Lateral hypothalamic Orexin‐A‐ergic projections to the arcuate nucleus modulate gastric function in vivo

It has been well‐known that hypothalamic orexigenic neuropeptides, orexin‐A, and melanin‐concentrating hormone (MCH), play important roles in regulation of gastric function. However, what neural pathway mediated by the two neuropeptides affects the gastric function remains unknown. In this study, by way of nucleic stimulation and extracellular recording of single unit electrophysiological properties, we found that electrically stimulating the lateral hypothalamic area (LH) or microinjection of orexin‐A into the arcuate nucleus (ARC) excited most gastric distension‐responsive neurons in the nuclei and enhanced the gastric function including motility, emptying, and acid secretion of conscious rats. The results indicated that LH‐ARC orexin‐A‐ergic projections may exist and the orexin‐A in the ARC affected afferent and efferent signal transmission between ARC and stomach. As expected, combination of retrograde tracing and immunohistochemistry showed that some orexin‐A‐ergic neurons projected from the LH to the ARC. In addition, microinjection of MCH and its receptor antagonist PMC‐3881‐PI into the ARC affected the role of orexin‐A in the ARC, indicating a possible involvement of the MCH pathway in the orexin‐A role. Our findings suggest that there was an orexin‐A‐ergic pathway between LH and ARC which participated in transmitting information between the central nuclei and the gastrointestinal tract and in regulating the gastric function of rats.

     

大鼠下丘脑LHA-PVN nesfatin-1神经通路构成及对胃运动的影响

目的:阐述LHA和PVN间nesfatin-1神经通路的构成,探讨PVN nesfatin-1对胃收缩幅度及频率的影响及潜在机制。方法:采用荧光金逆行追踪结合荧光免疫组化技术,观察LHA-PVN间nesfatin-1神经通路构成;采用细胞外放电记录,观察nesfatin-1对GD放点活动的影响;通过在体胃运动技术,观察nesfatin-1对清醒自由活动大鼠胃收缩幅度和频率的影响。结果:Nesfatin-1能够抑制GD-E神经元放电(1.97±0.12 Hz vs.1.15±0.07 Hz)促进GD-I神经元放电(1.74±0.10 Hz vs.3.04±0.18 Hz),H4928能够部分阻断nesfatin-1对GD神经元(GD-E:1.38±0.08 Hz,P0.05 vs.nesfatin-1;GD-I:2.49±0.15 Hz,P0.05 vs.nesfatin-1)的影响;PVN内微量注射nesfatin-1能够抑制大鼠胃运动,呈量效依赖关系;LHA和PVN间有nesfatin-1神经纤维联系;电刺激LHA后,GD神经元放电频率增加(GD-E:2.06±0.12 Hz vs.4.23±0.21 Hz,GD-I:1.61±0.09 Hz vs.4.83±0.25 Hz),预先向PVN注射抗NUCB2/nesfatin-1抗体后,GD-E神经元放电频率减弱(4.91±0.25 Hz vs.4.23±0.21 Hz),而GD-I神经元放电频率增强(4.15±0.18 Hz vs.4.83±0.25)。结论:PVN内nesfatin-1可调控大鼠GD神经元放电活动及胃运动,该效应受LHA调控。     

电刺激下丘脑外侧区对大鼠胃缺血-再灌注损伤的影响

采用夹闭大鼠腹腔动脉30min,松开动脉夹血流复灌60min的胃缺血－再灌注损伤(gastric ischemia reperfusion injury,GI-RI)模型,用电和化学刺激,电损毁的方法观察了下丘脑外侧区（lateral hypothalamic area,LHA)对GI－RI的影响,并对其机制进行了初步分析,结果表明：（1）以0．2,0．4,0．6mA的电流强度刺激LHA,GI－RI均显著加重,且有强度－效应依赖关系,LHA内注射L－谷氨酸（L－Glu)后,对LI－RI的效应与电刺激相似,电损毁双侧LHA,GI－RI面积较电刺激组明显减小;（2）损毁双侧背侧迷走复合体（dorsal vagal complex,DVC)或切损毁是LHA,GI－RI面积较电刺激组明显减小;（2）损 侧背侧迷走复合体（dorsal vagal complex,DVC)或切断膈下迷走神经均能取消电刺激LHA加重GI－RI的作用。（3）电刺激LHA使缺血－再灌注（ischemia-reperfusion,I-R)的胃粘膜丙二醛（MDA）含量升高,超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性降低;（4）电刺激LHA使I－R的胃液量和总酸排出量增多,而酸度,胃蛋白酶活性和胃壁结合粘液量等无明显改变,结果提示;LHA是对GI－RI具有加重作用的中枢部位,其作用是通过DVC及迷走神经下传的,电刺激LHA加重GI－RI的作用与胃粘膜MDA含量增加,SOD活性降低,胃液量和总酸排出量增加等因素有关,而似与酸度,胃蛋白酶活性,胃壁结合粘液量等因素无关。     

Influences of cerebellar interpositus nucleus and fastigial nucleus on neuronal activity of lateral hypothalamic area

Stimulation of cerebellar interpositus nucleus and (astigial nucleus could influence the neuronal activi-ty of lateral hypothalamic area in the cat, and some of the neurons which respond to the cerebellar stimulations are glucose-sensitive neurons. These results suggest that the cerebellum is involved not only in motor control, but also in the regulation of non-somatic functions through the cerebello-hypothalamic pathways.     

刺激室旁核及加压素对大鼠胃缺血-再灌注损伤的保护作用

采用夹闭大鼠腹腔动脉30min,松开动脉夹血流复灌1h的胃缺血-再灌注损伤(gastric ischemia-reper-fusion injury,GI-RI）模型,观察了电或化学刺激室旁核（paraventricular nucleus,PVN）及外源性加压素（arginine-va-sopression,AVP）对GI-RI的影响,并对PVN的调控通路进行了初步分析。结果表明：电或化学刺激PVN后,GI-RI显著减轻;损毁双侧孤束核（nucleus tractus solitarius,NTS）或一侧NTS内注射AVP-V1受体阻断剂,均能取消电刺激PVN对GI-RI的效应;去除脑垂体后不影响PVN的作用;切断膈下迷走神经或切除腹腔交感神经节,则能加强电刺激PVN对GI-RI的影响;PVN内注射不同剂量的AVP同样能减轻大鼠GI-RI损伤。结果提示：PVN及AVP对大鼠GI-RI具有保护作用;PVN的这种作用可能是因电或化学刺激后,激活了其中的加压素能神经元,经其下行投射纤维释放AVP作用于NTS神经元的VAP-V1受体,并通过迷走和交感神经介导,从而影响GI-RI;而似与PVN-垂体通路关系不大。     

大鼠下丘脑外侧区内微量注射胃动素对胃窦运动和迷走背核复合体神经元电活动的影响

采用清醒大鼠胃运动记录和玻璃微电极记录神经元活动的实验方法 ,研究下丘脑外侧区 (lateralhy pothalamicarea,LHA)微量注射胃动素 (motilin) ,对清醒大鼠胃窦运动和对麻醉大鼠迷走背核复合体 (dorsalvagalcomplex ,DVC)中胃扩张敏感神经元电活动的调节作用。LHA内微量注射胃动素 (0 37nmol/ 0 5 μl)可使胃窦运动增强 76 2 9± 4 0 9% (P <0 0 1)。DVC中 6 0个胃扩张 (gastricdistention ,GD)敏感神经元中 ,39(6 5 % )个GD刺激引起电活动增强 ,2 1(35 % )个电活动减弱 ,分别称之为GD兴奋型神经元和GD抑制型神经元。双侧LHA微量注射胃动素 0 37nmol/ 0 5 μl,14个GD抑制型神经元中有 12个单位放电频率增加 4 4 35± 7 89% (P <0 0 1) ;2 4个GD兴奋型神经元中有 15个单位放电频率减少 7 17± 7 89% (P <0 0 5 )。结果提示 ,中枢胃动素可能通过LHA-DVC-迷走神经实现对胃窦运动的调控     

Neuroregulative mechanism of hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus on gastric ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats

A rat model of gastric ischemia-reperfusion injury (GI-RI) was established by clamping the celiac artery for 30 min and allowing reperfusion for 1 h, on which the regulatory effect of the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and its neural mechanisms were investigated. The results were: 1. Electrical stimulation of the PVN obviously attenuated the GI-RI. Microinjection of L-glutamic acid into PVN produced an effect similar to that of PVN stimulation. 2. Electrolytic ablation of the PVN aggravated the GI-RI. 3. Nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) ablation could eliminate the protective effect of electrical stimulation of PVN on GI-RI. 4. Hypophysectomy did not alter the effect of electrical stimulation of PVN. 5. Vagotomy or sympathectomy both could increase the effect of PVN stimulation on GI-RI. These results indicate that the PVN participates in the development of GI-RI as a specific area in the CNS, exerting protective effects on the GI-RI. The NTS and vagus and sympathetic nerve may be involved in the regulative mechanism of PVN on GI-RI, but the PVN mechanism here is independent of the PVN-hypophyseal pathway.     

Role of alpha-1-adrenergic receptors in the regulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus during stress

SUMMARY 1. The role of 1-adrenergic receptors on CRH mRNA levels in the PVN was studied in control and stressed rats receiving i.c.v. injections of the 1-adrenergic agonist, methoxamine, or the 1- antagonist, prazosin.2. Plasma ACTH increased significantly 60 min and 4 hr after a single injection of methoxamine (100 g, i.c.v.). No desensitization of this response was observed after repeated injections every 6 hr for 24 hr. Concomitantly, POMC mRNA in the anterior pituitary increased by 25% at 4 hr after a single injection and by 96% after repeated injections.3. CRH mRNA levels in the PVN increased by 131% after repeated injections for 24 hr, but were unchanged 4 hr after a single injection. Central 1-adrenergic blockade with prazosin did not prevent the increases in CRH mRNA following 4 hr of acute stress, but significantly reduced the increases observed 24 hr after an i.c.v. injection of 75 g of colchicine or after repeated i.p. hypertonic saline injections every 8 hr.4. These studies demonstrate that while 1-adrenergic receptors contribute to long-term increases of CRH mRNA levels in the PVN during prolonged stress, other factors are likely to be involved in the stimulation of CRH mRNA following acute stimulation.     

大鼠ARC-BMA nesfatin-1神经通路及对GD神经元放电活动和胃运动的影响

目的:探讨弓状核(ARC)-杏仁核(BMA)间nesfatin-1神经通路的构成及其对胃牵张敏感(GD)神经放电活动和胃运动的影响。方法:逆行追踪结合免疫组化观察ARC-BMA间nesfatin-1神经通路;细胞外放电记录,观察nesfatin-1对GD神经元放电活动的影响及电刺激ARC对BMA内GD神经元放电活动的影响;在体胃运动研究,观察nesfatin-1对胃运动及胃排空的影响及电刺激ARC对胃运动的影响。结果:大鼠ARC-BMA间存在nesfatin-1神经通路;BMA微量注射Nesfatin-1能够促进GD-E神经元放电(4.25±1.02 Hz vs.5.32±1.17 Hz,P0.01),抑制GD-I神经元放电(3.73±0.92 Hz vs.2.64±0.86 Hz,P0.01),并且胃收缩频率及幅度下降,nesfatin-1的这些效应可被SHU9119部分阻断;电刺激ARC后,BMA内nesfatin-1反应性GD神经元放电频率增加(GD-E:5.14±1.32 Hz vs.6.75±1.84 Hz,P0.05;GD-I:2.84±0.86 Hz vs.4.05±1.12 Hz,P0.05),并且胃收缩频率和幅度增强。结论:ARC-BMA间nesfafin-1通路可调控大鼠胃牵张敏感神经元放电活动和胃运动,该效应可能与黑色素信号通路有关。     

迷走背核微量注射P物质抑制大鼠胃肌电活动和胃运动

本工作观察到大鼠迷走背核微量注射Ｐ物质（Ｓｕｂｓｔａｎｃｅ Ｐ,ＳＰ）抑制胃肌电快波和胃运动。该效应可分别迷走背核注射ＳＰ抗血清,ＳＰ受体拮抗剂「Ａｒｇ＾６,Ｄ－Ｔｒｐ＾７,９,Ｎ－Ｍｅ－Ｐｈｅ＾８」－ＳＰ６－１１或切断迷走神经所消除。用利血平耗竭交感神经递质则不影响该效应。     

胃动素受体激动剂红霉素对大鼠下丘脑葡萄糖反应神经元的作用

目的:通过观察胃动素受体激动剂红霉素对大鼠下丘脑中葡萄糖反应神经元电活动的影响,探讨中枢胃动素对摄食活动调控的机制.方法:应用细胞外记录神经元单位放电的方法,记录麻醉大鼠LHA及VMH的神经元电活动.左颈总动脉注射0.56 mol/L葡萄糖溶液0.2 ml鉴别GSNs及GRNs;侧脑室注射红霉素4 μg,观察其对葡萄糖反应神经元及非葡萄糖反应神经元自发放电频率的影响;侧脑室注射GM-109(胃动素受体拮抗剂)与红霉素的混合剂(1:50的比例配制),观察上述效应是否可重复出现.结果:在LHA,红霉素对GSNs有明显的兴奋作用,与其对该核团NGSNs的作用相比较,差别有统计学意义(P＜0.05);在VMH,红霉素对GRNs有明显的抑制作用,与其对该核团NGRNs的作用相比较,差别有统计学意义(P＜0.01).对红霉素有反应的神经元在给予GM-109和红霉素的混合剂后,神经元的放电频率无明显变化.结论:胃动素受体激动剂红霉素可兴奋LHA-GSNs同时抑制VMH-GRNs,这一途径可能是中枢胃动素促进摄食活动的神经调节机制之一.     

Effects of ghrelin on gastric distention sensitive neurons in the arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus and gastric motility in diabetic rats

This study was performed to observe the effects of ghrelin on the activity of gastric distention (GD) sensitive neurons in the arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus (Arc) and on gastric motility in vivo in streptozocin (STZ) induced diabetes mellitus (DM) rats. Electrophysiological results showed that ghrelin could excite GD-excitatory (GD-E) neurons and inhibit GD-inhibitory (GD-I) neurons in the Arc. However, fewer GD-E neurons were excited by ghrelin and the excitatory effect of ghrelin on GD-E neurons was much weaker in DM rats. Gastric motility research in vivo showed that microinjection of ghrelin into the Arc could significantly promote gastric motility and it showed a dose-dependent manner. The effect of ghrelin promoting gastric motility in DM rats was weaker than that in normal rats. The effects induced by ghrelin could be blocked by growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) antagonist [d-Lys-3]-GHRP-6 or BIM28163. RIA and real-time PCR data showed that the levels of ghrelin in the plasma, stomach and ghrelin mRNA in the Arc increased at first but decreased later and the expression of GHSR-1a mRNA in the Arc maintained a low level in DM rats. The present findings indicate that ghrelin could regulate the activity of GD sensitive neurons and gastric motility via ghrelin receptors in the Arc. The reduced effects of promoting gastric motility induced by ghrelin could be connected with the decreased expression of ghrelin receptors in the Arc in diabetes. Our data provide new experimental evidence for the role of ghrelin in gastric motility disorder in diabetes.     

蓝斑核、中缝大核和迷走神经背核在胃运动调节中的关系

目的：探讨蓝斑（LC）、中缝大核（NRM）和迷走神经背核（DMV）,及其相关递质和受体对胃运动的调节途径及机制,阐明它们在调节胃运动中的相互关系。方法：实验采用了核团定位电刺激、损毁和核团微量注射等实验方法,以记录胃内压,统计胃收缩幅度作为胃运动变化的指标。结果：①刺激LC显著降低胃收缩幅度（P〈0.01）,损毁DMV可以减弱此效应,而阻断DMV上的肾上腺素能α受体,可以反转此抑胃效应。②刺激NRM显著降低胃收缩幅度（P〈0.01）,损毁DMV后此效应被消除;阻断DMV上的5-HT2A受体使胃收缩幅度大幅度降低（P〈0.01）,此时再刺激NRM不能进一步的抑制胃运动;而损毁LC后刺激NRM,可消除NRM的抑胃效应,在LC注射5-HT2A受体阻断剂也可以消除该效应。结论：①LC可能通过DMV的5-HT2A受体和α受体对生理条件下正常胃的运动起着重要的双向调节作用;②NRM通过LC上的5-HT2A受体而发挥其对胃运动的抑制效应。     

Ghrelin对糖尿病大鼠下丘脑弓状核胃扩张敏感神经元和胃运动的影响

目的:探讨Ghrelin对糖尿病大鼠下丘脑弓状核胃扩张敏感神经元和胃运动的影响。方法:逆行追踪结合免疫组化观察ARC中GHSR-1的表达,细胞外放电记录,观察ghrelin对GD神经元放电活动的影响及电刺激ARC对GD神经元放电活动和胃运动的影响。结果:电生理实验结果表明,在ARC Ghrelin能够能激发GD兴奋性神经元(GD-E)和GD抑制性神经元(GD-I)。然而,ghrelin可以兴奋更少的GD-E神经元,在正常大鼠中ghrelin对于GD-E的兴奋作用比在DM大鼠中的作用弱。在体胃运动研究表明,在ARC中微量注射ghrelin可以明显的增强胃运动,并且呈现剂量依赖关系。Ghrelin在糖尿病大鼠促胃动力作用低于正常大鼠。Ghrelin诱导的效应可被生长激素促分泌素受体(GHSR)拮抗剂阻断[d-lys-3]-GHRP-6或bim28163。放射免疫法和实时荧光定量PCR数据表明胃血浆ghrelin水平,在ARC ghrelin mRNA的表达水平先上升后下降,糖尿病大鼠(DM)中,在ARC中GHSR-1a mRNA表达保持在一个比较低的水平。结论:ghrelin可以调节GD敏感神经元以及胃运动,通过ARC中ghrelin受体。在糖尿病大鼠中,Ghrelin促进胃运动作用减弱可能与ARC中ghrelin受体表达减少有关。     

下丘脑弓状核微量注射Orexin-A对大鼠胃传入信息和胃运动的影响

目的:探讨ARC orexin-A对胃传入信息以及胃运动的调控及机制。方法:采用细胞外放电记录方法,鉴定ARC orexin胃牵张敏感神经元(Gastric distention sensitive neurons,GD),并探讨ARC内orexin-A对GD神经元放电活动的影响及机制;采用ARC微量注射orexin-A和及其受体阻断剂SB334867,观察大鼠胃收缩幅度和频率的改变。结果:大鼠ARC共记录到149个GD神经元,其中GD-E神经元91个,GD-I神经元58个。ARC微量注射orexin-A,62个(62/91,68.1%)GD-E神经元兴奋性显著增加,其放电频率由4.27±0.58 Hz增加到8.46±0.95 Hz(P0.01);39个(39/58,67.2%)GD-I神经元兴奋性也显著增强,其放电频率由4.02±0.53 Hz增加到5.43±0.57 Hz(P0.05)。然而,ARC给予大鼠orexin-A受体拮抗剂SB334867,再给予orexin-A,orexin-A兴奋效应完全被阻断(P0.05)。胃运动实验结果显示:在ARC注射不同浓度orexin-A,大约5 min后,大鼠胃收缩幅度和频率呈剂量依赖性增加(P0.05~0.01)。ARC注射SB334867,可完全消除orexin-A对大鼠胃运动的兴奋效应(P0.05)。结论:ARC orexin-A对大鼠GD神经元和胃运动有调控作用,该作用可能通过调控Orexin A受体活动实现的。     

Involvement of 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase in regulation of Fos expression and tyrosine hydroxylase levels during morphine withdrawal in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and medulla oblongata catecholaminergic cell groups

Morphine withdrawal stimulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis activity by activation of nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS)/ventrolateral medulla (VLM) noradrenergic pathways innervating the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN). We investigated whether cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) plays a role in this process by estimating changes in PKA immunoreactivity and the influence of inhibition of PKA on Fos protein expression and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity levels in the PVN and NTS/VLM during morphine withdrawal. Dependence on morphine was induced by a 7-day s.c. implantation of morphine pellets. Morphine withdrawal was precipitated on day 8 by an injection of naloxone (5 mg/kg s.c.). When opioid withdrawal was precipitated, an increase in PKA immunoreactivity levels was observed 90 min after naloxone administration in the PVN and NTS/VLM areas. Morphine withdrawal induced expression of Fos in the PVN and NTS/VLM, indicating an activation of neurones in those nuclei. TH immunoreactivity in NTS/VLM was increased 90 min after induction of morphine withdrawal, whereas there was a decrease in TH levels in the PVN at the same time point. When the selective PKA inhibitor HA-1004 was infused it greatly diminished the Fos expression observed in morphine-withdrawn rats. Furthermore, the changes in TH immunoreactivity were significantly modified by infusion of HA-1004. The present findings suggest that an up-regulated PKA-dependent transduction pathway might contribute to the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in response to morphine withdrawal.     

烫伤对大鼠下丘脑室旁核内皮素—1合成和分泌的影响

目的研究烫伤后下丘脑室旁核(PVH)内皮素-1(ET-1)的合成和分泌改变,探讨PVHET-1在烫伤中的病理生理学意义。方法用原位杂交和免疫组织化学方法观察了烫伤后PVHET-1合成和分泌的变化,并用通用图象颗粒分析法检测单位面积内ET-1mRNA阳性杂交信号的强度和ET-1样免疫反应物(ET-1-ir)免疫反应强度。结果烫伤后15minPVH神经元胞浆内ET-1mRNA阳性杂交信号与对照组相比未见明显差异,烫伤后60min和180minPVH神经元胞浆内ET-1mRNA阳性杂交信号较对照组(100％±25％)明显增多,强度明显增高,分别为138％±26％(P<0．05)和167％±18％(P<0.01);而烫伤后15minPVH神经元胞浆内ET-1阳性反应物明显减少,免疫反应物强度为6．3％±1．5％,显著低于对照组(P<0．01),烫伤后60min和180min逐渐回升,分别为23．1％±2．9％和44．1％±3．8％,但仍显著低于对照组(P＜0．01)。结论烫伤后PVHET-1合成和分泌增加。     

Long‐term effects of a single exposure to immobilization: A C‐fos mRNA study of the response to the homotypic stressor in the rat brain

A single exposure to a severe emotional stressor such as immobilization in wooden boards (IMO) causes long‐term (days to weeks) peripheral and central desensitization of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) response to the same (homotypic) stressor. However, the brain areas putatively involved in long‐term desensitization are unknown. In the present experiment, adult male rats were subjected to 2 h of IMO and, 1 or 4 weeks later, exposed again to 1 h IMO together with stress‐naive rats. C‐fos mRNA activation just after IMO and 1 h after the termination of IMO (post‐IMO) were evaluated by in situ hybridization. Whereas in most brain areas c‐fos mRNA induction caused by the last IMO session was similar in stress‐naive (controls) and previously immobilized rats, a few brain areas showed a reduced c‐fos mRNA response: ventral lateral septum (LSv), medial amygdala (MeA), parvocellular region of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (pPVN), and locus coeruleus (LC). In contrast, an enhanced expression was observed in the medial division of the bed nucleus stria terminalis (BSTMv). The present work demonstrates that a previous experience with a stressor can induce changes in c‐fos mRNA expression in different brain areas in response to the homotypic stressor and suggests that LSv, MeA, and BSTMv may be important for providing signals to lower diencephalic (pPVN) and brainstem (LC) nuclei, which results in a lower physiological response to the homotypic stressor. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Neurobiol, 2006