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Feeding systems in Chinese hamsters.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6148021     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Modulation of feeding by opiates, putative satiety peptides, and dopamine was explored in the Chinese hamster, an animal that develops diabetes mellitus in certain inbred strains. Diabetic hamsters were hyperphagic relative to their nondiabetic controls, but both groups exhibited natural circadian variation in feeding. Starvation provoked hyperphagia of about 1-h duration in both groups. Naloxone and butorphanol had no effects on Chinese hamster feeding. Opiate receptor binding on Chinese hamster brains demonstrated no specific binding of naloxone or ethylketocyclazocine, but IR-dynorphin concentrations were comparable with that in rats. N-allylnormetazocine, a sigma-opiate receptor agonist, appeared to stimulate diabetic hamster feeding. Peptides reputed to have satiety effects in rats were without effect in Chinese hamsters: cholecystokinin, bombesin, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide. Calcitonin limited feeding in both groups but may be nonspecific. Dopaminergic blockade by haloperidol also limited feeding, and diabetic hamsters were more sensitive to this. Although Chinese hamsters clearly can modulate their food intake when diabetic, we conclude that the opiatergic and peptidergic influences on feeding are very different from those in rats and may be of little importance.
Authors:
C J Billington; J E Morley; A S Levine; G C Gerritsen
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  247     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1984 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1984-10-24     Completed Date:  1984-10-24     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  R405-11     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Brain / immunology
Calcitonin / pharmacology
Circadian Rhythm
Cricetinae / physiology*
Cyclazocine / analogs & derivatives,  pharmacology
Diabetes Mellitus / physiopathology
Dynorphins
Eating / drug effects
Endorphins / immunology
Ethylketocyclazocine
Feeding Behavior / physiology*
Haloperidol / pharmacology
Mesocricetus / physiology*
Naloxone / pharmacology
Peptide Fragments / immunology
Phenazocine / analogs & derivatives,  pharmacology
Sincalide / pharmacology
Starvation / physiopathology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AMO-7203/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Endorphins; 0/Peptide Fragments; 127-35-5/Phenazocine; 25126-32-3/Sincalide; 3572-80-3/Cyclazocine; 465-65-6/Naloxone; 52-86-8/Haloperidol; 58640-84-9/Ethylketocyclazocine; 74913-18-1/Dynorphins; 7619-35-4/SK&F 10047; 9007-12-9/Calcitonin

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