title: Delayed response to 2-deoxy-D-glucose in hypothalamic obese rats.
abstract: A dose-response relationship for the effects of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) (0-400 mg/kg) on food intake was established in normal and obese ventromedial hypothalamic lesioned rats. In normal animals the lowest dose that produced a statistically signififant increase over baseline food intake was 100 mg/kg 2-DG. Larger doses produced a progressively greater effect. Most of the increase in food intake occurred during the first hour after the injection of 2-DG, the latency of the first feeding bout being shorter for higher doses of the compound. Obese VMH rats significantly increased their 4-hr food intake after 150, 200, and 250, and 400 mg/kg 2-DG, but the increase in feeding was delayed compared to control animals. During the first hour after the injection, the food intake of obese rats was unaffected by doses of 2-DG up to 250 mg/kg, and inhibited by higher doses (300 and 400 mg/kg). The effects of VMH lesions on 2-DG-induced eating are attributed to the elimination of afferents from peripheral glucoreceptors.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003837:Deoxy Sugars / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D007033:Hypothalamus, Middle / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D003847:Deoxyglucose