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- Title
Gut hormone PYY(3-36) physiologically inhibits food intake.
- Authors
Batterham, Rachel L; Cowley, Michael A; Small, Caroline J; Herzog, Herbert; Cohen, Mark A; Dakin, Catherine L; Wren, Alison M; Brynes, Audrey E; Low, Malcolm J; Ghatei, Mohammad A; Cone, Roger D; Bloom, Stephen R
- Abstract
Food intake is regulated by the hypothalamus, including the melanocortin and neuropeptide Y (NPY) systems in the arcuate nucleus. The NPY Y2 receptor (Y2R), a putative inhibitory presynaptic receptor, is highly expressed on NPY neurons in the arcuate nucleus, which is accessible to peripheral hormones. Peptide YY(3-36) (PYY(3-36)), a Y2R agonist, is released from the gastrointestinal tract postprandially in proportion to the calorie content of a meal. Here we show that peripheral injection of PYY(3-36) in rats inhibits food intake and reduces weight gain. PYY(3-36) also inhibits food intake in mice but not in Y2r-null mice, which suggests that the anorectic effect requires the Y2R. Peripheral administration of PYY(3-36) increases c-Fos immunoreactivity in the arcuate nucleus and decreases hypothalamic Npy messenger RNA. Intra-arcuate injection of PYY(3-36) inhibits food intake. PYY(3-36) also inhibits electrical activity of NPY nerve terminals, thus activating adjacent pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons. In humans, infusion of normal postprandial concentrations of PYY(3-36) significantly decreases appetite and reduces food intake by 33% over 24 h. Thus, postprandial elevation of PYY(3-36) may act through the arcuate nucleus Y2R to inhibit feeding in a gut-hypothalamic pathway.
- Publication
Nature, 2002, Vol 418, Issue 6898, p650
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nature00887