title: A 6-day intracerebroventricular infusion of the growth hormone-releasing peptide KP-102 stimulates food intake in both non-stressed and intermittently-stressed rats.
abstract: The effects of a 6-day intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) infusion of KP-102, a growth hormone-releasing peptide (GHRP), on food intake and body weight gain were observed in free-feeding rats that were or were not subjected to intermittent electric footshock stress during the 6 days. Food intake and body weight were significantly lower in rats exposed to a 60-min period of footshock twice a day for 6 days compared to non-stressed rats. A 6-day, i.c.v. infusion of KP-102 significantly and steadily increased food intake and body weight in free-feeding non-stressed rats compared to control rats receiving saline i.c.v. In rats exposed to intermittent footshock stress during the 6-day infusion, KP-102 treatment stimulated feeding behavior and resulted in significantly higher body weight compared to stressed rats that received i.c.v. infusion of saline. These results indicate that during a 6-day continuous i.c.v. infusion of GHRP, KP-102, food intake and body weight steadily increased without attenuation of the GHRP effect in both non-stressed rats and those subjected to intermittent stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibasaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D004597:Electroshock; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006728:Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D009842:Oligopeptides; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone; C091874:growth hormone-releasing peptide-2