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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Neuropeptide Y is highly abundant in both the peripheral and central nervous systems and is known to have diverse functions including regulation of feeding behavior, blood pressure, circadian rhythms, reproductive behavior and the response to stress. Northern analysis showed that copper deficiency increased brain NPY mRNA abundance particularly in the olfactory bulb (OB). These increases were not accompanied by alterations in food intake or blood pressure. After 4 weeks of a copper-restricted diet, OB copper concentrations decreased to 44% of control and NPY mRNA increased 1.5-fold. Addition of a copper chelator to the restricted diet, resulted in a two-fold increase in OB NPY mRNA over copper adequate controls. These results were confirmed in primary cultures of OB neurons suggesting that the regulation of NPY mRNA is at the level of the bulb rather than by a hormonal or other copper-regulated factor external to the OB. Immunoreactive NPY (IR-NPY) levels were not, however, increased following the 4 weeks of copper deficiency. Addition of the chelator resulted in a 1.4-fold increase in IR-NPY that, while statistically significant, was not proportional to the two-fold increase in NPY mRNA in the same study. This may suggest that copper deficiency inhibits the translational mechanisms responsible for the synthesis of NPY or that NPY is exported from the bulb in copper deficiency.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0169-328X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
80-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of neuropeptide Y mRNA and peptide concentrations by copper in rat olfactory bulb.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, 237 Biomedical Research Facility, Tallahassee, FL 32308-4340, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.