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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) decreases food intake and body weight, but few central sites of action have been identified for its effect on energy expenditure. The hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus (VMH) is important in regulating energy metabolism. Our previous work indicated that BDNF in the VMH reduced food intake. The purposes of the study were to determine: 1) if BDNF in the VMH increases energy expenditure (EE); 2) if BDNF-enhanced thermogenesis results from increased spontaneous physical activity (SPA) and resting metabolic rate (RMR); and 3) if VMH BDNF thermogenic effects are mediated by uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) in brown adipose tissue (BAT). BDNF (0.5 microg) was injected into the VMH of male Sprague-Dawley rats and oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, food intake and SPA were measured for 24h in an indirect calorimeter. Animals were sacrificed 4h after BDNF injection, and BAT UCP1 gene expression was measured with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. BDNF significantly decreased food and water intake, and body weight gain. Heat production and RMR were significantly elevated for 9h immediately after BDNF injection. BDNF increased SPA and EE during SPA (aEE) within 9h after injection although BDNF had no effect on 0-24h SPA and aEE. BDNF did not induce a significant increase in BAT UCP1 expression. In conclusion, VMH BDNF reduces body weight by decreasing food intake and increasing EE consequent to increased SPA and RMR, suggesting that the VMH is an important site of BDNF action to influence energy balance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1872-6240
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Published by Elsevier B.V.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
1336
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
66-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Adipose Tissue, Brown, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Basal Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Carbon Dioxide, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Eating, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Energy Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Ion Channels, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Mitochondrial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Oxygen Consumption, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Thermogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:20398635-Weight Gain
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus increases energy expenditure.
pubmed:affiliation
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA. cwang@umn.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't