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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 275: R1138-R1145, 1998;
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Vol. 275, Issue 4, R1138-R1145, October 1998

Altered expression of type 2 CRH receptor mRNA in the VMH by glucocorticoids and starvation

Shinya Makino1, Mitsuru Nishiyama1, Koichi Asaba1, Philip W. Gold2, and Kozo Hashimoto1

1 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi 783, Japan; and 2 Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

In the rat, high-dose corticosterone (Cort) administration, the hypercortisolism of starvation, and adrenalectomy are all associated with decreased food intake and weight loss. We report here a study of the effects of high-dose Cort administration, starvation, and adrenalectomy on two peripheral hormones known to influence food intake and energy use, insulin and leptin. We also studied the impact of these interventions on the levels of type 2 corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor (CRHR-2) mRNA in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH). The VMH is classically referred to as the satiety center because electrical stimulation of the VMH leads to inhibition of food intake, whereas CRHR-2 are thought to transduce the profound anorexogenic effects of CRH or its related peptide urocortin. Starvation and adrenalectomy each lowered plasma insulin and leptin levels and were associated with decrements in CRHR-2 mRNA levels in the VMH. Cort administration increased plasma leptin levels profoundly, as well as plasma insulin levels and the levels of VMH CRHR-2 mRNA. Under all experimental conditions, a positive correlation was seen between plasma leptin levels and VMH CRHR-2 mRNA. These data suggest that decreased food intake and weight loss after high-dose Cort administration at least partially depend on the profound impact of Cort on plasma leptin secretion in the rat; they suggest, moreover, an additional mechanism for the satiety-inducing effects of leptin, namely increasing CRHR-2 in the VMH. The concordance of a fall in plasma insulin and leptin levels with the fall in VMH CRHR-2 mRNA levels further supports the idea that compensatory responses during starvation and adrenalectomy include not only the disinhibiting effects of reduced insulin and leptin levels on appetite through already-described mechanisms but also via an effect of leptin on VMH CRHR-2. Neither Cort administration, starvation, nor adrenalectomy influenced the levels of CRHR-2 mRNA in the PVN, suggesting that these receptors are differentially regulated in different hypothalamic regions.

corticotropin-releasing hormone; ventromedial hypothalamus; insulin; leptin


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