Effects of hypergravity on the gene expression of the hypothalamic feeding-related neuropeptides in mice via vestibular inputs

Publication date: July 2018Source: Peptides, Volume 105Author(s): Satomi Sonoda, Mitsuhiro Yoshimura, Chikara Abe, Hironobu Morita, Hiromichi Ueno, Yasuhito Motojima, Reiko Saito, Takashi Maruyama, Hirofumi Hashimoto, Yoshiya Tanaka, Yoichi UetaAbstractThe effects of hypergravity on the gene expression of the hypothalamic feeding-related neuropeptides in sham-operated (Sham) and vestibular-lesioned (VL) mice were examined by in situ hybridization histochemistry. Corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) in the paraventricular nucleus was increased significantly in Sham but not in VL mice after 3 days of exposure to a 2 g environment compared with a 1 g environment. Significant decreases in pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) and cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript and significant increases in neuropeptide Y, agouti-related protein in the arcuate nucleus and orexin in the lateral hypothalamic area were observed in both Sham and VL mice. After 2 weeks of exposure, CRH and POMC were increased significantly in Sham but not in VL mice. After 8 weeks of exposure, the hypothalamic feeding-related neuropeptides were comparable between Sham and VL mice. These results suggest that the hypothalamic feeding-related neuropeptides may be affected during the exposed duration of hypergravity via vestibular inputs.

Source: Peptides - July 5, 2018 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research