Inhibitory effect of serotonin on feeding behavior in goldfish: Involvement of CRF
Inhibitory effect of serotonin on feeding behavior in goldfish: Involvement of CRF
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DOI:
10.1016/s0196-9781(97)00469-5
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发表时间:
1998-01-01
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3
通讯作者:
Delgado, MJ
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作者:
De Pedro, N;Pinillos, ML;Delgado, MJ
The possible action of 5-HT on feeding behavior in goldfish has been studied. Food intake was significantly reduced by intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of serotonin (5-HT, 10 mu g) at 2 h postinjection. After peripheral (intraperitoneal) administration of 5-HT (1 and 10 mu g/g bw), no significant modifications in food intake were detected. Thus, it can be concluded that there is a central anoretic action of 5-HT in teleost fish. Taking in mind the inhibitory effect of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) on feeding in teleosts and the interactions between 5-HT and CRF described in mammals, we investigated the possible involvement of CRF as mediator of the 5-HT anoretic action in goldfish. The ICV pretreatment with alpha-Helical CRF[9-41] (20 mu g) partially blocked the inhibitory effect of 5-HT on food consumption in goldfish. These results show that CRF mediates, at least in part, the 5-HT-induced feeding inhibition in goldfish. On the other hand, the alterations in hypothalamic indoleamines content evoked by ICV treatments would suggest that the activation of CRF neurons by 5-HT appears to inhibit hypothalamic serotoninergic transmission, supporting the intermediate role of this neuropeptide in the central anoretic effect of 5-HT in goldfish. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Inc.