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(Hypertension. 2001;38:384.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.

Scientific Contributions

Role of Corticotrophin-Releasing Factor in Effects of Leptin on Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Arterial Pressure

Marcelo L.G. Correia; Donald A. Morgan; Jennifer L. Mitchell; William I. Sivitz; Allyn L. Mark; William G. Haynes

Specialized Center of Research in Hypertension Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa.

Correspondence to William G. Haynes, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242. E-mail william-g-haynes{at}uiowa.edu

Abstract—— Leptin and corticotrophin-releasing factor increase sympathetic nervous activity to interscapular brown adipose tissue, kidneys, and adrenal glands. Leptin is known to increase hypothalamic corticotrophin-releasing factor. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that leptin-dependent increases in sympathetic nervous activity are mediated through increases in central nervous system corticotrophin-releasing factor activity. We examined the effects of intracerebroventricular administration of corticotrophin-releasing factor and intravenous leptin on sympathetic nervous activity to interscapular brown adipose tissue through multifiber neurography in anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats pretreated with intracerebroventricular -helical corticotrophin-releasing factor_9–41 (corticotrophin-releasing factor receptor antagonist) or vehicle. Centrally administered corticotrophin-releasing factor substantially increased interscapular brown adipose tissue sympathetic nervous activity. The responses to corticotrophin-releasing factor were substantially attenuated in animals pretreated with -helical corticotrophin-releasing factor_9–41. Leptin-dependent increases in interscapular brown adipose tissue sympathetic nervous activity were significantly inhibited by pretreatment with -helical corticotrophin-releasing factor_9–41. Interestingly, leptin also significantly increased arterial pressure over 6 hours, but this pressor action was not attenuated by the corticotrophin-releasing factor receptor antagonist. These results suggest that corticotrophin-releasing factor may mediate the sympathoexcitatory effect of leptin on thermogenic tissue without altering its cardiovascular actions.

Key Words: arteries • blood pressure • leptin • sympathetic nervous system • metabolism

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