Agouti-Related Protein (AGRP) Has a Central Inhibitory Action on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid (HPT) Axis; Comparisons between the Effect of AGRP and Neuropeptide Y on Energy Homeostasis and the HPT Axis.
Because – MSH has a potent stimulatory action on hypo- physiotropic TRH synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), preventing the effects of fast- ing on the gene expression of the TRH prohormone (proTRH), we hypothesized that agouti-related protein (AGRP), a mela- nocortin receptor antagonist, may exert a central inhibitory action on these neurons. […]