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Effects of Pregnane Glycosides on Food Intake Depend on Stimulation of Melanocortin Pathway and BDNF in Animal Model.
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PMID:  23308358     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Pregnane glycosides appear to modulate food intake by possibly affecting the hypothalamic feeding circuits, however the mechanisms of the appetite-regulating effect of pregnane glycosides remain obscure. Here we show that pregnane glycoside-enriched extract from swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata at 25-100 mg/kg daily attenuated food intake (up to 47.1±8.5% less than controls) and body weight gain in rats (10% for males and 9% for females, respectively) by activating melanocortin signaling and inhibiting gastric emptying. The major milkweed pregnane glycoside, ikemagenin, exerted its appetite-regulating effect by decreasing levels of agouti-related protein (0.6 fold) but not NPY satiety peptides. Ikemagenin treatment also increased secretion of brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) downstream of melanocortin receptors in the hypothalamus (1.4 fold) and in the C6 rat glioma cell culture in vitro (up to 6 fold). These results support the multimodal effects of pregnane glycosides on feeding regulation, which depends on the activity of melanocortin signaling pathway and BDNF.
Authors:
Slavko Komarnytsky; Debora Esposito; Thirumurugan Rathinabapathy; Alexander Poulev; Ilya Raskin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2013-1-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of agricultural and food chemistry     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1520-5118     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Agric. Food Chem.     Publication Date:  2013 Jan 
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Created Date:  2013-1-11     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0374755     Medline TA:  J Agric Food Chem     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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