title: Neuropeptide Y (NPY), cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) and cholecystokinin (CCK) in winter skate (Raja ocellata): cDNA cloning, tissue distribution and mRNA expression responses to fasting.
abstract: cDNAs encoding for neuropeptide Y (NPY), cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) and cholecystokinin (CCK) were cloned in an elasmobranch fish, the winter skate. mRNA tissue distribution was examined for the three peptides as well as the effects of two weeks of fasting on their expression. Skate NPY, CART and CCK sequences display similarities with sequences for teleost fish but in general the degree of identity is relatively low (50%). All three peptides are present in brain and in several peripheral tissues, including gut and gonads. Within the brain, the three peptides are expressed in the hypothalamus, telencephalon, optic tectum and cerebellum. Two weeks of fasting induced an increase in telencephalon NPY and an increase in CCK in the gut but had no effects on hypothalamic NPY, CART and CCK, or on telencephalon CART. Our results provide basis for further investigation into the regulation of feeding in winter skate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, NL, Canada.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Volkoff
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005215:Fasting / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012860:Skates, Fish / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000098882:Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Protein
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D000098882:Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Protein; D002766:Cholecystokinin