Regulation of food intake in the goldfish by interaction between ghrelin and orexin

Tohru Miura, Keisuke Maruyama, Sei Ichi Shimakura, Hiroyuki Kaiya, Minoru Uchiyama, Kenji Kangawa, Seiji Shioda, Kouhei Matsuda*

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Abstract

Intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of ghrelin, orexin and neuropeptide Y (NPY) stimulates food intake in goldfish. Orexin and NPY interact with each other in the regulation of feeding, while ghrelin-induced feeding has also shown to be mediated by NPY in the goldfish model. To investigate the interaction between ghrelin and orexin, we examined the effects of a selective orexin receptor-1 antagonist, SB334867, and a growth hormone secretagogue-receptor antagonist, [D-Lys3]-GHRP-6, on ghrelin- and orexin-A-induced feeding. Ghrelin-induced food intake was completely inhibited for 1 h following ICV preinjection of SB334867, while [D-Lys3]-GHRP-6 attenuated orexin-A stimulated feeding. Furthermore, ICV administration of ghrelin or orexin-A at a dose sufficient to stimulate food intake increased the expression of each other's mRNA in the diencephalon. These results indicate that, in goldfish, ghrelin and orexin-A have interacting orexigenic effects in the central nervous system. This is the first report that orexin-A-induced feeding is mediated by the ghrelin signaling in any animal model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1207-1213
Number of pages7
JournalPeptides
Volume28
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007/06

Keywords

  • Ghrelin
  • Goldfish
  • Orexigenic action
  • Orexin
  • SB334867
  • [D-Lys]-GHRP-6

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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