Effects of bombesin, of a new bombesin agonist (BIM187) and a new antagonist (BIM189) on food intake in rats, in relation to cholecystokinin.
To study the mechanism by which bombesin induces satiety, we studied the effect of two new peptides, BIM187, a bombesin agonist, and BIM189, a bombesin antagonist, on food intake in rats fed 6 h a day. BIM187 at 4 micrograms/kg, significantly reduced food intake at 30 min, but did not change the total 6-h food intake. BIM189 (10 mg/kg), had no effect on food intake when administered alone, even at high doses (20 mg/kg). BIM189 selectively reduced bombesin-induced satiety but had no effect on satiety induced by BIM187. To examine the extent to which the satiety effect of bombesin or related peptides depends on the release of cholecystokinin (CCK), we studied the ability of CCK antagonists, BIM18216 and L364718, to reduce satiety induced by bombesin and BIM187. Neither BIM18216 nor L364718 alone had an effect on the 30-min food intake. They were not able to reverse the effect of bombesin on food intake. In our model, bombesin seems to act on satiety by a mechanism independent of CCK.
Laferrère
B
B
Services de Médecine et Nutrition, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France.
Leroy
F
F
Bonhomme
G
G
Le Gall
A
A
Basdevant
A
A
Guy-Grand
B
B
D000818:Animals; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001570:Benzodiazepinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D001839:Bombesin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D020109:Devazepide; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012527:Satiation / Q000187:drug effects; D012844:Sincalide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
C074760:BIM 18216; D001570:Benzodiazepinones; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D001569:Benzodiazepines; C076507:1-Phe-8-Leu-9-Leu-litorin-NH2; C076508:BIM 189; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D020109:Devazepide; D012844:Sincalide; D001839:Bombesin