PMID- 30902570 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191011 LR - 20200611 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Print) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 703 DP - 2019 Jun 11 TI - Differential regulation of thyrotropin-releasing hormone mRNA expression in the paraventricular nucleus and dorsomedial hypothalamus in OLETF rats. PG - 79-85 LID - S0304-3940(19)30186-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.03.030 [doi] AB - Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) plays an important role in the regulation of energy balance. While the regulation of TRH in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in response to changes of energy balance has been well studied, how TRH is regulated in the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) in maintaining energy homeostasis remains unclear. Here, we assessed the effects of food restriction and exercise on hypothalamic Trh expression using Otsuka Long-Evens Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats. Sedentary ad lib fed OLETF rats (OLETF-SED) became hyperphagic and obese. These alterations were prevented in OLETF rats with running wheel access (OLETF-RW) or food restriction in which their food was pair-fed (OLETF-PF) to the intake of lean control rats (LETO-SED). Evaluation of hypothalamic gene expression revealed that Trh mRNA expression was increased in the PVN of OLETF-SED rats and normalized in OLETF-RW and OLETF-PF rats compared to LETO-SED rats. In contrast, the expression of Trh in the DMH was decreased in OLETF-SED rats relative to LETO-SED rats. This alteration was reversed in OLETF-RW rats as seen in LETO-SED rats, but food restriction resulted in a significant increase in DMH Trh expression in OLETF-PF rats compared to LETO-SED rats. Strikingly, while Trh mRNA expression was decreased in the PVN of intact rats in response to acute food deprivation, food deprivation resulted in increased expression of Trh in the DMH. Together, these results demonstrate the differential regulation of Trh expression in the PVN and DMH in OLETF rats and suggest that DMH TRH also contributes to hypothalamic regulation of energy balance. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Ni AU - Zhang N AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. FAU - Zhang, Hai-Ying AU - Zhang HY AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. FAU - Bi, Sophia A AU - Bi SA AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. FAU - Moran, Timothy H AU - Moran TH AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. FAU - Bi, Sheng AU - Bi S AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: sbi@jhmi.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 DK103710/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK104867/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20190319 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Leptin) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 5Y5F15120W (Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood Glucose MH - Body Weight MH - Diet, Reducing MH - Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus/*metabolism MH - Eating MH - Leptin/blood MH - Male MH - Obesity/physiopathology/psychology MH - Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/*metabolism MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - RNA, Messenger/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC6604803 MID - NIHMS1525719 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus OT - Exercise OT - Food restriction OT - Neuropeptide Y OT - Obesity OT - Thyrotropin-releasing hormone COIS- Declarations of interest All authors declare no conflict of interest related to this manuscript. EDAT- 2019/03/25 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/12 06:00 PMCR- 2020/06/11 CRDT- 2019/03/24 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/03/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/03/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0304-3940(19)30186-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.03.030 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2019 Jun 11;703:79-85. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.03.030. Epub 2019 Mar 19.