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      Postprandial increase of oleoylethanolamide mobilization in small intestine of the Burmese python (Python molurus)

      AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
      American Physiological Society

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          Oleoylethanolamide (OEA) is an endogenous lipid mediator that inhibits feeding in rats and mice by activating the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-alpha). In rodents, intestinal OEA levels increase about threefold upon refeeding, a response that may contribute to the induction of between-meal satiety. Here, we examined whether feeding-induced OEA mobilization also occurs in Burmese pythons (Python molurus), a species of ambush-hunting snakes that consume huge meals after months of fasting and undergo massive feeding-dependent changes in gastrointestinal hormonal release and gut morphology. Using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS), we measured OEA levels in the gastrointestinal tract of fasted (28 days) and fed (48 h after feeding) pythons. We observed a nearly 300-fold increase in OEA levels in the small intestine of fed compared with fasted animals (322 +/- 121 vs. 1 +/- 1 pmol/mg protein, n = 3-4). In situ OEA biosynthesis was suggested by the concomitant increase of N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamine species that serve as potential biosynthetic precursors for OEA. Furthermore, we observed a concomitant increase in saturated, mono- and diunsaturated, but not polyunsaturated fatty-acid ethanolamides (FAE) in the small intestine of fed pythons. The identification of OEA and other FAEs in the gastrointestinal tract of Python molurus suggests that this class of lipid messengers may be widespread among vertebrate groups and may represent an evolutionarily ancient means of regulating energy intake.

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          Journal
          AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
          AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
          American Physiological Society
          0363-6119
          1522-1490
          December 22 2005
          December 22 2005
          : 290
          : 5
          : R1407-R1412
          Article
          10.1152/ajpregu.00664.2005
          16373434
          9d971dcb-90c6-4c0b-bd91-e3105bf8feeb
          © 2005
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