SFEBES2007 Oral Communications Neuroendocrinology, reproduction and cardiovascular (7 abstracts)
Manganese-enhanced MRI demonstrates that oxyntomodulin and GLP-1 affect neuronal activity in distinct regions of the brain
Owais Chaudhri 1 , James Parkinson 1 , Amy Herlihy 2 , Victoria Salem 1 , Yu-Ting Kuo 4 , Jimmy Bell 3 , Po-Wah So 2 , Waljit Dhillo 1 , Sarah Stanley 1 , Mohammad Ghatei 1 & Steve Bloom 1
1Dept of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom; 2Biological Imaging Centre, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom; 3Molecular Imaging Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom; 4Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
The rise in the prevalence of obesity has imparted urgency to the study of the mechanisms of appetite regulation. Oxyntomodulin (OXM) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) are anorexigenic gut hormones thought to act via the same receptor. There is an increasing body of evidence, however, that they may act via distinct pathways. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly being used as a tool for tracking changes in neuronal activity in vivo through time. Manganese-enhanced MRI (MEMRI) uses Mn2+ ions as an activity-dependent contrast agent.
Aims: Here we use MEMRI to compare the patterns of neuronal activity in key appetite-modulating regions of the mouse CNS following systemic OXM and GLP-1 administration.
Methods: C57Bl/6 mice were anaesthetised with isoflurane and scanned in a 9.4T scanner. Images were obtained following intravenous infusion of Mn2+ and intraperitoneal injection of peptide or vehicle. Four experimental groups were studied: vehicle-injected mice allowed ad libitum access to chow; vehicle-injected mice fasted for 16 hours prior to scanning; and 16-hour fasted mice injected with OXM (1400 nmol/kg) or GLP-1 (900 nmol/kg). Regions of interest (ROI) were defined for image analysis based on areas known to be involved in the regulation of feeding: arcuate nucleus (ARC), paraventricular nucleus (PVN), supraoptic nucleus (SON), ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) and area postrema (AP).
Results: Significant differences in signal intensity (SI) were seen between fasted and non-fasted mice in the ARC, PVN, SON and AP. OXM administered to fasted mice resulted in SI profiles in the ARC, SON and AP that were not significantly different to those of non-fasted mice. GLP-1, however, caused significant changes in SI in the PVN, VMH and AP.
Conclusions: These novel findings are consistent with the role of these peptides as endogenous satiety factors and confirm that OXM and GLP-1 may be acting via distinct pathways with the CNS
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