M. Kang et al., AMINOGLUCOSE-INDUCED FEEDING SUPPRESSION IS REGULATED BY HYPOTHALAMICNEURONAL HISTAMINE IN RATS, Brain research, 631(2), 1993, pp. 181-186
Central mechanisms involved in feeding suppression produced by 1-deoxy
-D-glucosamine (1-DGlcN) and 1-deoxy-N-acetylglucosamine (1-DGlcNAc) a
re unclear. To clarify the mechanisms, we investigated the role of hyp
othalamic neuronal histamine (HA) in feeding suppression induced by 1-
DGlcN and 1-DGlcNAc in rats. Food intake was suppressed for 3 days aft
er a single infusion of 24 mu mol 1-DGlcN into the third cerebroventri
cle (i.c.v.). Depletion of presynaptic HA due to intraperitoneal infus
ion (i.p.) of alpha-fluoromethylhistidine (FMH), a specific inhibitor
of the HA synthesizing enzyme histidine decarboxylase (HDC), abolished
feeding suppression completely. Blockade of postsynaptic H-1-receptor
s by i.p. injection of 26 mu mol chlorpheniramine also abolished the s
uppression. Oral administration of 2.4 mmol 1-DGlcNAc suppressed food
intake. However, depletion of neuronal HA due to FMH did not affect th
e suppression. I.c.v. infusion of 24 mu mol 1-DGlcN increased turnover
rate of HA at 1 h after the infusion. Hypothalamic HA concentration,
but not that of tele-methylhistamine (t-MH), increased at 24 h after i
.c.v. infusion of 1-DGlcN, which suggests a correlation between HA con
centration and the behavioral response. These results indicate that 1-
DGlcN, but not 1-DGlcNAc, modulates feeding suppression through HA neu
rons in the hypothalamus. Differences in mechanisms of feeding suppres
sion by these aminoglucoses may depend on the principal sites of actio
n in the brain and/or peripheral organs.