Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study ,We revealed the mechanism of glucocorticoid induced overeating and obesity by considering expression of AgRP, POMC and NPY gene known as appetite-related gene. We produced CRH-Leptin double knockout(DKO, glucocorticoid absence) mice and compared to ob/ob mice(leptin knockout mice) about food intake, fat weight and hypothalamus appetite-related gene. In this study , the DKO mice showed less eating and obesity compared to ob/ob mice. And in hypothalamus, the expression of AgRP mRNA of DKO mice was significantly reduced compared to ob/ob mice. This study showed AgRP gene in hypothalamus has important role about glucocorticoid induced overeating and obesity.
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