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Peptides having an orexigenic effect do what

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Stimulates appetite or increases food intake

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Where are most orexigenic peptides identified and what do they function as in the CNS

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  • most originally identified in the periphery-> esp as GI hormones
  • functions as both peptide hormones and as neuromodualtors-> neuropeptide Y, Ghrelin, Orexins
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What is responsible for the control of energy homeostasis

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Gut-brain axis

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True or false: leptin is a neuropeptide

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false

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true or false: leptin is 16kDa (167 amino acids) protein hormone released from adipose tissue to reduce appetite

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true

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where are the leptin receptors found

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in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (main site of action)

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what does the inability to signal satiety in mice with a mutation to the leptin gene (ob/ob) lead to?

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constant hunger

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where was neuropeptide y (NPY) identified and is expressed from the NPY gene as _______

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-in the porcine hypothalamus
- preproNPY

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where is NPY highly expressed in

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in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus

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what does IV administration of NPY do to rodents

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increases food intake

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_________ has increased permeability of the BBB from monitoring of blood-borne hormones and release of hypothalamic hormones

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hypothalamus

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true or false: agonists of NPY decrease food intake

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false: increase

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what are the receptors of NPY

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5 types of NPY GPCRs

  • NPYR 1,5 are orexigenic (most important ones)
  • NPYR 2,4 are autoreceptors (selective agonists decrease food intake)
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where do genetically obese mice tend to have high levels of NPY in

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the hypothalamus

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true or false: NPY interacts with environmental stress

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true

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______ ______ and __ _____ ______ _____ leads to an increase in abdominal adipose deposits (trunk obesity)

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Chronic stress; a high calorie diet

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True or false: just like other neuropeptides, NPY has good pharmacodynamic

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false; poor

short half-life circulation

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what is required for NPY

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IV administration since peptides are both highly hydrophilic and sensitive to acid hydrolysis

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what does NPY receptor antagonism lead to

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transient effects on NPY signalling and has pharmacodynamic tolerance

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what is meant by short-term efficacy only

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NPY levels readily compensate for changes

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Gherlin (GHRL) gene expresses what

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expresses preproghrelin and obestatin (which may not have much to do with obesity)

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what does GHRL function as, when does it release, and what does the release result in

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  • functions as a classic gastrointestinal hormone and is released from the GI to stimulate hunger
  • is released constitutively but inhibited by a mechanosensitive process when the stomach is stretched/ full
  • release stimulates hunger and inhibition attenuates hunger
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what does GHRL act at and what is identified as

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  • acts at the growth hormone secretagogue type 1A receptor (GHSR)
  • identified as an endogenous agonist for the GHSR
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GHSR is widely expressed in the _________ (esp the vagus nerve) and in the ________ on ______ ___________ ______ of the arcuate nucleus

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  • periphery
  • CNS
  • NPY secreting cells
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what activation leads to secretion of NPY
GHSR
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what kind of administration of ghrelin increases food intake and what does gastric bypass surgery do
- systematic -decreases ghrelin levels in obese patients
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what does ghrelin also interact with and what does ghrelin increase
- interacts with numerous aspects of mood, stress, and diet to affect food intake - increases hedonic aspects of food intake hedonic- emotional eating/ comfort food
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in addition to the hypothalamus, where else is Gherlun expressed in and what area does it have pronounced effects on
- ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra, raphe nuclei, hippocampus (dentate gyrus) - mesolimbic cholinergic-dopaminergic reward network
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what is the natural role of gherlin
the signal reinforces aspects of food reward
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What is the enzyme responsible for acylation of ghrelin? Where does it occur?
GOAT; at S3 position by a medium-chain fatty acid
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GOAT actigvity _______ after intake of medium-cahin fatty acids in the diet - leading to _____________ acylation of ghrellin and _____________ hunger stimuli.
increases; increased; increasing
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Describe the circadian rhythm of ghrelin.
- increase near expected meal times - slow, steady increase from midnight to dawn - co-expressed with circadian clock proteins in the gut
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Ghrelin expression has a ___________ correlation with sleep time. Decreased sleep leads to __________ ghrelin. Increased sleep leads to ___________ ghrelin.
negative; elevated; decreased
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Sleep disruption can disrupt ghrelin rhythms leading to ____________ ghrelin levels.
increased
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TRUE or FALSE: if you are exposed to light during sleep phase, ghrelin will decrease
FALSE: it will spike/increase
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TRUE or FALSE: ghrelin release is proportional to body weight
FALSE: inversely proportional i.e. lose weight = increased ghrelin i.e. gain weight = decrease ghrelin
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Which hormone is proposed to be an endogenous mediator of weight and energy stores?
ghrelin
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TRUE or FALSE: ghrelin release increases with stress
TRUE
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What is a potential therapeutic target for obesity? What are the side effects? What animal was it demonstrated in?
- ghrelin - if we decrease ghrelin, could lead to depression and anxiety - pigs --> immune reaction against GHSR
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How is GHRL implicated in addictions?
- ghrelin signals reinforcing aspect of alcohol (high calorie) - ghrelin administration increases motivation to self-administer heroin - ghrelin antagonists reduce the behavioural response to cocaine and nicotine
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Describe the operant conditioning apparatus. What is it used to study?
- modified Skinner box - IV or oral self-administration - operant training for drug/substance reward - animals have catheter implanted into jugular and affixed to infusion pump - lever press results in dose of drug of choice - used to study MOTIVATION to self-administer
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How do you measure motivation?
- progressive ratio schedule --> response demand is increased progressively starting from 1 - determine breaking point (highest completed ratio of demand to response) - break point reflects motivation - amount of work willing to perform to achieve reward
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How does ghrelin affect break point of heroin self-administration?
increases break point
44
Describe the conditioned place preference.
- Pavlovian conditioning paradigm - drug injection paired with neutral envvironemtnal stimulus to create conditioned stimulus - 2-3 chamber conditioning box - 3 phase CPP protocol (pre-, conditiong, post-) (see slide 23)
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How does ghrelin affect CPP in animal models?
ghrelin administration alone can induce a CPP in animal models
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Orexin A/B are formed from a single __________ off the ________ gene.
prepropeptide; HCRT
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Where are orexin-secreting neurons found?
lateral hypothalamus (but extensively innervate brain and spinal cord) (see diagram on slide 25 for details on input and output areas)
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What are the functions of orexin?
- orexigenic (food) - sleep
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How doe ghrelin, NPY, leptin, and CART affect orexin?
- ghrelin and NPY stimulate orexin release - leptin and CART inhibit orexin release
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How do we know that ghrelin and NPY do not directly lead to increased eating?
- orexin K/O mice show no orexigenic effects of ghrelin administration - i.e. need to active orexin to increase eating
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How does orexin affect sleep?
- link sleep and metabolism - orexin adminstration stimulates wakefulness
52
How does long-term sleep deprivation affect food intake and metabolsim?
increase food intake and energy metabolism
53
Receptor ______________ mutation leads to decreased funtion of orexin, leading to __________.
loss-of-function; narcolepsy
54
A common cause of narcolepsy is a mutation in the ___________leading to ___________________ against ________.
HLA antigen; autoimmune disease; orexin neurons
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where does oreixigenic neurons receive indirect input from?
SCN
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Where does oreixn project to for wakefulness?
- Locus ceruleus norepinephrine systems - Dorsal raphe seratonin systems - Tuberomamillary histamine systems - Basal forebrain cholinergic system (BFCS)
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When does orexin activity increae? When is it more active?
- increase just before waking - active during wake (vs. sleep)
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What is suvorexant?
dual OX receptor antagonist (DORA) for insomnia treatment
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What is almorexant?
dual OX receptor antagonist (DORA) discontinued in 2011 during phase III trials
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How are orexins implicated in addiction?
- orexin increases consumption in animals that are already addicted, but not creation of new addiction - intreact with dopaminergic reward paths in VTA - OX receptor ANTAGONSITS decrease self-administration of alcohol, opiates, nicotine
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Administration of orexin into the lateral hypothalamus results in _____ alcohol consumption or _________ of extinguished alcohol or nicotine seeking
increased; reinstatement
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How are orexins implicated in emotional memory? (reword this question)
- orexinergic neurons receive inputs from limbic system - orexin K/O mice show decreased response to stress/fear stimuli - human narcolepsy patients show diminished autonomic responses to emotional stimuli - altered orexin levels with anxiety/PTSD - KEY: proposed to maintain wakefulness in response to emotional arousal via limbic inputs
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How are orexins implicated in motivational activation?
ghrelin act on motivation itself; orexin is not a motivator itself, but it play a role during food intake and wakefulness
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phasic orexin activity increases during ________________ ___________.
adaptive behaviour
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orexins facilitate reward seeking only when motivated by _____________.
an underlying physiological (e.g. hunger) or psychological need (e.g. cues, stressors)

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