title: Dietary obesity: effects of drugs on food intake in S 5B/P1 and Osborne-Mendel rats.
abstract: The effect of several drugs on food intake has been examined in two strains of rats, one (S 5B/P1) which is resistant to developing obesity when eating a high fat diet, and one (Osborne-Mendel) which readily develops obesity when eating the same diet. Insulin and 2-deoxy-D-glucose increased food intake in a dose dependent manner in both S 5B/P1 and Osborne-Mendel rats. However, the S 5B/P1 rats showed a greater response, with a shorter latency period, to both agents than did the Osborne-Mendel rats. Conversely, d-amphetamine at the higher doses produced a dose dependent suppression of food intake with maximal suppression being similar for both strains. At a lower dose, however, d-amphetamine significantly increased food intake in the Osborne-Mendel rats, but not in the S 5B/P1 rats. The S 5B/P1 rats were also slightly more sensitive to the anorexic effects of lower dose adenosine than were the Osborne-Mendel rats whereas the reverse was true following higher dose adenosine. Naloxone suppressed food intake equally in both strains and D-glucose did not alter food intake in either strain. These studies identify three drugs, all stimulatory, to which the two strains of rat respond differently.
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001066:Appetite / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D009270:Naloxone; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose; D000241:Adenosine; D003913:Dextroamphetamine