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How the Gut Protein ApoAIV and CCK Work Together to Control Meal Size

Animal StudyPreliminary evidence
The takeaway

Apolipoprotein AIV interacted with CCK to synergistically reduce food intake in rats, with ApoAIV enhancing CCK's satiety signal — revealing a lipid-peptide cooperation for appetite suppression.

Key finding

ApoAIV enhanced CCK-mediated satiety signaling for synergistic food intake reduction in rats, with the interaction involving CCK-A receptor pathways —

What the researchers found

ApoAIV enhanced CCK-mediated satiety signaling for synergistic food intake reduction in rats, with the interaction involving CCK-A receptor pathways — demonstrating cooperation between lipid transport proteins and gut peptides for integrated appetite control.

Why it matters

Relevant for neuropeptides, weight-loss.

How the study worked

animal-study study on neuropeptides, weight-loss.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

preliminary evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2007.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.
  • Clinical translation to evaluate.

Common questions

What was studied?
How the Gut Protein ApoAIV and CCK Work Together to Control Meal Size
What was found?
Apolipoprotein AIV interacted with CCK to synergistically reduce food intake in rats, with ApoAIV enhancing CCK's satiety signal — revealing a lipid-peptide cooperation for appetite suppression.

Read the original research

Interaction of apolipoprotein AIV with cholecystokinin on the control of food intake.

American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 293(4), R1490-4

Citation

Lo, Chun Min; Zhang, Dian Ming; Pearson, Kevin; Ma, Liyun; Sun, William; Sakai, Randall R; Davidson, W Sean; Liu, Min; Raybould, Helen E; Woods, Stephen C; Tso, Patrick. (2007). Interaction of apolipoprotein AIV with cholecystokinin on the control of food intake.. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 293(4), R1490-4.