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Regulation of agouti-related protein messenger ribonucleic acid transcription and peptide secretion by acute and chronic inflammation.

ABSTRACT: Agouti-related protein (AgRP) is an orexigenic neuropeptide produced by neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) that is a key component of central neural circuits that control food intake and energy expenditure. Disorders in energy homeostasis, characterized by hypophagia and increased metabolic rate, frequently develop in animals with either acute or chronic diseases. Recently, studies have demonstrated that proopiomelanocortin-expressing neurons in the ARC are activated by the proinflammatory cytokine IL-1beta. In the current study, we sought to determine whether inflammatory processes regulate the expression of AgRP mRNA and to characterize the response of AgRP neurons to IL-1beta. Here, we show by real-time RT-PCR and in situ hybridization analysis that AgRP mRNA expression in rodents is increased in models of acute and chronic inflammation. AgRP neurons were found to express the type I IL-1 receptor, and the percentage of expression was significantly increased after peripheral administration of lipopolysaccharide. Furthermore, we demonstrate that IL-1beta inhibits the release of AgRP from hypothalamic explants. Collectively, these data indicate that proinflammatory signals decrease the secretion of AgRP while increasing the transcription of the AgRP gene. These observations suggest that AgRP neurons may participate with ARC proopiomelanocortin neurons in mediating the anorexic and metabolic responses to acute and chronic disease processes.

SUBMITTER: Scarlett JM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2582916 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Regulation of agouti-related protein messenger ribonucleic acid transcription and peptide secretion by acute and chronic inflammation.

Scarlett Jarrad M JM Zhu Xinxia X Enriori Pablo J PJ Bowe Darren D DD Batra Ayesha K AK Levasseur Peter R PR Grant Wilmon F WF Meguid Michael M MM Cowley Michael A MA Marks Daniel L DL

Endocrinology 20080626 10

Agouti-related protein (AgRP) is an orexigenic neuropeptide produced by neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) that is a key component of central neural circuits that control food intake and energy expenditure. Disorders in energy homeostasis, characterized by hypophagia and increased metabolic rate, frequently develop in animals with either acute or chronic diseases. Recently, studies have demonstrated that proopiomelanocortin-expressing neurons in the ARC are activated by the proinf ...[more]

PMID: 18583425

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