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JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 203, Issue 2, Pages 281-290Publisher
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-09-0210
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- NIH [AG026159]
- Claude D Pepper Older Americans Independence Center NIH [P30 AG08740]
- Neurobiology of Aging [T32AG00196]
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Endocannabinoids (EC) are involved in regulating energy homeostasis, particularly in promoting hyperphagia and the consumption of a palatable diet. We have previously Shown that rats given a high-fat (HF) diet display a transient hyperphagia that is normalized by a process partially dependent on leptin. We now propose that the induction of this hyperphagia is mediated, atleast partially, by the EC signaling system. Obesity, including diet-induced and age-related, is associated with dysregulation of the EC system, and obese rodent models are hypersensitive to a cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor antagonist. This Suggests that aged rats will be more responsive to the anorectic effects of a CBI receptor antagonist. To test this, we examined the responsiveness to CBI receptor antagonist, AM251, in young and aged rats during two experimental paradigms. First, we administered AM251 simultaneously With the introduction Of all I-IF diet. Second, AM251 treatment began after the establishment of diet-induced obesity. Responses were measured by changes in body weight and composition, calorie intake, Serum leptin, and biochemical indicators. The results demonstrated three key findings. 1) CBI receptor activity contributes to the hyperphagia seen with the introduction of an HF diet. 2) Increased AM251 sensitivity and efficacy is increased with age and HF feeding, with the greatest responsiveness observed ill HF-fed, aged rats. 3) AM251 sensitivity is elevated to a greater extent with HF diet than with established obesity. Thus, both age and an HF diet are associated with enhanced anorectic responses to AM251, but the underlying mechanism of these responses remains speculative. Journal of Endocrinology (2009) 203, 281-290
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