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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 274: R62-R68, 1998;
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Vol. 274, Issue 1, R62-R68, January 1998

Hyperphagia in cold-exposed rats is accompanied by decreased plasma leptin but unchanged hypothalamic NPY

Chen Bing, Helen M. Frankish, Lucy Pickavance, Qiong Wang, David F. C. Hopkins, Michael J. Stock, and Gareth Williams

Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA; and Department of Physiology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE, United Kingdom

Chronic cold exposure stimulates sympathetically driven thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT), resulting in fat mobilization, weight loss, and compensatory hyperphagia. Hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons are implicated in stimulating food intake in starvation, but may also suppress sympathetic outflow to BAT. This study investigated whether the NPY neurons drive hyperphagia in rats that have lost weight through cold exposure. Rats exposed to 4°C for 21 days weighed 14% less than controls maintained at 22°C (P < 0.001). Food intake increased after 3 days and remained 10% higher thereafter (P < 0.001). Increased BAT activity was confirmed by 64, 96, and 335% increases in uncoupling protein-1 mRNA at 2, 8, and 21 days. Plasma leptin decreased during prolonged cold exposure. Cold-exposed rats showed no significant changes in NPY concentrations in any hypothalamic regions or in hypothalamic NPY mRNA at any time. We conclude that the NPY neurons are not activated during cold exposure. This is in contrast with starvation-induced hyperphagia, but is biologically appropriate since enhanced NPY release would inhibit thermogenesis causing potentially lethal hypothermia. Other neuronal pathways must therefore mediate hyperphagia in chronic cold exposure.

food intake; energy balance; thermogenesis; hypothalamus; neuropeptide Y


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