NEUROPEPTIDE Y--EFFECTS ON ENERGY METABOLISM

大脑在调节能量和脂肪平衡方面的关键作用从未被忽视。 更加明显。最近的几项发展（见（l））着重于 关注脑调节系统：肥胖的产物瘦素 肥胖基因似乎向大脑发出肥胖状态的信号; 编码一种在下丘脑中表达的蛋白质;以及一种新的饱腹感- 诱导神经调节剂GLP-1和摄食刺激剂，黑素细胞， 集中激素被发现在下丘脑起作用。是 很明显，大脑调节机制的异常可能是 负责能量平衡的改变（肥胖，厌食等） 在动物和人类身上。 神经肽Y（neuropeptide Y，NPY）是目前已知的最有效的食欲神经调节因子 并且如本文所述，可以用于功能性地映射一个大脑， 调节能量平衡（食欲和能量代谢）的系统， 在这个建议中，我们将称为神经肽Y编码能量管理 网络（NEMN）。 这些调查的目标是确定中央组织 调节能量平衡（食欲和能量）的一个大脑系统 代谢），在本提案中，我们将其称为神经肽Y编码 能源管理网络（NEMN）。NEMN的中断和干扰 调节机制可能是能量变化的原因 平衡（肥胖、厌食等）在动物和人类身上。神经肽 Y（NPY）是已知最有效的促食欲剂。我们将利用NPY 给药到下丘脑室旁核作为 功能性映射NEMN电路的主要工具。我们 假设大脑中有一个分布式的能量管理网络， 可以用NPY的刺激来追踪。 步骤：（1）确定NPY激活的神经元部位， 下丘脑室旁核，孤束核内阿片样物质 道，并通过食物剥夺通过检查位点特异性表达 即早基因c-fos的表达;（2）验证功能性传出神经元的表达。 PVN中的NPY活性与NTS中的阿片样物质活性之间的联系： (3)在功能上定义NPY编码的下一个电路投影 能源管理网络，（4）确定行动和监管场所 5-羟色胺阻断NPY对能量代谢影响的意义

The brain's critical role in regulating energy and fat balance has never been more apparent. Several recent developments (see (l)) have focused attention on brain regulatory systems: leptin, the product of the ob gene, appears to signal fat status to the brain; the tubby gene appears to code for a protein expressed in hypothalamus; and a new satiety- inducing neuroregulator GLP-1 and feeding stimulator, melanocyte- concentrating hormone have been found to work in hypothalamus. It is evident that abnormalities in brain regulatory mechanisms may be responsible for alterations in energy balance (obesity, anorexia, etc.) in animals and in humans. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is the most potent known neuroregulator of appetite and can be used, as described herein, to functionally map one brain system regulating energy balance (appetite and energy metabolism), which in this proposal we will call the Neuropeptide Y-Coded Energy Management Network (NEMN). The goal of these investigations is to define the central organization of one brain system regulating energy balance (appetite and energy metabolism), which in this proposal we will call the Neuropeptide Y-Coded Energy Management Network (NEMN). Abnormalities and disturbances in NEMN regulatory mechanisms could be responsible for alterations in energy balance (obesity, anorexia, etc.) in animals and in humans. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is the most potent known orexigenic agent. We will utilize NPY administration into the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus as the primary tool to functionally map the circuitry of the NEMN. We hypothesize a distributed energy management network in the brain, which can be traced using the stimulus of NPY. OBJECTIVES: (1) Define the neuronal sites activated by NPY in hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, opioids in nucleus of the solitary tract, and by food deprivation through examining site specific expression of the immediate early gene, c-fos; (2) Verify the functional efferent link between NPY activity in the PVN and opioidergic activity in the NTS: (3) Functionally define the next circuit projections for the NPY-Coded Energy Management Network, (4) Define the site of action and regulatory significance of serotonin blockade of NPY effects on energy metabolism.