Journal
NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages 850-862Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.2018.1457841
Keywords
Bitter tastants; Quinine; Appetite; Pharmacological MRI; Brain-gut axis; Ghrelin; Motilin; Food intake
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- Research Foundation -Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, FWO-Vlaanderen) [G073615]
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Objectives: Intragastric bitter tastants may decrease appetite and food intake. We aimed to investigate the gut-brain signaling and brain mechanisms underlying these effects. Methods: Brain responses to intragastric quinine-hydrochloride (QHCl, 10??mol/kg) or placebo infusion were recorded using functional magnetic resonance imaging in 15 healthy women. Appetite-related sensations, plasma levels of gastrointestinal hormones and hedonic food intake (ad libitum drink test) were assessed. Results: Lower octanoylated ghrelin (P<0.04), total ghrelin (P<0.01), and motilin (P<0.01) plasma levels were found after QHCl administration, along with lower prospective food consumption ratings (P<0.02) and hedonic food intake (P<0.05). QHCl increased neural activity in the hypothalamus and hedonic (anterior insula, putamen, caudate, pallidum, amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, midbrain) regions, but decreased activity in the homeostatic medulla (all pFWE-corrected<0.05). Differential brain responses to QHCl versus placebo covaried with subjective and hormonal responses and predicted differences in hedonic food intake. Discussion: Intragastric QHCl decreases prospective and actual food intake in healthy women by interfering with homeostatic and hedonic brain circuits in a ghrelin- and motilin-mediated fashion. These findings suggest a potential of bitter tastants to reduce appetite and food intake, through the gut-brain axis.
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