Effect of CCK-8 on insulin-induced hyperphagia and hypothalamic orexigenic neuropeptide expression in the rat |
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Authors: | Gallmann Eva Arsenijevic Denis Spengler Marianne Williams Gareth Langhans Wolfgang |
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Institution: | Physiology and Animal Husbandry, Institute of Animal Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Schorenstrasse 16, 8603 Schwerzenbach, Switzerland. |
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Abstract: | The influence of cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) on normal and insulin-induced feeding and expression of orexigenic hypothalamic neuropeptides was investigated in male rats. CCK-8, administered during meals (4 microg/kg) or continuously (32 microg/kg over 60 min), blunted the stimulating effect of insulin (50 IU/kg) on feeding by reducing meal size (-60%; P<0.05 or -86%; P<0.0001, respectively). Rats without access to food and injected with IP insulin (50 IU/kg) showed increased hypothalamic mRNA levels of orexin (+30%; P<0.05) and melanin-concentrating hormone (+52%; P<0.05), as compared with ad libitum-fed and saline-injected control rats. Continuous IP infusion of CCK-8 (32 microg/kg) blunted these increases. Our results suggest that both orexin and melanin-concentrating hormone participate in the response to insulin hypoglycemia without food being present; these neurons may be involved in mechanisms related to insulin-induced hyperphagia. Signals triggered by peripheral CCK-8 act to decrease the expression of orexin and melanin-concentrating hormone. This may be associated with a reduction in hyperphagia. |
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