Lesion of area postrema attenuated hyperphagic responses to glucoprivation, but not transcriptional activation of the neuropeptide y gene in rats

Yoshiharu Ozawa, Hiroshi Arima, Ryoichi Banno, Yoshihiro Ito, Motomitsu Goto, Yoshiaki Morishita, Yoshihisa Sugimura, Nobuaki Ozaki, Hiroshi Nagasaki, Yutaka Oiso

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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The area postrema (AP) is a circumventricular organ that lacks a blood-brain barrier. Previous studies have shown that the lesion of AP (APX) attenuated hyperphagic responses to glucoprivation. As the orexigenic neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons have been implicated in the regulation of food intake, we examined whether the activation of NPY neurons by glucoprivation is mediated through the AP as well. In agreement with previous studies, hyperphagic responses to an injection of 2-deoxy-D-glucose that blocks glucose utilization were significantly attenuated in the APX group compared with the sham-operated (Sham) group. However, the expression levels of NPY heteronuclear RNA, a sensitive indicator for the gene transcription, were significantly increased in the arcuate nucleus by a 2-deoxy-D-glucose injection in both the APX and the Sham groups, and there were no significant differences in the values between groups. These data suggest that the hyperphagic response to glucoprivation, but not the activation of NPY gene transcription in the arcuate nucleus, was mediated through the AP in the hindbrain.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)673-675
ページ数3
ジャーナルNeuroreport
23
11
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 01-08-2012
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 神経科学一般

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