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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
The nose provides an effective way for delivering neuropeptides to the central nervous system, bypassing the blood-brain barrier and avoiding systemic side effects. Thereby intranasal neuropeptide administration enables the modulation of central nervous signaling pathways of body weight regulation and cognitive functions. Central nervous control of energy homeostasis is assumed to rely on hypothalamic neuropeptidergic pathways that are triggered by the peripheral adiposity signals insulin and leptin conveying the amount of body fat to the brain. Melanocortins, including alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), are essential for inducing anorexigenic/catabolic effects, i.e. for inhibiting caloric intake and increasing energy expenditure. Insulin, in addition to its function as an adiposity signal, also influences memory formation. Here we present a series of studies on the intranasal administration of MSH/ACTH4-10, a melanocortin receptor agonist, and of insulin. Prolonged administration of MSH/ACTH4-10 induced weight loss in normal-weight, but not in overweight humans. Intranasal insulin reduced body fat and improved memory functions in the absence of adverse peripheral side effects. Our results may contribute to the future development of therapeutic strategies in disorders like obesity and cognitive impairments that derive from dysfunctions of central nervous neuropeptidergic pathways.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0167-0115
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Adipose Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Administration, Intranasal, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Cognition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Hypoglycemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Metabolic Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Nootropic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Obesity, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Receptors, Melanocortin, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Satiety Response, pubmed-meshheading:18442862-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Towards the therapeutic use of intranasal neuropeptide administration in metabolic and cognitive disorders.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany. hallschmid@kfg.uni-luebeck.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't