TY - JOUR
T1 - Peripherally administered baclofen reduced food intake and body weight in db/db as well as diet-induced obese mice
AU - Sato, Ikuko
AU - Arima, Hiroshi
AU - Ozaki, Noriyuki
AU - Ozaki, Nobuaki
AU - Watanabe, Minemori
AU - Goto, Motomitsu
AU - Shimizu, Hiroshi
AU - Hayashi, Masayuki
AU - Banno, Ryouichi
AU - Nagasaki, Hiroshi
AU - Oiso, Yutaka
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/10/16
Y1 - 2007/10/16
N2 - Peripheral administration of baclofen significantly reduced food intake and body weight increase in both diabetic (db/db) and diet-induced obese mice for 5 weeks, whereas it had no significant effects on energy balance in their lean control mice. Despite the decreased body weight, neuropeptide Y expression in the arcuate nucleus was significantly decreased, whereas pro-opiomelanocortin expression was significantly increased by baclofen treatment. These data demonstrate that the inhibitory effects of baclofen on body weight in the obese mice were mediated via the arcuate nucleus at least partially, and suggest that GABAB agonists could be a new therapeutic reagent for obesity.
AB - Peripheral administration of baclofen significantly reduced food intake and body weight increase in both diabetic (db/db) and diet-induced obese mice for 5 weeks, whereas it had no significant effects on energy balance in their lean control mice. Despite the decreased body weight, neuropeptide Y expression in the arcuate nucleus was significantly decreased, whereas pro-opiomelanocortin expression was significantly increased by baclofen treatment. These data demonstrate that the inhibitory effects of baclofen on body weight in the obese mice were mediated via the arcuate nucleus at least partially, and suggest that GABAB agonists could be a new therapeutic reagent for obesity.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.09.011
DO - 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.09.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 17888909
AN - SCOPUS:34948892964
VL - 581
SP - 4857
EP - 4864
JO - FEBS Letters
JF - FEBS Letters
SN - 0014-5793
IS - 25
ER -