Studying the central control of food intake and obesity in rats

Revista de Nutrição

Eliane Beraldi Ribeiro¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de São Paulo Departamento de Fisiologia Disciplina de Fisiologia da NutriçãoSão Paulo SP ,Brasil

关键词: Brain microdialysis;    Experimental Studies;    Food intake;    Hypothalamus;    Obesity;    Rats;    Microdiálise cerebral;    Estudos experimentais;    Ingestão de alimentos;    Hipotálamo;    Obesidade;    Ratos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-52732009000100015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The central nervous system regulates energy intake and expenditure through a complex network of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. It is of great interest to understand the relevance of these systems to the physiological control of energy balance and to the disturbances of obesity. The present paper discusses some of the methods to address this field used at the laboratory of Endocrine Physiology of Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Initially, different experimental models of rat obesity are presented, namely the hypothalamic induced monosodium glutamate model, the Zucker genetic model, and the dietary model. The principles of brain microdialysis are also presented, the technique applied to obtain representative samples of the extracellular fluid of brain sites involved in feeding control. The microdialysate levels of serotonin, an important anorexigenic neurotransmitter, are determined by HPLC with electrochemical detection. The immunoblot technique (Western blot) is used to determine hypothalamic levels of proteins relevant to the anorexigenic effect of serotonin and to analyze the acute activation of the insulin signaling cascade in the hypothalamus. The final section addresses the potential applications of proteomics in the study of the central control of feeding.

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