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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R494-R499, 2003. First published November 7, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00399.2002
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Vol. 284, Issue 2, R494-R499, February 2003

Intraventricular melanin-concentrating hormone stimulates water intake independent of food intake

Deborah J. Clegg1, Ellen L. Air2,3, Stephen C. Benoit1, Randall S. Sakai1, Randy J. Seeley1, and Stephen C. Woods1

Departments of 1 Psychiatry, 2 Biomedical Sciences, and 3 Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267

The lateral hypothalamus (LH) has a critical role in the control of feeding and drinking. Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is an orexigenic peptidergic neurotransmitter produced primarily in the LH, and agouti-related protein (AgRP) is an orexigenic peptidergic neurotransmitter produced exclusively in the arcuate (ARC), an area that innervates the LH. We assessed drinking and eating after third ventricular (i3vt) administration of MCH and AgRP. MCH (2.5, 5, and 10 µg i3vt) significantly increased food as well as water intake over 4 h when administered during either the light or the dark portion of the day-night cycle. When MCH (5 µg) was administered to rats with access to water but no food, they drank significantly more water than when given the vehicle. AgRP (7 µg i3vt), on the other hand, increased water intake but only in proportion to food intake during the dark and the light, and water intake was not increased after i3vt AgRP in the absence of food. Hence, in contrast to AgRP, MCH elicits increased water intake independent of food intake. These results are consistent with historical data linking activity of the LH with water as well as food intake.

agouti-related protein; orexin-A; lateral hypothalamus


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