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Regulation of food intake by acyl and des-acyl ghrelins in the goldfish.

Our recent research has indicated that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) and intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of n-octanoic acid-modified ghrelin (acyl ghrelin) stimulates food intake and locomotor activity in the goldfish. The manner in which peripherally administered acyl ghrelin regulates food intake, however, remains unclear. In contrast to acyl ghrelin, non-acylated ghrelin (des-acyl ghrelin) does not exert an orexigenic action or induce hypermotility. To this extent, the biological role of des-acyl ghrelin in fish is unknown. Given the possible involvement of afferent pathways in mediating the effects of acyl ghrelin, as is known to occur in rodents, we examined the effect of capsaicin, a neurotoxin which destroys primary sensory (vagal and splanchnic) afferents, on the orexigenic activity induced by i.p.-injected acyl ghrelin. Pretreatment with i.p.-injected capsaicin (0.16 micromol/g body weight (BW)) cancelled the orexigenic action of i.p.-injected acyl ghrelin (8 pmol/g BW), although i.p.-injected capsaicin alone did not affect food intake. The effect of des-acyl ghrelin on the orexigenic action of acyl ghrelin in the goldfish was also investigated. The i.c.v. and i.p. injection of des-acyl ghrelin at doses 3-10 times higher than that of acyl ghrelin suppressed the orexigenic action of i.c.v.- and i.p.-injected acyl ghrelin (doses of 1 and 8 pmol/g BW). In contrast, injection of des-acyl ghrelin alone did not show any inhibitory effect on food intake. These results suggest that, as is seen in rodents, circulating acyl ghrelin derived from peripheral tissues acts via primary sensory afferent pathways on feeding centers in the brain. The results also show that des-acyl ghrelin inhibits acyl ghrelin-induced orexigenic activity in goldfish.[1]

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  1. Regulation of food intake by acyl and des-acyl ghrelins in the goldfish. Matsuda, K., Miura, T., Kaiya, H., Maruyama, K., Shimakura, S., Uchiyama, M., Kangawa, K., Shioda, S. Peptides (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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