A paradoxical elevation of brain cyclo(His-Pro) levels in hyperphagic obese Zucker rats

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Brain Research

Volume 699, Issue 1, 13 November 1995, Pages 149-153

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Abstract

Several studies suggest a role for endogenous cyclo(His-Pro) or CHP in appetite regulation. In the present study, we have examined the regional brain distribution of CHP in hyperphagic obese Zucker rats and their lean littermates. The data show a significant elevation in the levels of CHP in many brain regions, including hypothalamus of the obese rat. Within the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamic (LH) nucleus of obese rats had significantly higher levels of CHP when compared to that of the lean littermates. Administration of dehydroepiandrosterone, a steroid hormone known to decrease food intake and body weight gain, to obese rats led to decrease in the levels of CHP in the LH. These data further suggest a role for the endogenous CHP in attenuating food intake.

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A paradoxical elevation of brain cyclo(His-Pro) levels in hyperphagic obese Zucker rats

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