CRF-related peptides contribute to stress response and regulation of appetite in hypoxic rainbow trout

被引:81
作者
Bernier, NJ [1 ]
Craig, PM [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Guelph, Dept Integrat Biol, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
关键词
feeding behavior; anorexia; hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis; cortisol; Oncorhynchus mykiss;
D O I
10.1152/ajpregu.00668.2004
中图分类号
Q4 [生理学];
学科分类号
071003 ;
摘要
Hypoxia stress suppresses appetite in a variety of fish species, but the mechanisms mediating this response are not known. Therefore, given their anorexigenic and hypophysiotropic properties, we investigated the contribution of forebrain corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and urotensin I (UI) to the regulation of food intake and the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal (HPI) stress axis in hypoxic rainbow trout. Exposure to 50 and 35% O-2 saturation for 24 h decreased food intake by 28 and 48%, respectively. The 35% O-2 treatment also increased forebrain CRF and UI mRNA levels, plasma cortisol, and lactate. Exposure for 72 h to the same conditions resulted in similar reductions in food intake, increases in plasma cortisol proportional to the hypoxia severity, and increases in forebrain CRF and UI mRNA levels in the 50% O-2 treatment. Relative to saline-infused fish, chronic intracranial infusion of the CRF receptor antagonist alpha-helical CRF(9-41) reduced the appetite-suppressing effects of 24-h exposure to 35% O-2 and blocked the hypoxia-induced increase in plasma cortisol. Finally, forebrain microdissection revealed that 50 and 35% O-2 exposure for 24 h specifically increases preoptic area CRF and UI mRNA levels in proportion to the severity of the hypoxic challenge and either has no effect or elicits small decreases in other forebrain regions. These results show that CRF-related peptides play a physiological role in regulating the HPI axis and in mediating at least a portion of the reduction in food intake under hypoxic conditions in rainbow trout and demonstrate that the response of forebrain CRF and UI neurons to this stressor is region specific.
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页码:R982 / R990
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