title: Effect of chronic hyperghrelinemia on ingestive action of ghrelin.
abstract: The stomach hormone ghrelin is the endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). Systemic administration of ghrelin will cause elevations in growth hormone (GH) secretion, food intake, adiposity, and body growth. Ghrelin also affects insulin secretion, gastric acid secretion, and gastric motility. Several reports indicate that repeated or continuous activation of GHS-R by exogenous GHSs or ghrelin results in a diminished GH secretory response. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the acute stimulation of food intake by exogenous ghrelin is altered by chronic hyperghrelinemia in transgenic mice that overexpress the human ghrelin gene. The present findings show that the orexigenic action of exogenous ghrelin is not diminished by a chronic hyperghrelinemia and indicate that the food ingestive pathway of the GHS-R is not susceptible to desensitization. In contrast, the epididymal fat pad growth response, like the GH response, to exogenous ghrelin is blunted in ghrelin transgenic mice with chronic hyperghrelinemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 Univ. Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0725, USA.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.forename: Hui-Qun
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guiyun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ella W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Englander
authors.forename: George H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Greeley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D054439:Ghrelin; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D036361:Peptide Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism*; D043202:Steroid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D054439:Ghrelin; D036361:Peptide Hormones; D013006:Growth Hormone