title: The effect of norbinaltorphimine, beta-funaltrexamine and naltrindole on NPY-induced feeding.
abstract: The non-selective opioid receptor antagonist naloxone decreases the robust feeding observed after i.c.v. injection of neuropeptide Y (NPY). In the present study we evaluated the effects of three selective opioid receptor antagonists on NPY-induced feeding. Graded doses of norbinaltorphimine (norBNI), beta-funaltrexamine (beta-FNA) and naltrindole (NTI), antagonists of the kappa, mu and delta receptors respectively, were preinjected (i.c.v.) in male rats prior to injection of 5 micrograms NPY (i.c.v.). Food intake was measured 1, 2 and 4 h post-NPY injection. Injection of beta-FNA and norBNI were most effective in reducing NPY-induced feeding, whereas NTI had little effect on NPY-induced feeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul 55108.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kotz
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Grace
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Billington
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D009271:Naltrexone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; C051844:norbinaltorphimine; D009271:Naltrexone; C024524:beta-funaltrexamine; C055382:naltrindole