Ability of calcitonins to alter food and water consumption in the rat |
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Authors: | Michael J Twery Johnny F Obie Cary W Cooper |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA |
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Abstract: | Synthetic salmon calcitonin (sCT) given SC (30 MRC U/kg) or ICV (1.4 U, 300 ng) inhibited 24-hr food consumption in the rat by 50–100%. Furthermore, ICV doses of sCT ranging from 75 ng (0.35 U) to 300 ng (1.4 U) lowered both food and water intake in a dose-dependent manner. Use of various forms of CT give an apparent order of potency of salmon>porcine≥human with sCT being at least 40 fold more potent than the mammalian forms. Measurement of food and water intake over a brief (30–90 min) period showed that ICV sCT was effective in reducing food and water consumption regardless of whether it had been given 1, 12, or 23 hr previously. Daily administration of sCT for 5 days caused marked suppression of food and water intake for 2 days; thereafter, consumption returned toward normal, becoming equivalent to vehicle injected controls by day 3 or 4 despite continued daily injections of sCT. The results show that CT can act centrally to modify certain types of behavior and are of special interest since CT-like peptides have been described in the pituitary and hypothalamus and since CT receptors have been reported in hypothalamic and other brain regions. |
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Keywords: | Calcitonin Feeding Drinking Suppression of feeding and drinking Neuropeptides |
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