Time-course changes of hormones and cytokines by lipopolysaccharide and its relation with anorexia

Yong Woon Kim, Keon Ho Kim, Dong Kuk Ahn, Hee Sun Kim, Jong Yeon Kim, Dong Chul Lee, So Young Park

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Abstract

We assessed the time course effects of lipopolysaccaride (LPS) on food intake, cytokines, and hormones in rats and evaluated the relation between LPS-induced anorexia and its possible causative factors. Food intake was reduced 2 h after LPS injection (500 μ g/kg, intraperitoneally) and remained decreased for 24 h. Plasma TNF-? and IL-6 levels increased by LPS administration at 0.5 and 2 h, and at 2 and 4 h, respectively. Plasma leptin and glucose levels were elevated at 8 and 16 h, and insulin levels were elevated at 2, 4, 8, and 16 h in the LPS-injected group, as compared to the counterpart controls. IL-6 levels in the CSF were elevated at 2 and 4 h. Hypothalamic cytokines tended to increase as early as 0.5 h after LPS injection and remained increased until 16 h. LPS-induced anorexia was attenuated in insulin-deficient STZ rats and was abolished by insulin treatment. The hypothalamic expression of NPY, a target of insulin's anorexic effect, was decreased 2 h after LPS administration, and central NPY injection (3 nM) prevented LPS-induced anorexia. In conclusion, cytokines, insulin, and leptin levels evidence different time courses by LPS administration. In LPS-induced anorexia, insulin may constitute a newly found causative factor, whereas leptin appears to be uninvolved in an early period in rats.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)159-165
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physiological Sciences
Volume57
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2007

Keywords

  • Anorexia
  • Cytokine
  • Insulin
  • Leptin
  • Lipopolysaccharide

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