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Peptides that regulate food intake: somatostatin alters intake of amino acid-imbalanced diets and taste buds of tongue in rats.

The present studies were designed to evaluate a potential dose-dependent effect of somatostatin (SRIF) administered peripherally on intake of either a low-protein basal diet or threonine-imbalanced diet (THR-IMB), on body weight gain (DeltaBW), gut motility, and on the histology of taste buds in rats. SRIF administration had a dual effect related to its concentration, increasing the intake of THR-IMB diet at low concentration and decreasing THR-IMB diet at high concentration. During the light phase, SRIF treatment increased the intake of THR-IMB diet, suggesting that the usual anorectic effect induced by intake of THR-IMB diet was attenuated. High-dosage SRIF decreases gastrointestinal motility, which, in turn, can decrease food intake and DeltaBW. The combination of THR-IMB diet regimen and SRIF treatment also induced significant modifications on the taste buds of the tongue. The feeding response to an amino acid-imbalanced diet includes a learned aversion to the diet, and animals may use taste in establishing that aversion. Modifications of taste buds of SRIF-treated rats eating THR-IMB diet might explain the increase of imbalanced diet intake if treated rats perceive this food as less aversive.[1]

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