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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Study of the mechanisms that regulate the activity of orexin-producing neuron.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14370029
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field General pharmacology
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

SAKURAI Takeshi  University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 助教授 (60251055)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Keywordsorexin / arousal / narcolepsy / acetylcholine / serotonin / adaptive behavior
Research Abstract

The implication of orexin in narcolepsy suggests the importance of orexin in the normal regulation and maintenance of vigilance states. Orexin neurons project from the LHA to the monoaminergic and cholinergic nuclei in the brainstem to regulate sleep/wakefulness states as well as feeding. The activity of orexin neurons is inhibited by glucose and leptin, and stimulated by ghrelin. In accordance with the previous report that prepro-orexin mRNA is up-regulated by fasting, this observation suggests that orexin neurons sense the animal's nutritional state by monitoring humoral factors such as leptin and glucose. We also found that orexin neurons are inhibited by serotonin and noradrenaline, while excited by acetylcholine. We recently found that orexin neurons are innervated by multiple specific brain regions implicated in the regulation of sleep/wakefulness states. This study revealed that orexin neural network ensures"flip-flop"mechanisms between the POA sleep-active neurons and monoaminergic neurons. Thus, orexin neurons have functional interactions with hypothalamic feeding pathways and monoaminergic/cholinergic centers, and provide a critical link between peripheral energy balance and the CNS mechanisms that coordinate sleep/wakefulness and motivated behavior such as food seeking.

  • Research Products

    (40 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 2002

All Journal Article (40 results)

  • [Journal Article] Difference in obesity phenotype between orexin-knockout mice and orexin neuron-deficient mice with same genetic background and environmental conditions.2005

    • Author(s)
      21Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      Neurosci.Lett. 380(3)

      Pages: 239-242

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Input of orexin/hypocretin neurons revealed by a genetically encoded tracer in mice.2005

    • Author(s)
      Sakurai T, Nagata R, Yamanaka A, Kawamura H.Tsujino N, Muraki Y, Kageyama H, Kunita S, Takahashi S, Goto K, Koyama Y, Shioda S, Yanagisawa M
    • Journal Title

      Neuron. 46(2)

      Pages: 297-308

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Difference in obesity phenotype between orexin-knockout mice and orexin neuron-deficient mice with same genetic background and environmental conditions.2005

    • Author(s)
      Sakurai T
    • Journal Title

      Neurosci Lett. 380(3)

      Pages: 239-242

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Input of orexin/hypocretin neurons revealed by a genetically encoded tracer in mice.2005

    • Author(s)
      Sakurai T, Nagata R, Yamanaka A, Kawamura H, Tsujino N, Muraki Y, Kageyama H, Kunita S, Takahashi S, Goto K, Koyama Y, Shioda S, Yanagisawa M.
    • Journal Title

      Neuron. 46(2)

      Pages: 297-308

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] USAG-1 : a bone morphogenetic protein antagonist abundantly expressed in the kidney.2004

    • Author(s)
      Yanagita M, Oka M, Watabe T, Iguchi H, Niida A, Takahashi S, Akiyama T, Miyazono K, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 316(2)

      Pages: 490-500

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexin peptides prevent cataplexy and improve wakefulness in an orexin neuron ablated model of narcolepsy in mice.2004

    • Author(s)
      Mieda M, Willie JT, Hara J, Sinton CM, Sakurai T, Tanagisawa M.
    • Journal Title

      Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA. 101

      Pages: 4649-4654

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexins (hypocretins) directly interact with neuropeptide Y, POMC and glucose-responsive neurons to regulate Ca 2+ signaling in a reciprocal manner to leptin : orexigenic neuronal pathways in the mediobasal hypothalamus.2004

    • Author(s)
      Muroya S, Funahashi H, Yamanaka A, Kohno D, Uramura K, Nambu T, Shibahara M, Kuramochi M, Takigawa M, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T
    • Journal Title

      Eur.J.Neurosci. 19(6)

      Pages: 1524-1534

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Expression of a poly-glutamine-ataxin-3 transgene in orexin neurons induces narcolepsy-cataplexy in the rat.2004

    • Author(s)
      Beuckmann CT, Sinton CM, Williams SC, Richardson JA, Hammer RE, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M.
    • Journal Title

      J.Neurosci. 24(18)

      Pages: 4469-4477

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Behavioral state instability in orexin knock-out mice.2004

    • Author(s)
      Mochizuki T, Crocker A, McCormack S, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T, Scammell TE.
    • Journal Title

      J.Neurosci. 24(28)

      Pages: 6291-6300

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Variants of the orexin2/hcrt2 receptor gene identified in patients with excessive daytime sleepiness and patients with Tourette's syndrome comorbidity.2004

    • Author(s)
      Thompson MD, Comings DE, Abu-Ghazalah R, Jereseh Y, Lin L, Wade J, Sakurai T, Tokita S, Yoshida T, Tanaka H, Yanagisawa M, Burnham WM, Moldofsky H.
    • Journal Title

      Am.J.Med.Genet. 129B(1)

      Pages: 69-75

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Serotonergic regulation of the orexin/hypocretin neurons through the 5-HT1A receptor.2004

    • Author(s)
      Muraki Y, Yamanaka A, Tsujino N, Kilduff TS, Goto K, Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      J.Neurosci. 24(32)

      Pages: 7159-7166

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexin neurons function in an efferent pathway of a food-entrainable circadian oscillator in eliciting food-anticipatory activity and wakefulness.2004

    • Author(s)
      Mieda M, Williams SC, Sinton CM, Richardson JA, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M.
    • Journal Title

      J.Neurosci. 24(46)

      Pages: 10493-10501

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Reduced food anticipatory activity in genetically orexin (hypocretin) neuron-ablated mice.2004

    • Author(s)
      Akiyama M, Yuasa T, Hayasaka N, Horikawa K, Sakurai T, Shibata S.
    • Journal Title

      Eur.J.Neurosci. 20(11)

      Pages: 3054-3062

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Interaction between the Corticotropin-Releasing Factor System and Hypocretins (Orexins): A Novel Circuit Mediating Stress Response2004

    • Author(s)
      Winsky-Sommerer R, Yamanaka A, Diano S, Borok E, Roberts AJ, Sakurai T, Kilduff TS, Horvath TL, de Lecea L.
    • Journal Title

      J.Neurosci. 24(50)

      Pages: 11439-11448

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] USAG-1 : a bone morphogenetic protein antagonist abundantly expressed in the kidney.2004

    • Author(s)
      Yanagita M, Oka M, Watabe T, Iguchi H, Niida A, Takahashi S, Akiyama T, Miyazono K, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 316(2)

      Pages: 490-500

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexin peptides prevent cataplexy and improve wakefulness in an orexin neuron-ablated model of narcolepsy in mice.2004

    • Author(s)
      Mieda M, Willie JT, Hara J, Sinton CM, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M.
    • Journal Title

      Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101

      Pages: 4649-4654

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexins (hypocretins) directly interact with neuropeptide Y, POMC and glucose-responsive neurons to regulate Ca 2+ signaling in a reciprocal manner to leptin : orexigenic neuronal pathways in the mediobasal hypothalamus.2004

    • Author(s)
      Muroya S, Funahashi H, Yamanaka A, Kohno D, Uramura K, Nambu T, Shibahara M, Kuramochi M, Takigawa M, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T, Shioda S, Yada T.
    • Journal Title

      Eur J Neurosci. 19(6)

      Pages: 1524-1534

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Expression of a poly-glutamine-ataxin-3 transgene in orexin neurons induces narcolepsy-cataplexy in the rat.2004

    • Author(s)
      Beuckmann CT, Sinton CM, Williams SC, Richardson JA, Hammer RE, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M.
    • Journal Title

      J Neurosci. 24(18)

      Pages: 4469-4477

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Behavioral state instability in orexin knock-out mice.2004

    • Author(s)
      Mochizuki T, Crocker A, McCormack S, Yanagisawa M, Sakurai T, Scammell TE.
    • Journal Title

      J Neurosci. 24(28)

      Pages: 6291-6300

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Variants of the orexin2/hcrt2 receptor gene identified in patients with excessive daytime sleepiness and patients with Tourette's syndrome comorbidity.2004

    • Author(s)
      Thompson MD, Comings DE, Abu-Ghazalah R, Jereseh Y, Lin L, Wade J, Sakurai T, Tokita S, Yoshida T, Tanaka H, Yanagisawa M, Burnham WM, Moldofsky H.
    • Journal Title

      Am J Med Genet. 129B(1)

      Pages: 69-75

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Serotonergic regulation of the orexin/hypocretin neurons through the 5-HT1A receptor.2004

    • Author(s)
      Muraki Y, Yamanaka A, Tsujino N, Kilduff TS, Goto K, Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      J Neurosci. 24(32)

      Pages: 7159-7166

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexin neurons function in an efferent pathway of a food-entrainable circadian oscillator in eliciting food-anticipatory activity and wakefulness.2004

    • Author(s)
      Mieda M, Williams SC, Sinton CM, Richardson JA, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M.
    • Journal Title

      J Neurosci. 24(46)

      Pages: 10493-10501

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Reduced food anticipatory activity in genetically orexin (hypocretin) neuron-ablated mice.2004

    • Author(s)
      Akiyama M, Yuasa T, Hayasaka N, Horikawa K, Sakurai T, Shibata S.
    • Journal Title

      J Eur Neurosci. 20(11)

      Pages: 3054-3062

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Interaction between the Corticotropin-Releasing Factor System and Hypocretins (Orexins) : A Novel Circuit Mediating Stress Response.2004

    • Author(s)
      Winsky-Sommerer R, Yamanaka A, Diano S, Borok E, Roberts AJ, Sakurai T, Kilduff TS, Horvath TL, de Lecea L.
    • Journal Title

      J Neurosci. 24(50)

      Pages: 11439-11448

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Regulation of orexin neurons by the monoaminergic and cholinergic systems.2003

    • Author(s)
      Yamanaka A, Muraki Y, Tsujino N, Goto K, Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 303(1)

      Pages: 120-129

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Ghrelin-food intake is mediated via the orexin pathway.2003

    • Author(s)
      Toshinai K, Date Y, Murakami N, Shimada M, Mondal MS, Shimbara T, Guan JL, Wang QPinduced, Funahashi H, Sakurai T, Shioda S, Matsukura S, Kangawa K, Nakazato M.
    • Journal Title

      Endocrinology 144(4)

      Pages: 1506-1512

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Characterization of a family of endogenous neuropeptide ligands for the G protein-coupled receptors GPR7 and GPR8.2003

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka H, Yoshida T, Miyamoto N, Motoike T, Kurosu H, Shibata K, Yamanaka A, Williams SC, Richardson JA, Tsujino N, Garry MG, Lerner MR, King DS, O'Dowd BF, Sakurai T. Yanagisawa M.
    • Journal Title

      Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA. 100(10)

      Pages: 6251-6256

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexin receptor type-1 couples exclusively to pertussis toxin insensitive G-proteins, while orexin receptor type-2 couples t both pertussis toxin-sensitive and -insensitive G-proteins2003

    • Author(s)
      Zhu Y., Miwa Y., Yamanaka A., Yada T., Shibahara M., Abe Y., Sakurai T., Goto K.
    • Journal Title

      J.Pharmacol.Sci. 92

      Pages: 259-266

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Hypothalamic Orexin neurons regulate arousal according to energy balance in mice.2003

    • Author(s)
      Yamanaka A., Beuckmann CT., Willie JT., Hara J., Tsujino N., Mieda M., Tominaga M., Yagami K., Sugiyama F., Goto K., Yanagisawa M., Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      Neuron. 38

      Pages: 701-713

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Regulation of orexin neurons by the monoaminergic and cholinergic systems.2003

    • Author(s)
      Yamanaka A, Muraki Y, Tsujino N, Goto K, Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem Biophys Res Commun 303(1)

      Pages: 120-129

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Characterization of a family of endogenous neuropeptide ligands for the G protein-coupled receptors GPR7 and GPR8.2003

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka H, Yoshida T, Miyamoto N, Motoike T, Kurosu H, Shibata K, Yamanaka A, Williams SC, Richardson JA, Tsujino N, Garry MG, Lerner MR, King DS, O'Dowd BF, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M.
    • Journal Title

      Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 100(10)

      Pages: 6251-6256

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexin receptor type-1 couples exclusively to pertussis toxin insensitive G-proteins, while orexin receptor type-2 couples to both pertussis toxin-sensitive and -insensitive G-proteins2003

    • Author(s)
      Zhu Y., Miwa Y., Yamanaka A., Yada T., Shibahara M., Abe Y., Sakurai T., Goto K.
    • Journal Title

      J.Pharmacol.Sci. 92

      Pages: 259-266

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Activation of orexin neurones after noxious but not conditioned fear stimuli in rats.2002

    • Author(s)
      Zhu L, Onaka T, Sakurai T, Yada T.
    • Journal Title

      Neuroreport. 13(10)

      Pages: 1351-1353

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexin-mediated feeding behavior involves both leptin-sensitive and -insensitive pathways.2002

    • Author(s)
      Zhu Y, Yamanaka A, Kunii K, Tsujino N, Goto K, Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      Physiol.Behav. 77(2-3)

      Pages: 251-257

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Hypocretin/Orexin Excites Hypocretin Neurons via a Local Glutamate Neuron-A Potential Mechanism for Orchestrating the Hypothalamic Arousal System.2002

    • Author(s)
      Li Y, Gao XB, Sakurai T, van den Pol AN.
    • Journal Title

      Neuron. 36(6)

      Pages: 1169-1181

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Reciprocal synaptic relationships between orexin- and melanin-concentrating hormone-containing neurons in the rat lateral hypothalamus : a novel circuit implicated in feeding regulation Internat.2002

    • Author(s)
      Guan JL, Uehara K, Lu S, Wang QP, Funahashi H, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M, Shioda S.
    • Journal Title

      J.Obesity. 26

      Pages: 1523-1532

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Roles of orexins in the regulation of feeding and arousal.2002

    • Author(s)
      Sakurai. T
    • Journal Title

      Sleep Medicine 3

      Pages: S3-S9

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Orexin-mediated feeding behavior involves both leptin-sensitive and -insensitive nathwavs.2002

    • Author(s)
      Zhu Y, Yamanaka A, Kunii K, Tsujino N, Goto K, Sakurai T.
    • Journal Title

      Physiol Behav 77(2-3)

      Pages: 251-257

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Reciprocal synaptic relationships between orexin-and melanin-concentrating hormone-containing neurons in the rat lateral hypothalamus : a novel circuit implicated in feeding regulation Internat.2002

    • Author(s)
      Guan JL, Uehara K, Lu S, Wang QP, Funahashi H, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M, Shioda S.
    • Journal Title

      J.Obesity 26

      Pages: 1523-1532

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Roles of orexins in the regulation of feeding and arousal.2002

    • Author(s)
      Sakurai, T
    • Journal Title

      Sleep Medicine 3

      Pages: S3-S9

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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