期刊
GENES AND NUTRITION
卷 4, 期 1, 页码 49-57出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-009-0110-0
关键词
VGF; Obesity; Neuropeptides; White adipose tissue; High fat diet
资金
- FILAS Regione Lazio [FIRB RBNE01JKLF_ 006, FIRB RBNE013XSJ_ 004, FIRB RBNE01JKLF_ 008]
- Fondo di Ateneo per la Ricerca of the University of Milano-Bicocca [FIRB RBNE01JKLF_ 001]
- [FIRB RBNE01JKLF_ 004]
The vgf gene regulates energy homeostasis and the VGF-derived peptide TLQP-21 centrally exerts catabolic effects in mice and hamsters. Here, we investigate the effect of chronic intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of TLQP-21 in mice fed high fat diet (HFD). Fast weight-gaining mice injected with the peptide or cerebrospinal fluid were selected for physiological, endocrine, and molecular analysis. TLQP-21 selectively inhibited the increase in body weight and epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT) weight induced by HFD in control animals despite both groups having a similar degree of hyperphagia. TLQP-21 normalized the increase in leptin and decrease in ghrelin while increasing epinephrine and epinephrine/norepinephrine ratio when compared to values in controls. Finally, HFD-TLQP-21 mice showed a selective increase of eWAT beta 3-adrenergic receptor mRNA. Peroxisome-proliferator-activated-receptor-delta and hormone-sensing-lipase mRNA were also upregulated. In conclusion, chronic icv infusion of TLQP-21 prevented the early phase of diet-induced obesity despite overfeeding. These effects were paralleled by activation of catabolic pathways within the eWAT. Our results further support a role for TLQP-21 as a catabolic neuropeptide.
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