Anorectic effects of the cytokine, ciliary neurotropic factor, are mediated by hypothalamic neuropeptide Y: comparison with leptin

Endocrinology
B XuS P Kalra

Abstract

Although ciliary neurotropic factor (CNTF) is a tropic factor in nervous system development and maintenance, peripheral administration of this cytokine also causes severe anorexia and weight loss. The neural mechanism(s) mediating the loss of appetite is not known. As hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a potent orexigenic signal, we tested the hypothesis that CNTF may adversely affect NPYergic signaling in the hypothalamus. Intraperitoneal administration of CNTF (250 microg/kg) daily for 4 days significantly suppressed 24-h food intake in a time-dependent manner and decreased body weight. The loss in body weight was similar to that which occurred in pair-fed (PF) rats. As expected, hypothalamic NPY gene expression, determined by measurement of steady state prepro-NPY messenger RNA by ribonuclease protection assay, significantly increased in PF rats in response to energy imbalance. However, despite a similar loss in body weight, there was no increase in NPY gene expression in CNTF-treated rats. Daily administration of CNTF intracerebroventricularly (0.5 or 5.0 microg/rat) also produced anorexia and body weight loss. In this experiment, negative energy balance produced by both PF and food deprivation augmented hypothalamic NPY ...Continue Reading

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