实验动物与比较医学 ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3): 207-214.DOI: 10.12300/j.issn.1674-5817.2020.160

• 论著:实验动物与精神医学 • 上一篇    下一篇

从脑胃ghrelin通路探讨应激对大鼠食欲的影响

赵怡玲, 高鹏飞, 肖茜, 张岚, 潘丹青, 徐月妹   

  1. 复旦大学附属金山医院中医科,上海 201508
  • 收稿日期:2020-11-14 修回日期:2021-03-16 出版日期:2021-06-25 发布日期:2021-07-05
  • 作者简介:赵怡玲(1991—), 女, 硕士, 中医科医师, 研究方向: 应激的中医药治疗及研究工作。E-mail: 1032585335@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(81473610); 第六周期金山区医学重点专科建设项目后备类(JSZK2019H06)

Effects of Stress on Appetite in Rats Through Hypothalamus and Stomach Ghrelin Pathway

ZHAO Yiling, GAO Pengfei, XIAO Qian, ZHANG Lan, PAN Danqing, XU Yuemei   

  1. Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
  • Received:2020-11-14 Revised:2021-03-16 Online:2021-06-25 Published:2021-07-05

摘要: 目的 从脑胃饥饿素(ghrelin)通路研究应激影响食欲的分子机制。方法 32只雄性Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组和应激组,每组16只,每笼2只。采用夹尾应激方法每日2次,连续21d刺激大鼠,监测各组大鼠的摄食量及体质量;在实验第7、21天每组各选取8只大鼠,ELISA法检测血清酰基化ghrelin质量浓度;蛋白质印迹法检测大鼠胃及下丘脑中ghrelin蛋白表达,以及下丘脑中腺苷酸活化蛋白激酶α2(Amp-activated protein kinase α2,AMPKα2)表达水平;实时荧光定量PCR检测胃中ghrelin、生长激素促分泌素受体(growth hormone secretagogue receptor,GHSR)、瘦素(leptin),以及下丘脑中ghrelin、AMPKα2、神经肽Y(neuropeptide Y,NPY)、刺鼠基因相关蛋白(agouti-related protein,AgRP)mRNA水平。结果 实验第7天应激组每笼大鼠的总摄食量多于对照组(P<0.05),第21天两组大鼠的总摄食量未见明显差异(P>0.05);在第7、21天,两组大鼠的体质量均无明显差异(P>0.05)。应激可以明显上调血清中酰基化ghrelin水平(P<0.01),胃及下丘脑中ghrelin蛋白(P<0.05)以及下丘脑中AMPKα2蛋白(P<0.01)的表达也均明显上调。应激还能明显上调胃内ghrelin及GHSR mRNA水平(P<0.01),下调胃内leptin mRNA水平(P<0.01);同时上调下丘脑内ghrelin、AMPKα2、NPY及AgRP mRNA水平(P<0.01)。结论 夹尾应激能导致大鼠中枢及外周ghrelin水平的上调,可能对大鼠食欲暂时性增加有影响。

关键词: 应激, 摄食, 饥饿素, 大鼠

Abstract: Objective To study the molecular mechanism of stress on appetite through hypothalamus and stomach ghrelin pathway. Methods Thirty-two male Wistar rats were randomly divided into a control group and a stress group with 16 rats in each group and 2 rats in each cage. Stress was induced by tail pinch for consecutive 21 days. Food intake and body weight of the rats in each group were recorded. Serum ghrelin concentrations of eight rats in each group were detected by ELISA on day 7 and day 21. Ghrelin protein expression in stomach and hypothalamus as well as Amp-activated protein kinase α2 (AMPKα2) protein expression in hypothalamus of rats were measured by Western blotting. The mRNA levels of ghrelin, growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) and leptin in stomach as well as ghrelin, AMPKa2, neuropeptide Y (NPY), agouti-related protein (AgRP) in hypothalamus were measured by real-time quantitative PCR. Results On day 7, the total food intake of rats in each cage in the stress group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05), and there was no significant difference in total food intake between the two groups on day 21 (P > 0.05). On day 7 and day 21, there was no significant difference in body weight between the two groups (P > 0.05). Stress upregulated the serum levels of acylated ghrelin (P < 0.01), the ghrelin protein expression levels in stomach and hypothalamus (P < 0.05), and the AMPKα2 protein expression level in hypothalamus (P < 0.01). Stress also upregulated the ghrelin and GHSR mRNA expression levels in stomach (P < 0.01), downregulated the leptin mRNA expression level in stomach (P < 0.01), and upregulated the ghrelin, AMPKα2, NPY and AgRP mRNA expression levels in hypothalamus (P < 0.01). Conclusion Tail pinch-induced stress can increase central and peripheral ghrelin levels in rats, and act as a temporary appetite enhancer.

Key words: Stress, Appetite, Ghrelin, Rats

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