title: Down-regulated NPY receptor subtype-5 mRNA expression in genetically obese mouse brain.
abstract: Brain neuropeptide Y (NPY) subtype-5 (Y5 receptor) mRNA expression in lean (+/+) and obese (ob/ob) C57Bl/6 mice was examined using a non-radioactive in situ hybridization detection method. Significant decreases in Y5 receptor mRNA expression were found in the ventromedial, dorsomedial and arcuate hypothalamic nuclei, midline thalamic nuclei, piriform, cingulate and retrosplenial granular cortices of the obese mouse brain. There were minor changes in the amount of Y5 receptor mRNA expression in the hippocampal formation and medial habenular nucleus. Results indicated that Y5 receptor mRNA expression is downregulated in hereditary obese (ob/ob) mice. This is possibly due to over-expression of hypothalamic NPY which occurs in this phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Metabolic Research Center, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008820:Mice, Obese; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000378:metabolism; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y; C100568:neuropeptide Y5 receptor