Nesfatin-130-59 Injected Intracerebroventricularly Increases Anxiety, Depression-Like Behavior, and Anhedonia in Normal Weight Rats

Nutrients

Tiemo Friedrich¹  Martha Anna Schalla¹  Andreas Stengel¹  Miriam Goebel-Stengel¹  Peter Kobelt¹  Matthias Rose¹  Stephanie Gladys Kühne¹  Marion Rivalan²  Melissa Long²  York Winter² 

[1] Charité Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Department for Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, 12203 Berlin, Germany;Cognitive Neurobiology, Berlin Mouse Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry, Humboldt University, 10117 Berlin, Germany;

关键词: behavior;    depression;    gut-brain axis;    NUCB2;    obesity;    psychosomatic;   

DOI  :  10.3390/nu10121889

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Nesfatin-1 is a well-established anorexigenic peptide. Recent studies indicated an association between nesfatin-1 and anxiety/depression-like behavior. However, it is unclear whether this effect is retained in obesity. The aim was to investigate the effect of nesfatin-1_30-59—the active core of nesfatin-1—on anxiety and depression-like behavior in normal weight (NW) and diet-induced (DIO) obese rats. Male rats were intracerebroventricularly (ICV) cannulated and received nesfatin-1_30-59 (0.1, 0.3, or 0.9 nmol/rat) or vehicle 30 min before testing. Nesfatin-1_30-59 at a dose of 0.3 nmol reduced sucrose consumption in the sucrose preference test in NW rats compared to vehicle (–33%, p < 0.05), indicating depression-like/anhedonic behavior. This dose was used for all following experiments. Nesfatin-1_30-59 also reduced cookie intake during the novelty-induced hypophagia test (−62%, p < 0.05). Moreover, nesfatin-1_30-59 reduced the number of entries into the center zone in the open field test (−45%, p < 0.01) and the visits of open arms in the elevated zero maze test (−39%, p < 0.01) in NW rats indicating anxiety. Interestingly, DIO rats showed no behavioral alterations after the injection of nesfatin-1_30-59 (p > 0.05). These results indicate an implication of nesfatin-1_30-59 in the mediation of anxiety and depression-like behavior/anhedonia under normal weight conditions, while in DIO rats, a desensitization might occur.

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