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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1207-1213 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Peptides |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007/06 |
Keywords
- Ghrelin
- Goldfish
- Orexigenic action
- Orexin
- SB334867
- [D-Lys]-GHRP-6
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Endocrinology
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience