Differential Effects of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Neuropeptide Y Overexpression in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus and Lateral Hypothalamus on Feeding Behavior

It is well known that neuropeptide Y (NPY) increases food intake. The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and the lateral hypothalamus (LH) are both involved in the acute, hyperphagic effects of NPY. Although it is obvious that increased energy intake may lead to obesity, it is less understoo...

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Published in:The Journal of neuroscience 2007-12, Vol.27 (51), p.14139-14146
Main Authors: Tiesjema, Birgitte, Adan, Roger A. H, Luijendijk, Mieneke C. M, Kalsbeek, Andries, la Fleur, Susanne E
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animals
Dependovirus - physiology
Feeding Behavior - physiology
Hypothalamic Area, Lateral - metabolism
Hypothalamic Area, Lateral - virology
Hypothalamus - metabolism
Hypothalamus - virology
Male
Neuropeptide Y - biosynthesis
Neuropeptide Y - genetics
Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus - metabolism
Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus - virology
Rats
Rats, Wistar
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Summary:It is well known that neuropeptide Y (NPY) increases food intake. The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and the lateral hypothalamus (LH) are both involved in the acute, hyperphagic effects of NPY. Although it is obvious that increased energy intake may lead to obesity, it is less understood which aspects of feeding behavior are affected and whether one or multiple neural sites mediate the effects of long-term increased NPY signaling. By long-term overexpressing NPY in either the PVN or the LH, we uncovered brain site-specific effects of NPY on meal frequency, meal size, and diurnal feeding patterns. In rats injected with adeno-associated virus-NPY in the PVN, increased food intake resulted from an increase in the amount of meals consumed, whereas in rats injected in the LH, increased food intake was attributable to increased meal size. Interestingly, food intake and body weight gain were only temporarily increased in PVN-injected rats, whereas in LH-injected rats hyperphagia and body weight gain remained for the entire 50 d. Moreover, in LH-NPY rats, but not in PVN-NPY rats, diurnal rhythmicity with regard to food intake and body core temperature was lost. These data clearly show that the NPY system differentially regulates energy intake and energy expenditure in the PVN and LH, which together adjust energy balance.
ISSN:0270-6474
1529-2401
DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3280-07.2007