Neurotensin induces Fos and Zif268 expression in limbic nuclei of the rat brain

Neuroscience
P D LambertC D Kilts

Abstract

The endogenous tridecapeptide neurotensin exerts a wide range of behavioral, electrophysiological and neurochemical effects when administered directly into the brain. These effects are thought to result from the activation of distinct populations of neurotensin receptors distributed throughout the central nervous system. We have mapped the sites of functional change in the rat brain associated with the central administration of neurotensin using the induction of the nuclear protein products of the immediate early genes c-fos and zif268 as markers of cellular activation. The administration of neurotensin into the lateral ventricle of rats produced an increase in the number of nuclei positive for Fos and Zif268 immunoreactivity in the central and basolateral nuclei of the amygdala and the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus. Neurotensin also produced an increase in serum corticosterone concentration and decrease in body temperature. The intraperitoneal administration of SR48692, a non-peptide neurotensin receptor antagonist, blocked the neurotensin-induced corticosterone secretion and significantly reduced the number of neurotensin-induced Fos-positive and Zif268-positive neurons in the amygdaloid complex. A...Continue Reading

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