title: Corticotropin-releasing hormone decreases feeding, oxygen consumption and activity of genetically obese (ob/ob) and lean mice.
abstract: Acute effects of intracerebroventricularly administered corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) on deprivation-induced food intake, whole-body oxygen consumption, brown adipose tissue metabolism, and several locomotive behaviors were examined in 6- to 7-wk-old female genetically obese (ob/ob) and lean mice. Corticotropin-releasing hormone depressed food intake in a dose-dependent manner, with a tendency for greater suppression of intake in intact ob/ob mice than in lean mice. Adrenalectomy abolished this tendency for CRH to be more potent in ob/ob mice than in lean mice. Corticotropin-releasing hormone also lowered the oxygen consumption of ob/ob and lean mice, without affecting brown adipose tissue metabolism as assessed by measurement of GDP binding to brown adipose tissue mitochondria. Grooming activity was lowered in CRH-injected mice. The CRH-induced lowering of oxygen consumption and grooming activity in mice contrasts with CRH-induced elevations of oxygen consumption and grooming in rats, suggesting species-specific responses to this peptide. Because effects of CRH were similar in adrenalectomized ob/ob and lean mice, it is unlikely that obesity-producing abnormalities in ob/ob mice are related to abnormal CRH action mechanisms. However, potential abnormalities in CRH synthesis and/or release cannot be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1224.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Drescher
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Romsos
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008820:Mice, Obese; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone