The effects of nesfatin‐1 in the paraventricular nucleus on gastric motility and its potential regulation by the lateral hypothalamic area in rats

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Abstract

The current study investigated the effects of nesfatin-1 in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) on gastric motility and the regulation of the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA). Using single unit recordings in the PVN, we show that nesfatin-1 inhibited the majority of the gastric distention (GD)-excitatory neurons and excited more than half of the GD-inhibitory (GD-I) neurons in the PVN, which were weakened by oxytocin receptor antagonist H4928. Gastric motility experiments showed that administration of nesfatin-1 in the PVN decreased gastric motility, which was also partly prevented by H4928. The nesfatin-1 concentration producing a half-maximal response (EC50) in the PVN was lower than the value in the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, while nesfatin-1 in the reuniens thalamic nucleus had no effect on gastric motility. Retrograde tracing and immunofluorescent staining showed that nucleobindin-2/nesfatin-1 and fluorogold double-labeled neurons were observed in the LHA. Electrical LHA stimulation changed the firing rate of GD-responsive neurons in the PVN. Pre-administration of an anti- nucleobindin-2/nesfatin-1 antibody in the PVN strengthened gastric motility and decreased the discharging of the GD-I neurons induced by electrical stimulation of the LHA. These results demonstrate that nesfatin-1 in the PVN could serve as an inhibitory factor to inhibit gastric motility, which might be regulated by the LHA.

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