title: Relationship between histamine receptors in the brain and diazepam-induced hyperphagia in rats.
abstract: We investigated whether histaminergic neurons in the brain are involved in diazepam-induced hyperphagia in rats. Pretreatment with intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of either histamine H1-receptor antagonist, pyrilamine (10 and 30 micrograms) or histamine H2-receptor antagonist, famotidine (3 and 10 micrograms) did not affect only diazepam (1 mg/kg, subcutaneous, SC)-induced hyperphagia in nondeprived rats, but also spontaneous feeding in food-deprived rats. In addition, pretreatment with ICV injection of histamine H3-receptor antagonist, thioperamide, and histamine H3-receptor agonist, (R) alpha methylhistamine, enhanced and inhibited diazepam-induced hyperphagia (1 mg/kg, SC) in nondeprived rats, respectively. However, thioperamide and (R) alpha methylhistamine did not affect spontaneous feeding in food-deprived rats. These findings suggest that histaminergic neurons are not directly involved in diazepam-induced hyperphagia in rats. Furthermore, enhancement or inhibition of diazepam-induced hyperphagia by histamine H3-receptor antagonist or agonist may occur via histamine H3-receptors localized in the other neurons in the rat brain.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratories, Maruho Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naruse
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003975:Diazepam / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005508:Food Deprivation / Q000502:physiology; D017442:Histamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011968:Receptors, Histamine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017442:Histamine Agonists; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D011968:Receptors, Histamine; D003975:Diazepam