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Gut hormone PYY(3-36) physiologically inhibits food intake.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12167864     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Food intake is regulated by the hypothalamus, including the melanocortin and neuropeptide Y (NPY) systems in the arcuate nucleus. The NPY Y2 receptor (Y2R), a putative inhibitory presynaptic receptor, is highly expressed on NPY neurons in the arcuate nucleus, which is accessible to peripheral hormones. Peptide YY(3-36) (PYY(3-36)), a Y2R agonist, is released from the gastrointestinal tract postprandially in proportion to the calorie content of a meal. Here we show that peripheral injection of PYY(3-36) in rats inhibits food intake and reduces weight gain. PYY(3-36) also inhibits food intake in mice but not in Y2r-null mice, which suggests that the anorectic effect requires the Y2R. Peripheral administration of PYY(3-36) increases c-Fos immunoreactivity in the arcuate nucleus and decreases hypothalamic Npy messenger RNA. Intra-arcuate injection of PYY(3-36) inhibits food intake. PYY(3-36) also inhibits electrical activity of NPY nerve terminals, thus activating adjacent pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons. In humans, infusion of normal postprandial concentrations of PYY(3-36) significantly decreases appetite and reduces food intake by 33% over 24 h. Thus, postprandial elevation of PYY(3-36) may act through the arcuate nucleus Y2R to inhibit feeding in a gut-hypothalamic pathway.
Authors:
Rachel L Batterham; Michael A Cowley; Caroline J Small; Herbert Herzog; Mark A Cohen; Catherine L Dakin; Alison M Wren; Audrey E Brynes; Malcolm J Low; Mohammad A Ghatei; Roger D Cone; Stephen R Bloom
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nature     Volume:  418     ISSN:  0028-0836     ISO Abbreviation:  Nature     Publication Date:  2002 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-08-08     Completed Date:  2002-09-09     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410462     Medline TA:  Nature     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  650-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Imperial College Faculty of Medicine at Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Action Potentials / drug effects
Animals
Appetite / drug effects*,  physiology
Arcuate Nucleus / cytology,  drug effects,  physiology
Body Weight / drug effects
Electrophysiology
Energy Intake / drug effects
Feeding Behavior / drug effects*,  physiology
Gene Deletion
Humans
Injections, Intraperitoneal
Injections, Intraventricular
Leptin / blood
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Neurons / drug effects,  physiology
Peptide YY / administration & dosage,  pharmacology*
Pro-Opiomelanocortin / metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / metabolism
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Receptors, Neuropeptide Y / genetics,  metabolism
Signal Transduction / drug effects
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Leptin; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; 0/Receptors, Neuropeptide Y; 0/neuropeptide Y2 receptor; 106388-42-5/Peptide YY; 123583-37-9/peptide YY (3-36); 66796-54-1/Pro-Opiomelanocortin
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Nature. 2004 Jul 8;430(6996):1 p following 165; discussion 2 p following 165   [PMID:  15243972 ]
Nature. 2002 Aug 8;418(6898):595-7   [PMID:  12167841 ]

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