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CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN
卷 23, 期 12, 页码 1869-1872出版社
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/1381612822666161201145648
关键词
Allosteric modulation; Body weight; High calorie diet; Levamisole; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Positive allosteric modulators
资金
- University of Alaska (UAF)
- Intramural Research Program of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
- NIH
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [RL5GM118990, TL4 GM 118992, 1UL1GM118991]
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) regulate the function of multiple neurotransmitter pathways throughout the central nervous system. This includes nAChRs found on the proopiomelanocortin neurons in the hypothalamus. Activation of these nAChRs by nicotine causes a decrease in the consumption of food in rodents. This study tested the effect of subtype selective allosteric modulators for nAChRs on the body weight of CD-1 mice. Levamisole, an allosteric modulator for the alpha 3 beta 4 subtype of nAChRs, prevented weight gain in mice that were fed a high fat diet. PNU-120596 and desformylflustrabromine were observed to be selective PAMs for the alpha 7 and alpha 3 beta 2 nAChR, respectively. Both of these compounds failed to prevent weight gain in the CD-1 mice. These results suggest that the modulation of hypothalamic alpha 3 beta 4 nAChRs is an important factor in regulating food intake, and the PAMs for these receptors need further investigation as potential therapeutic agents for controlling weight gain.
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