Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5251
Title: Combination of chronic stress with fructose diet increases AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation and affects agouti-related protein and proopiomelanocortin expression in the hypothalamus of male Wistar rats
Authors: Zidane Shirif, Abdulbaset
Kovačević, Sanja
Bursać, Biljana
Lakić, Iva 
Veličković, Nataša
Jevđović, Tanja 
Đorđević, Ana
Keywords: Fructose diet;Chronic stress;Hypothalamus;AMPK;Appetite-regulating neuropeptides
Issue Date: 25-Jul-2022
Rank: M23
Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne
Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
Volume: 69
Issue: 3
Start page: 647
End page: 655
Abstract: 
Appetite regulation in the hypothalamus is dependent on hormonal signals from the periphery, such as insulin and leptin, and can be modulated by both sugar-rich diet and stress. Our aim was to explore the effects of 9-week feeding with 20% fructose solution combined with 4-week chronic unpredictable stress, on appetite-regulating neuropeptides and modulatory role of leptin and insulin signalling in the hypothalamus of male Wistar rats. Energy intake, body mass and adiposity, as well as circulatory leptin and insulin concentrations were assessed. Hypothalamic insulin signalling was analysed at the level of glucose transporters, as well as at the protein level and phosphorylation of insulin receptor, insulin receptor supstrate-1, Akt and ERK. Phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), level of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) and expression of leptin receptor (ObRb) and suppressor of cytokine signalling 3 (SOCS3) were also analysed, together with the expression of orexigenic agouti-related protein (AgRP) and anorexigenic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neuropeptides. The results revealed that stress decreased body mass and adiposity, blood leptin level and expression of ObRb, SOCS3 and POMC, while combination with fructose diet led to marked increase of AgRP, associated with AMPK phosphorylation despite increased plasma insulin. Reduced Akt, enhanced ERK activity and elevated PTP1B were also observed in the hypothalamus of these animals. In conclusion, our results showed that joint effects of fructose diet and stress are more deleterious than the separate ones, since inappropriate appetite control in the hypothalamus may provide a setting for the disturbed energy homeostasis in the long run.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5251
ISSN: 0001-527x
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2020_6075
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