Suppression of neuropeptide Y-elicited eating by adrenalectomy or hypophysectomy: reversal with corticosterone

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) injected into the paraventricular hypothalamus (PVN) stimulates a robust eating response in the satiated rat. To examine whether the NPY-feeding system interacts with the pituitary-adrenal axis, the eating response to PVN injections of NPY (78 pmol) was tested in adult male rats...

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Veröffentlicht in:Brain research 1989-10, Vol.501 (1), p.32-36
Hauptverfasser: Stanley, B. Glenn, Lanthier, Donna, Chin, Andria S., Leibowitz, Sarah F.
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Zusammenfassung:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) injected into the paraventricular hypothalamus (PVN) stimulates a robust eating response in the satiated rat. To examine whether the NPY-feeding system interacts with the pituitary-adrenal axis, the eating response to PVN injections of NPY (78 pmol) was tested in adult male rats before and after sham surgery, adrenalectomy (ADX), hypophysectomy (HYPX), and/or corticosterone (CORT) replacement therapy. In unoperated or sham groups, NPY elicited 5.7–8.8 g of food intake in 1 h as compared to 0.4–1.1 g for vehicle-injected animals. In ADX groups, the NPY-elicited response was reduced by 60–71%, to between 2.4 and 2.8 g. Likewise, the average response of the HYPX group was reduced by 69%, to 1.7 g. Corticosterone replacement, via subcutaneous implant of a 100 mg CORT pellet, normalized the NPY-induced feeding response in both the ADX and HYPX groups. These findings suggest that the hypothalamic NPY-feeding system is largely dependent upon circulating CORT and that no other adrenal or pituitary hormone is essential.
ISSN:0006-8993
1872-6240
DOI:10.1016/0006-8993(89)91023-8