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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-17
pubmed:abstractText
Recent evidence suggests that neuropeptide Y (NPY), originating in neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, is an important mediator of the effects of leptin on the central nervous system. As these NPY neurons innervate hypophysiotropic neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) that produce the tripeptide, TRH, we raised the possibility that NPY may be responsible for resetting of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis during fasting. To test this hypothesis, the effects of intracerebroventricularly administered NPY on circulating thyroid hormone levels and proTRH messenger RNA in the PVN were studied by RIA and in situ hybridization histochemistry, respectively. NPY administration suppressed circulating levels of thyroid hormone (T(3) and T(4)) and resulted in an inappropriately normal or low TSH. These alterations were associated with a significant suppression of proTRH messenger RNA in the PVN, indicating that NPY infusion had resulted in a state of central hypothyroidism. Similar observations were made in NPY-infused animals pair fed to the vehicle-treated controls. These data are reminiscent of the effect of fasting on the thyroid axis and indicate that NPY may play a major role in the inhibition of HPT axis during fasting.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
142
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2606-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Adipose Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Adipose Tissue, Brown, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Arcuate Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Autoradiography, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Eating, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Epididymis, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Neuropeptide Y, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Pituitary Gland, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Protein Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Thyroid Gland, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Thyrotropin, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Thyroxine, pubmed-meshheading:11356711-Triiodothyronine
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuropeptide Y has a central inhibitory action on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis.
pubmed:affiliation
Tupper Research Institute and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.