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Objectives:  In the hypothalamus, the molecular actions of receptors for growth hormone secretagogue (ghrelin) receptor-GHSR, leptin receptor-b (LEPRb), Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) and Cannabinoid-1 receptor (CB1R) regulate energy homeostasis and body weight. We hypothesized that the acute loss of stomach tissue upon sleeve gastrectomy (SG), performed to treat obesity, imposes modulations on the expression of these receptors in the brain to sustain weight loss.    Methods:  Rats, induced to obesity with high-fat diet were randomized to SG- or sham-operation groups and killed at 30 or 90 days post surgery, when the expression of  Ghrl ,  Mboat4  and  Cnr1  in the stomach, and  Ghsr ,  Leprb ,  Mc4r  and  Cnr1  in distinct brain areas was assessed by reverse transcription-PCR and western blotting.    Results:  SG acutely reduced body weight and fat mass and suppressed the remnant stomach mRNA levels of preproghrelin and ghrelin  O -acyltransferase, which correlated well with long-term decreases in CB1R mRNA. In the hypothalamus, increases in GHSR and decreases in CB1R and LEPRb by 30 days were followed by further downregulation of CB1R and an increase in MC4R by 90 days.    Conclusions:  Post SG, acyl-ghrelin initiates a temporal hierarchy of molecular events in the gut-brain axis that may both explain the sustained lower body weight and suggest intervention into the cannabinoid pathways for additional therapeutic benefits.

Long-term changes in the ghrelin-CB1R axis associated with the maintenance of lower body weight after sleeve gastrectomy