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Methods: The effects of Tat-3L4F were investigated through measuring body weight, food intake, and blood glucose. In addition, PTEN/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B level in the hypothalamus was detected by immunofluorescence assay and western blot. Metabolites in the liver tissue were detected by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and analyzed by multivariate analyses and pairwise comparison.
Results: Our results showed that hyperphagia and weight gain were evident in the olanzapine alone-fed rats but was attenuated after Tat-3L4F treatment. In addition, oral glucose tolerance test indicated blood glucose at 120 minutes was higher in the olanzapine alone-treated group than in groups treated with vehicle and olanzapine?+?Tat-3L4F (10 ?mol kg-1 per day). Furthermore, compared with olanzapine alone treatment, treatment with Tat-3L4F (10 ?mol kg-1 per day) significantly inhibited PTEN expression in the hypothalamus. The olanzapine alone-treated group had the highest bile acid level, followed by the olanzapine with Tat-3L4F (1 ?mol kg-1) group, olanzapine with Tat-3L4F (10 ?mol kg-1) group, and vehicle group.
Conclusions: Our present results reveal that Tat-3L4F is a potential pharmacological strategy for suppressing hyperphagia and weight gain induced by olanzapine, which acts through disrupting crosstalk between HTR2C and PTEN as a result of PTEN downregulation in the hypothalamus.
SUBMITTER: Wang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7689208 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology 20201101 8
<h4>Background</h4>Accompanied with profound efficacy, atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) contribute to metabolic adverse effects with few effective strategies to attenuate. Serotonin 5-HT2C receptor (HTR2C) plays a critical role in hyperphagia and weight gain induced by AAPs, and expression of phosphatase tensin homolog (PTEN) in the hypothalamus also affects feeding behavior and weight change. Moreover, PTEN has a physical crosstalk between PTEN and a region in the third intracellular loop (3L4F) ...[more]