title: Role of 5-HT1A receptors in the control of food intake in obese Zucker rats of different ages.
abstract: The present study describes the role of 5-HT1A receptors in the serotonergic control of food intake in obese Zucker rats of different ages. In addition, serotonin (5-HT) and cholecystokinin (CCK) content and 5-HT turnover were determined in various brain regions. The 5-HT1A receptor agonist 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT; 100 microg/kg) stimulated food intake in 3-month-old lean control rats but inhibited feeding in obese Zucker rats (300 microg/kg). This pattern remained the same in 6-month-old rats. At 10 months of age, 8-OH-DPAT lost its inhibitory activity in the obese rats but still stimulated feeding in lean controls (300 microg/kg). 5-HT levels were higher in the hypothalamus and in the frontal and parietal cortices of 3-month-old obese Zucker rats and were associated with a lower cortical turnover. In the parietal cortex and the hypothalamus of 6-month-old rats, 5-HT levels were still higher, linked with a lower hypothalamic turnover. No differences were observed in 10-month-old rats. CCK content was not different between obese Zucker rats and lean rats. The persistently different feeding responses to 8-OH-DPAT in obese Zucker rats and lean controls may be related to changes in brain 5-HT metabolism in the obese Zucker rats.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Koserstr. 20, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. jpvoigt@zedat.fu-berlin.de
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schade
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hörtnagl
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011924:Rats, Zucker; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012701:Serotonin; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin