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Structural characteristics of endogenous sugar acids and relations to feeding modulation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3061569     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Structural specificity among short-chain organic acids for effects on feeding behavior, blood glucose and insulin was investigated by infusion of 1 exogenous and 6 endogenous derivatives into the rat third cerebral ventricle. Glyceric acid (GEA) (1.0 mumol), 3,4-dihydroxybutanoic acid gamma-lactone (3,4-DB) and 3,4,5-trihydroxypentanoic acid gamma-lactone (3,4,5-TP) (2.50 mumol) decreased food intake for, at most, 24 h. These acids depressed the size of the first meal after infusion, but did not affect latency to the first meal, eating speed, drinking or ambulation. Infusion of 2,4-dihydroxybutanoic acid gamma-lactone (2,4-DB) (1.25 mumol), 2,4,5-trihydroxypentanoic acid gamma-lactone (2,4,5-TP), and an exogenous compound, 2,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyhexanoic acid gamma-lactone (2,4,5,6-TH) (2.50 mumol), induced transient initial feeding which was not necessarily accompanied by periprandial drinking. Ambulation was concomitantly increased. Of these organic acids, 3,4-DB and 2,4,5-TP were most potent in their effects on feeding. Hyperglycemia was induced by 2.50 mumol 3,4-DB leaving insulin unaffected; 2.50 mumol 2,4,5-TP caused hypoglycemia, with a persistent but not significant rise in insulin. The results suggest that slight structural differences of endogenous organic acids, in particular the positions of hydroxyl groups on the lactone ring of 4-butanolide, may be important in feeding modulation by conveying intrinsically reciprocal signals to neurons involved in feeding and satiety.
Authors:
T Sakata; K Arase; K Fujimoto; K Kurata; K Fukagawa; M Fukushima; A B Steffens; Y Oomura
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Brain research     Volume:  473     ISSN:  0006-8993     ISO Abbreviation:  Brain Res.     Publication Date:  1988 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-02-21     Completed Date:  1989-02-21     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0045503     Medline TA:  Brain Res     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  43-50     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Brain / drug effects,  physiology*
Drinking Behavior / drug effects
Feeding Behavior / drug effects*
Injections, Intraventricular
Insulin / blood
Male
Molecular Conformation
Motor Activity / drug effects
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Sugar Acids / pharmacology*
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Blood Glucose; 0/Sugar Acids; 11061-68-0/Insulin

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