The central administration of C75, a fatty acid synthase inhibitor, activates sympathetic outflow and thermogenesis in interscapular brown adipose tissue.

Abstract

The present work investigated the participation of interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT), which is an important site for thermogenesis, in the anti-obesity effects of C75, a synthetic inhibitor of fatty acid synthase (FAS). We report that a single intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of C75 induced hypophagia and weight loss in fasted male Wistar rats. Furthermore, C75 induced a rapid increase in core body temperature and an increase in heat dissipation. In parallel, C75 stimulated IBAT thermogenesis, which was evidenced by a marked increase in the IBAT temperature that preceded the rise in the core body temperature and an increase in the mRNA levels of uncoupling protein-1. As with C75, an i.c.v. injection of cerulenin, a natural FAS inhibitor, increased the core body and IBAT temperatures. The sympathetic IBAT denervation attenuated all of the thermoregulatory effects of FAS inhibitors as well as the C75 effect on weight loss and hypophagia. C75 induced the expression of Fos in the paraventricular nucleus, preoptic area, dorsomedial nucleus, ventromedial nucleus, and raphé pallidus, all of which support a central role of FAS in regulating IBAT thermogenesis. These data indicate a role for IBAT in the increase in body temperature and hypophagia that is induced by FAS inhibitors and suggest new mechanisms explaining the weight loss induced by these compounds.

• Authors: Priscila Cassolla, Ernane Torres Uchoa, Frederico Sander Mansur Machado, Juliana Bohnen Guimarães, Maria Antonieta Rissato Garófalo, Nilton de Almeida Brito, Lucila Leico Kagohara Elias, Cândido Celso Coimbra, Isis do Carmo Kettelhut, Luiz Carlos Carvalho Navegantes
• Journal: Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology (Pflugers Arch) Vol. 465 Issue 12 Pg. 1687-99 (Dec 2013) ISSN: 1432-2013 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 23827961 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• 4-methylene-2-octyl-5-oxofuran-3-carboxylic acid
• Fatty Acid Synthase, Type I
• 4-Butyrolactone

Topics

• 4-Butyrolactone (administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
• Adipose Tissue, Brown (drug effects, innervation, physiology)
• Animals
• Eating (drug effects)
• Fatty Acid Synthase, Type I (antagonists & inhibitors)
• Male
• Motor Activity (drug effects)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Skin Temperature (drug effects)
• Sympathectomy
• Thermogenesis (drug effects)