on the biology of food intake control has focused on basic metabolic and homeostatic neurobiological substrates. Most animals, including humans, have habitual feeding patterns in which meals are consumed based on learned and/or environmental factors. Here we illuminate a novel neural system regulating higher-order aspects of feeding through which the gut-derived hormone ghrelin communicates with ventral hippocampus (vHP) neurons to stimulate meal-entrained conditioned appetite. Additional results show that the lateral hypothalamus (LHA) is a critical downstream substrate for vHP ghrelin-mediated hyperphagia and that vHP ghrelin activated neurons communicate directly with neurons in the LHA that express the neuropeptide, orexin. Furthermore, activation of downstream orexin-1 receptors is required for vHP ghrelin-mediated hyperphagia. These findings reveal novel neurobiological circuitry regulating appetite through which ghrelin signaling in hippocampal neurons engages LHA orexin signaling.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ted M Hsu
- Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States.,Neuroscience Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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- Neurobiology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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- Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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- Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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- Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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- Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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- Neuroscience Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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- Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States.,Neuroscience Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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Sarihi A, Emam AH, Panah MH, Komaki A, Seif S, Vafaeirad M, Alaii E. Effects of activation and blockade of orexin A receptors in the medial preoptic area on food intake in male rats. Neurosci Lett 2015; 604:157-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2014] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Mavanji V, Perez-Leighton CE, Kotz CM, Billington CJ, Parthasarathy S, Sinton CM, Teske JA. Promotion of Wakefulness and Energy Expenditure by Orexin-A in the Ventrolateral Preoptic Area. Sleep 2015; 38:1361-70. [PMID: 25845696 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES The ventrolateral preoptic area (VLPO) and the orexin/hypocretin neuronal system are key regulators of sleep onset, transitions between vigilance states, and energy homeostasis. Reciprocal projections exist between the VLPO and orexin/hypocretin neurons. Although the importance of the VLPO to sleep regulation is clear, it is unknown whether VLPO neurons are involved in energy balance. The purpose of these studies was to determine if the VLPO is a site of action for orexin-A, and which orexin receptor subtype(s) would mediate these effects of orexin-A. We hypothesized that orexin-A in the VLPO modulates behaviors (sleep and wakefulness, feeding, spontaneous physical activity [SPA]) to increase energy expenditure. DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS Sleep, wakefulness, SPA, feeding, and energy expenditure were determined after orexin-A microinjection in the VLPO of male Sprague-Dawley rats with unilateral cannulae targeting the VLPO. We also tested whether pretreatment with a dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA, TCS-1102) or an OX2R antagonist (JNJ-10397049) blocked the effects of orexin-A on the sleep/wake cycle or SPA, respectively. RESULTS Orexin-A injected into the VLPO significantly increased wakefulness, SPA, and energy expenditure (SPA-induced and total) and reduced NREM sleep and REM sleep with no effect on food intake. Pretreatment with DORA blocked the increase in wakefulness and the reduction in NREM sleep elicited by orexin-A, and the OX2R antagonist reduced SPA stimulated by orexin-A. CONCLUSIONS These data show the ventrolateral preoptic area is a site of action for orexin-A, which may promote negative energy balance by modulating sleep/wakefulness and stimulating spontaneous physical activity and energy expenditure.
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- Center for Integrative Medicine and Innovative Science, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile.,Escuela de Nutricion, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN.,Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Minneapolis, MN.,Minnesota Obesity Center, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.,Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN
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- Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN.,Minnesota Obesity Center, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.,Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.,Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN
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- Arizona Respiratory Center University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.,Department of Medicine University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Arizona Respiratory Center University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.,Department of Medicine University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.,Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN.,Minnesota Obesity Center, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN.,Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN
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Rorabaugh JM, Stratford JM, Zahniser NR. A relationship between reduced nucleus accumbens shell and enhanced lateral hypothalamic orexin neuronal activation in long-term fructose bingeing behavior. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95019. [PMID: 24736531 PMCID: PMC3988143 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Fructose accounts for 10% of daily calories in the American diet. Fructose, but not glucose, given intracerebroventricularly stimulates homeostatic feeding mechanisms within the hypothalamus; however, little is known about how fructose affects hedonic feeding centers. Repeated ingestion of sucrose, a disaccharide of fructose and glucose, increases neuronal activity in hedonic centers, the nucleus accumbens (NAc) shell and core, but not the hypothalamus. Rats given glucose in the intermittent access model (IAM) display signatures of hedonic feeding including bingeing and altered DA receptor (R) numbers within the NAc. Here we examined whether substituting fructose for glucose in this IAM produces bingeing behavior, alters DA Rs and activates hedonic and homeostatic feeding centers. Following long-term (21-day) exposure to the IAM, rats given 8–12% fructose solutions displayed fructose bingeing but unaltered DA D1R or D2R number. Fructose bingeing rats, as compared to chow bingeing controls, exhibited reduced NAc shell neuron activation, as determined by c-Fos-immunoreactivity (Fos-IR). This activation was negatively correlated with orexin (Orx) neuron activation in the lateral hypothalamus/perifornical area (LH/PeF), a brain region linking homeostatic to hedonic feeding centers. Following short-term (2-day) access to the IAM, rats exhibited bingeing but unchanged Fos-IR, suggesting only long-term fructose bingeing increases Orx release. In long-term fructose bingeing rats, pretreatment with the Ox1R antagonist SB-334867 (30 mg/kg; i.p.) equally reduced fructose bingeing and chow intake, resulting in a 50% reduction in calories. Similarly, in control rats, SB-334867 reduced chow/caloric intake by 60%. Thus, in the IAM, Ox1Rs appear to regulate feeding based on caloric content rather than palatability. Overall, our results, in combination with the literature, suggest individual monosaccharides activate distinct neuronal circuits to promote feeding behavior. Specifically, long-term fructose bingeing activates a hyperphagic circuit composed in part of NAc shell and LH/PeF Orx neurons.
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- Jacki M. Rorabaugh
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Erken HA, Erken G, Genç O, Kortunay S, Sahiner M, Turgut G, Turgut S. Orexins cause epileptic activity. Peptides 2012; 37:161-4. [PMID: 22771311 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2012] [Revised: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Orexins have been implicated in the regulation of sleep-wake cycle, energy homeostasis, drinking behavior, analgesia, attention, learning and memory but their effects on epileptic activity are controversial. We investigated whether intracortical injections of orexin A (100 pmol) and B (100 pmol) cause epileptic activity in rats. We observed epileptic seizure findings on these two groups rats. Orexin A and B also significantly increased total EEG power spectrum. Our findings indicate that orexins cause epileptic activity.
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Gotter AL, Webber AL, Coleman PJ, Renger JJ, Winrow CJ. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXXVI. Orexin Receptor Function, Nomenclature and Pharmacology. Pharmacol Rev 2012; 64:389-420. [DOI: 10.1124/pr.111.005546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Olarte-Sánchez CM, Valencia Torres L, Body S, Cassaday HJ, Bradshaw CM, Szabadi E. Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule. J Psychopharmacol 2012; 26:871-86. [PMID: 21926428 DOI: 10.1177/0269881111409607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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It has been suggested that a sub-population of orexinergic neurones whose somata lie in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) play an important role in regulating the reinforcing value of both food and drugs. This experiment examined the effect of disruption of orexinergic mechanisms in the LHA on performance on the progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement, in which the response requirement increases progressively for successive reinforcers. The data were analysed using a mathematical model which yields a quantitative index of reinforcer value and dissociates effects of interventions on motor and motivational processes. Rats were trained under a progressive ratio schedule using food-pellet reinforcement. They received bilateral injections of conjugated orexin-B-saporin (OxSap) into the LHA or sham lesions. Training continued for a further 40 sessions after surgery. Equations were fitted to the response rate data from each rat, and the parameters of the model were derived for successive blocks of 10 sessions. The OxSap lesion reduced the number of orexin-containing neurones in the LHA by approximately 50% compared with the sham-lesioned group. The parameter expressing the incentive value of the reinforcer was not significantly altered by the lesion. However, the parameter related to the maximum response rate was significantly affected, suggesting that motor capacity was diminished in the OxSap-lesioned group. The results indicate that OxSap lesions of the LHA disrupted food-reinforced responding on the progressive ratio schedule. It is suggested that this disruption was brought about by a change in non-motivational (motor) processes.
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- C M Olarte-Sánchez
- Psychopharmacology Section, Division of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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In this chapter, we give an overview of the current status of the role of orexins in feeding and energy homeostasis. Orexins, also known as hypocretins, initially were discovered in 1998 as hypothalamic regulators of food intake. A little later, their far more important function as regulators of sleep and arousal came to light. Despite their restricted distribution, orexin neurons have projections throughout the entire brain, with dense projections especially to the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, and the locus coeruleus and tuberomammillary nucleus. Its two receptors are orexin receptor 1 and orexin receptor 2. These receptors show a specific and localized distribution in a number of brain regions, and a variety of different actions has been demonstrated upon their binding. Our group showed that through the autonomic nervous system, the orexin system plays a key role in the control of glucose metabolism, but it has also been shown to stimulate sympathetic outflow, to increase body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, and renal sympathetic nerve activity. The well-known effects of orexin on the control of food intake, arousal, and wakefulness appear to be more extensive than originally thought, with additional effects on the autonomic nervous system, that is, to increase body temperature and energy metabolism.
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Feeding behaviors and ORXR–β-GABAAR subunit interactions in Carassius auratus. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2011; 33:641-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2011.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2011] [Revised: 09/28/2011] [Accepted: 09/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Mercer RE, Chee MJS, Colmers WF. The role of NPY in hypothalamic mediated food intake. Front Neuroendocrinol 2011; 32:398-415. [PMID: 21726573 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2011] [Revised: 05/17/2011] [Accepted: 06/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a highly conserved neuropeptide with orexigenic actions in discrete hypothalamic nuclei that plays a role in regulating energy homeostasis. NPY signals via a family of high affinity receptors that mediate the widespread actions of NPY in all hypothalamic nuclei. These actions are also subject to tight, intricate regulation by numerous peripheral and central energy balance signals. The NPY system is embedded within a densely-redundant network designed to ensure stable energy homeostasis. This redundancy may underlie compensation for the loss of NPY or its receptors in germline knockouts, explaining why conventional knockouts of NPY or its receptors rarely yield a marked phenotypic change. We discuss insights into the hypothalamic role of NPY from studies of its physiological actions, responses to genetic manipulations and interactions with other energy balance signals. We conclude that numerous approaches must be employed to effectively study different aspects of NPY action.
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- Rebecca E Mercer
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2H7
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Hernández L, Paredes D, Rada P. Feeding behavior as seen through the prism of brain microdialysis. Physiol Behav 2011; 104:47-56. [PMID: 21549733 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2011] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The knowledge of feeding behavior mechanisms gained through brain microdialysis is reviewed. Most of the chemical changes so far reported concern to the limbic system in rodents. A picture showing increases and decreases of extracellular neurotransmitters correlating to different aspects of feeding behavior is gradually emerging. Depending on the region, the same neurotransmitter may signal opposite aspects of feeding. Dopamine (DA) in the nucleus accumbens (NAC) correlates with food reward, stimulus saliency, and goal directed hyperlocomotion but in the ventromedial hypothalamus DA correlates with satiety and hypolocomotion. The findings accumulated in the last 25 years suggest that the control of a particular function relies on the interaction of several neurotransmitters rather than on a single neurotransmitter. The poor sensitivity of most analytical techniques hinders time and spatial resolution of microdialysis. Therefore, neurochemical correlates of short lasting behaviors are hard to figure out. As new and more sensitive analytical techniques are applied, new neurochemical correlates of feeding show up. Sometimes the proper analytical techniques are simply not available. As a consequence, critical signals such as neuropeptides are not yet completely placed in the puzzle. Despite such limitations, brain microdialysis has yielded a great deal of knowledge on the neurochemical basis of feeding.
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- Luis Hernández
- Laboratory of Behavioral Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela
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Turenius CI, Charles JR, Tsai DH, Ebersole PL, Htut MH, Ngo PT, Lara RN, Stanley BG. The tuberal lateral hypothalamus is a major target for GABAA--but not GABAB-mediated control of food intake. Brain Res 2009; 1283:65-72. [PMID: 19501070 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.05.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2009] [Revised: 05/26/2009] [Accepted: 05/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The lateral hypothalamus (LH) is a site of integration for control mechanisms of feeding behavior as it has extensive reciprocal connections with multiple intrahypothalamic and extrahypothalamic brain areas. Evidence suggests that blockade of ionotropric gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors in the LH elicits eating in satiated rats. To determine whether this GABA(A) receptor antagonist effect is specific to the LH, the antagonist picrotoxin was injected into one of six nearby sites and food intake was measured. Picrotoxin at 133 pmol elicited eating in the LH, but not in surrounding sites (thalamus, lateral preoptic area, ventral tegmental area, dorsomedial hypothalamus, and entopeduncular nucleus). More specifically, picrotoxin injected into the tuberal LH (tLH) elicited eating, but was ineffective when injected into the anterior or posterior LH. We also investigated whether GABA(B) receptors in the LH participated in the control of food intake and found that neither blockade nor activation of these receptors under multiple conditions changed food intake. Collectively, our findings suggest that GABA(A) but not GABA(B) receptors in the tLH act to suppress feeding behavior.
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- Christine I Turenius
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Turenius CI, Htut MM, Prodon DA, Ebersole PL, Ngo PT, Lara RN, Wilczynski JL, Stanley BG. GABAA receptors in the lateral hypothalamus as mediators of satiety and body weight regulation. Brain Res 2009; 1262:16-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2008] [Revised: 01/10/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hakvoort Schwerdtfeger RM, Menard JL. The lateral hypothalamus and anterior hypothalamic nucleus differentially contribute to rats' defensive responses in the elevated plus-maze and shock-probe burying tests. Physiol Behav 2008; 93:697-705. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2007] [Revised: 10/04/2007] [Accepted: 11/12/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Atkinson TJ. Central and peripheral neuroendocrine peptides and signalling in appetite regulation: considerations for obesity pharmacotherapy. Obes Rev 2008; 9:108-20. [PMID: 18257752 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2007.00412.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Appetite and satiety are mediated by complex neuroendocrine signalling pathways involving over 40 hormones, neuropeptides, enzymes, other chemical messengers and their receptors. Research efforts continue to expand understanding of the role of signalling molecules between central hypothalamic nuclei and peripheral enteroendocrine cells; and discoveries of novel networks and messengers provide new biological insights on how to manipulate appetite-satiety pathways. Despite the vast array of peptides that are potentially useful for anti-obesity drug development, only four classes of agents are approved: (i) catecholamine stimulants; (ii) serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors; (iii) lipase inhibitors; and (iv) more recently cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonists. Clinical effects of these drugs confer modest improvements, and side effects negatively impact long-term treatment course. This paper suggests single target pharmacological interventions are possibly hampered by the myriad of alternate orexigenic peptidic signals that drive hyperphagia, hence a multiple target model or combination treatment approach is proposed to offer greater therapeutic potential in modulating appetite and managing weight.
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Doane DF, Lawson MA, Meade JR, Kotz CM, Beverly JL. Orexin-induced feeding requires NMDA receptor activation in the perifornical region of the lateral hypothalamus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R1022-6. [PMID: 17537834 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00282.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Food intake is stimulated following administration of orexin-A into the perifornical region of the lateral hypothalamus (LH/PFA). Orexin neurons originating in the LH/PFA interact with a number of hypothalamic systems known to influence food intake, including glutamatergic neurons. Glutamatergic systems in the LH/PFA were demonstrated to initiate feeding through N-methyl-d-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors. Male Sprague-Dawley rats fitted with brain guide cannulas to the LH/PFA were used in two experiments. In the first experiment, a combination microdialysis/microinjection probe was used to deliver artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) or 500 pmol of orexin-A into the LH/PFA. Orexin-A increased interstitial glutamate to 143 ± 12% of baseline ( P < 0.05), which remained elevated over the 120-min collection period. In the second experiment, the NMDA receptor antagonist d-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (d-AP5; 10 nmol) was administered before orexin-A. The orexin-induced increase in food intake (from 1.1 ± 0.4 to 3.2 ± 0.5 g, P < 0.05) during the first hour was absent in rats receiving d-AP5 + orexin-A (1.2 ± 0.5 g). There was no effect of d-AP5 alone on food intake. These data support glutamatergic systems in the LH/PFA mediating the feeding response to orexin-A through NMDA receptors.
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- Dolores F Doane
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1207 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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