V A Boundy, A H Cincotta
Index: Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 279(2) , R505-14, (2000)
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The genetically, seasonally, and diet-induced obese, glucose-intolerant states in rodents, including ob/ob mice, have each been associated with elevated hypothalamic levels of norepinephrine (NE). With the use of quantitative autoradiography on brain slices of 6-wk-old obese (ob/ob) and lean mice, the adrenergic receptor populations in several hypothalamic nuclei were examined. The binding of [(125)I]iodocyanopindolol to beta(1)- and beta(2)-adrenergic receptors in ob/ob mice was significantly increased in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN) by 30 and 38%, in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) by 23 and 72%, and in the lateral hypothalamus (LH) by 10 and 15%, respectively, relative to lean controls. The binding of [(125)I]iodo-4-hydroxyphenyl-ethyl-aminomethyl-tetralone to alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors was also significantly increased in the PVN (26%), VMH (67%), and LH (21%) of ob/ob mice. In contrast, the binding of [(125)I]paraiodoclonidine to alpha(2)-adrenergic receptors in ob/ob mice was significantly decreased in the VMH (38%) and the dorsomedial hypothalamus (17%) relative to lean controls. This decrease was evident in the alpha(2A)- but not the alpha(2BC)-receptor subtype. Scatchard analysis confirmed this decreased density of alpha(2)-receptors in ob/ob mice. Together with earlier studies, these changes in hypothalamic adrenergic receptors support a role for increased hypothalamic NE activity in the development of the metabolic syndrome of ob/ob mice.
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