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J Appl Physiol 100: 1983-1991, 2006. First published February 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01169.2005
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The weight loss elicited by cobalt protoporphyrin is related to decreased activity of nitric oxide synthase in the hypothalamus

Muyao Li,1 Margaret A. Vizzard,2,3 Diane M. Jaworski,2 and Richard A. Galbraith3

Departments of 1Medicine, 2Anatomy and Neurobiology, and 3Neurology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Submitted 15 September 2005 ; accepted in final form 3 February 2006

Administration of cobaltic protoporphyrin IX (CoPP) into the third ventricle of the brain by intracerebroventricular injection in rodents is known to result in transient hypophagia and remarkably prolonged weight loss. The mechanism of action of CoPP in eliciting these effects is unknown. It is known that nitric oxide plays a role in food intake and that the hyperphagia that results from a wide variety of genetic, physiological, and pharmacological stimuli can be blocked by the administration of inhibitors of the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS). We demonstrate that intracerebroventricular administration of compounds that alter nitrergic tone can also change food ingestion and weight gain patterns in normophagic rats. We also demonstrate that CoPP decreases NOS activity but that it paradoxically increases neuronal NOS transcript expression and increases neuronal NOS protein content on Western blotting.

synthetic metalloporphyrin; nitric oxide activity; in situ hybridization; nitrergic tone; appetite


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: R. A. Galbraith, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Vermont, C209 Given Bldg., 89 Beaumont Ave., Burlington, Vermont 05405 (e-mail: richard.galbraith{at}uvm.edu)




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