Journal
PEPTIDES
Volume 32, Issue 9, Pages 1872-1875Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.08.007
Keywords
Bullfrog; CRF; Food intake; Anorexigenic action; alpha-Helical CRF((9-41)); Intracerebroventricular injection
Funding
- Japan Society for Promotion of Science [21370025]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21570071, 21370025] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and CRF-related peptides exert hypophysiotropic and anorexigenic effects in mammals and teleost fish. In anuran amphibians, CRF acts as a potent stimulator of thyrotropin release from the pituitary. According to our recent study, CRF also acts as an anorexigenic factor for the cessation of food intake in the metamorphosing bullfrog larvae. However, the anorexigenic action of CRF has not been confirmed in adult bullfrogs. In this context, we examined the effect of feeding status on the expression level of the CRF transcript in the hypothalamus of the adult bullfrog. Levels of CRF mRNA in the hypothalami from bullfrogs fasted for 7 days were lower than in those from the bullfrogs that had been fed normally. Subsequently, we developed a method for measuring food intake in adult bullfrogs, and then investigated the effect of CRF on their food consumption in these animals. Intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of CRF at 1 and 10 pmol/g body weight (BW) induced a significant decrease of food intake during 60 min. The CRF-induced anorexigenic action was blocked by treatment with a CRF receptor 1/CRF receptor 2 antagonist, alpha-helical CRF((9-41)), at 100 pmol/g BW. These results provide direct evidence for the inhibitory effect of CRF on food intake, and suggest the involvement of CRF in the regulation of feeding through a CRF receptor-signaling pathway in the adult bullfrog. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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