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  • Title: Oral serotonin administration affects the quantity and the quality of macronutrients selection in European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax L.
    Author: Rubio VC, Sánchez-Vázquez FJ, Madrid JA.
    Journal: Physiol Behav; 2006 Jan 30; 87(1):7-15. PubMed ID: 16257018.
    Abstract:
    Teleost fish are able to regulate their energy intake selecting from pure macronutrients sources, but the regulatory mechanisms involved in macronutrients selection remain unknown. Serotonin (5-HT) reduces food intake in mammals and fish and modifies the macronutrients selection pattern in mammals; however, no information is available about its role on macronutrients selection in fish. The aim was to determine the effect of orally administered 5-HT (0.1, 0.5 and 2.5 mg kg BW(-)(1)) into gelatine capsules on the subsequent macronutrient selection of sea bass, using for this purpose gelatine capsules including carbohydrates, protein, or lipids separately. The voluntary ingested 5-HT was released into the plasma of fish, reaching a level two times greater than the controls, 45 min after the ingestion of a capsule containing 2.5 mg kg BW(-1) of 5-HT. The indoleamine, at doses of 0.1, 0.5 and 2.5 mg kg BW(-1), produced a reduction in total food intake of 31%, 49% and 37%, respectively, compared to the baseline, modifying the macronutrient selection pattern. The percentage of fat selected was significantly reduced whereas the percentage of protein significantly increased after administration of highest dose, but no changes were observed in the proportion of carbohydrate for any 5-HT doses. In conclusion, oral administration of 5-HT affected both amount of food intake and pattern of macronutrients selected. This is the first evidence supporting a role of 5-HT as a neurohumoral mediator involved in macronutrients selection in fish.
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