title: Regulation of food intake by neuropeptide Y in goldfish.
abstract: In mammals, neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a potent orexigenic factor. In the present study, third brain ventricle (intracerebroventricular) injection of goldfish NPY (gNPY) caused a dose-dependent increase in food intake in goldfish, and intracerebroventricular administration of NPY Y1-receptor antagonist BIBP-3226 decreased food intake; the actions of gNPY were blocked by simultaneous injection of BIBP-3226. Goldfish maintained on a daily scheduled feeding regimen display an increase in NPY mRNA levels in the telencephalon-preoptic area and hypothalamus shortly before feeding; however, a decrease occured in optic tectum-thalamus. In both fed and unfed fish, brain NPY mRNA levels decreased after scheduled feeding. Restriction in daily food ration intake for 1 wk or food deprivation for 72 h resulted in increased brain NPY mRNA levels. Results from these studies demonstrate that NPY is a physiological brain signal involved in feeding behavior in goldfish, mediating its effects, at least in part, through Y1-like receptors in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Narnaware
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Peyon
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D001835:Body Weight; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D004032:Diet; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005508:Food Deprivation / Q000502:physiology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D006054:Goldfish / Q000502:physiology*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D020542:Third Ventricle
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; C092926:BIBP 3226; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y; C097212:neuropeptide Y-Y1 receptor; D013006:Growth Hormone; D001120:Arginine