title: Impairment of albuterol-induced suppression of food intake in diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Albuterol (salbutamol), a beta 2 adrenoreceptor agonist, produced a dose-dependent decrease in food intake in Sprague-Dawley male control rats. This phenomenon appeared to be impaired in streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic rats. The density of beta 2 adrenoreceptors in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus was increased as a function of diabetes. In contrast, a decrease in the ventromedial hypothalamic 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) concentration, an indicator of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) release or turnover rate, was observed in this disease state. Neither the beta 2 adrenoreceptor level nor 5-HT turnover rate was altered in the periventricular hypothalamic nucleus of STZ diabetic rats. The concentrations of 5-HT in both hypothalamic nuclei were unchanged in these animals. Neurochemical and behavioral abnormalities featured in the diabetic state were reversed with institution of insulin therapy. These data conclude that diabetes-related impairment in the anorexic action of albuterol may be due to derangements in ventromedial hypothalamic beta 2 adrenoreceptor function.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine, Department of Bio-Medical Sciences, Pharmacology Section, Philadelphia 19107.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bitar
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Keis
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Owusu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mulven
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: DeSouza
mesh_terms: D000420:Albuterol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000855:Anorexia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D014697:Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D012701:Serotonin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D000420:Albuterol