title: Dexamethasone rapidly increases hypothalamic neuropeptide Y secretion in adrenalectomized ob/ob mice.
abstract: A single intracerebroventricular injection of dexamethasone (DEX) rapidly (within 30 min) suppresses brown adipose tissue thermogenesis and increases plasma insulin concentrations in adrenal-ectomized (ADX) ob/ob mice but not in ADX lean mice. Intracerebroventricular neuropeptide Y (NPY) administered intracerebroventricularly causes these same metabolic changes within 30 min in both ob/ob and lean ADX mice. We therefore hypothesized that DEX exerts these rapid-onset metabolic actions in ob/ob mice via a phenotype-specific enhancement of NPY secretion within the central nervous system. In support of this hypothesis, DEX (a type II glucocorticoid receptor agonist) administered intracerebroventricularly selectively lowered NPY concentrations in the whole hypothalamus of ADX ob/ob mice by 35% and in the arcuate nucleus region by approximately 70% within 30 min but not in the brain stem or hippocampus or in any of these regions of lean mice. DEX also functioned in vitro to enhance depolarization-dependent release of NPY from hypothalamic blocks of ADX ob/ob mice but not of ADX lean mice. Thus DEX acts in the hypothalamus of ob/ob mice in a phenotype-specific manner to evoke rapid transport of NPY from cell bodies within the arcuate nucleus to terminal regions including the dorsomedial and ventromedial hypothalamic regions for release.
authors: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1224, USA.
authors: H L
authors: HL
authors: Chen
authors: D R
authors: DR
authors: Romsos
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000502:physiology*; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001111:Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008820:Mice, Obese; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000378:metabolism*; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D018019:Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D018019:Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; C069206:alpha helical corticotropin-releasing hormone; D000450:Aldosterone; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone