title: Direct stimulation of BAT thermogenesis does not affect hypothalamic neuropeptide Y.
abstract: Acute cold exposure which significantly stimulated thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT), also increased neuropeptide Y (NPY) levels in its hypothalamic sites of release without affecting NPY synthesis, suggesting that NPY release is acutely inhibited. To clarify whether these changes in NPY are the cause or consequence of BAT activation, we studied whether hypothalamic NPY and NPY mRNA levels in rats were affected by acute intraperitoneal injection of the beta 3-adrenoceptor agonist BRL 35135 (500 micrograms/kg), which directly activates BAT thermogenesis. BRL 35135 treatment doubled BAT uncoupling protein mRNA levels (p < 0.05), and increased core temperature by 0.4 degree C (p < 0.05), but neither hypothalamic regional NPY levels nor hypothalamic NPY mRNA levels were affected by BRL 35135. This suggests that the NPY changes induced by cold exposure are not the result of BAT activation, and is consistent with the hypothesis that decreased NPY release during cold exposure might disinhibit the sympathetic innervation that drives BAT thermogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bing
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frankish
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buckingham
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism*; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D007473:Ion Channels; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D010627:Phenethylamines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; C063157:BRL 35135