• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.727-733
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• 2001

The present study was conducted to identify the mechanism about the regulation of appetite by examining the expression patterns of neuropeptide Y in the hypothalamus of mice either fasting mouse for 24 hours or with anorexia mutant mouse. In order to investigate the patterns of expression of neurpeptide Y, immunohistochemistry was employed for measurements at the tissue level, along with the molecular biological techniques of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) and dot blotting. The results of this study are as follows. The level of expression of neruopeptide Y, a neuropeptide known to enhance appetite, was shown to be lowered in the arcuate nucleus(ARC), paraventricular nucleus(PVN), lateral hypothalamic area(LHA), and dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus(DMN) in both the fasting and anorexia mutant groups when measured via immunohistochemistry, a tissue-level method. RT-PCR and dot blotting, the molecular biological methods employed in this study, revealed that the level of neuropeptide Y mRNA in the entire hypothalamus was similar in the control and fasting groups and lower in the anorexia mutant group. The results of the present study showed that while the levels of expression of the neuropeptide Y in the various hypothalamic regions studied did not exhibit regular increases or decreases when measured immunohistochemically. But the entire hypothalamus via molecular biological methods showed that the changes in these levels were more definite in the anorexia mutant group than in the fasting group.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2000

The control of food intake is a complex phenomenon caused by interactions between central and peripheral control mechanisms. The hypothalamic and brain stem regions have been identified as centers for food intake and energy expenditure in animals and humans. Of these, the ventromedial and lateral hypothalamic areas are involved in the control of food intake. Also, large amounts of neurotransmitters known to be involved in feeding are present in the hippocampus. Paricularly, tryptophan hydroxylase(TPH), known as a factor in the control of food intake, is present in high levels in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and the hippocampus. In this study, TPH expression levels in the hypothalamic and hippocampal regions of fasting, anorexia mutant, and control mice were compared using RT-PCR and immunohistochemical methods. Differences in body weight among the fasting, anorexia mutant, and control groups wire observed. No statistical significance was noted in the number of TPH-immunoactivity in the hypothalamic nuclei, but relatively higher populations of such fibers were observed in the fasting group : the control group yielded samples with an overall value of 170.3${\pm}$3.5 in terms of immunoreactivity-induced optical density, whereas the fasting group yielded a value of 168.3${\pm}$2.6, and the anorexia mutant group 171.3${\pm}$0.8(lower values represent higher immunoreactivity), In fasting mice, stained neuronal bodies were observed in the CA3 and dentate gyrus regions of the hippocampus, which was different from the hippocampal regions of the control and anorexia mutant mice. The RT-PCR procedures were performed using whole brains, precluding any statistically noticeable findings in relation to specific regions, although the fasting and anorexia mutant groups showed 123.3% and 102.9%, respectively, of the TPH mRNA level in the control. The overall results present evidences of the role of TPH in the decrease in food intake during fasting caused by exogenic factors and in genetically acquired anorexia. (Korean J Nutrition 33(1) : 5-12, 2000)

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.937-942
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• 2001

본 연구는 신경 peptide 중 식욕감소 기능에 관여한다고 알려진 vasoactive intestinal peptide 의 식욕조절 기전을 관찰하기 위해 시도되었다. 연구방법으로 환경적으로 24시간 절식시킨 생쥐와 유전적으로 식욕부진증을 가지고 태어난 생쥐의 시상하부에서 vasoactive intestinal peptide의 발현양상을 조직수준의 관찰인 면역조직화학법의 분자생물학적 수준에서의 관찰괸 면역조작화학법과 분자생물학적 수준에서의 관철인 역전사연쇄중합반응(RT-PCR)과 dot-blot-ting을 이용하여 관찰하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 조직학적 수준에서의 관찰인 면역조직화학법에서 의한 vasoactive intestinal peptide 의 발현정도는 절시군에서의 경우, SCN 영역에서 발현정도가 낮았고 PVN 영역에서는 높게 나타났다. 식욕부진 돌연변이군의 경우도 SCN 영역의 발현정도가 낮았고 PVN 영역에서는 발현정도가 높게 나타났다. 분자생물학적 방법인 RT-PCR과 dot-blotting 으로 전체 시상하부의 va-soactive intestinal petide mRNA를 측정한 결과, 절식군은 대조군과 비슷하였고 식욕부진 돌연변이군에서 vasoactive intestinal peptide mRNA 발현은 현저하게 증가됨을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이상의 실험결과로 미루어 보아 vasoactive intestinal peptide에 의한 식욕조절은 절식이라는 식이조절보다는 유전적 소인을 지닌 식욕부진돌연변이 생쥐의 식욕감소 조절에 더욱 민감하게 반응한 것으로 사료된다.