The Roles of Neuropeptide Y (Npy) and Peptide YY (Pyy) in Teleost Food Intake: A Mini Review
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Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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Guangdong Research Center on Reproductive Control and Breeding Technology of Indigenous Valuable Fish Species, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Mariculture Organism Breeding, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Biology and Epidemiology for Aquatic Economic Animals, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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Academic Editors: Mingwei Lu and Mi Zhao
Life 2021, 11(6), 547; https://doi.org/10.3390/life11060547
Received: 5 May 2021
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Revised: 5 June 2021
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Accepted: 8 June 2021
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Published: 10 June 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strategies and Approaches for Improvement of Aquaculture)
Neuropeptide Y family (NPY) is a potent orexigenic peptide and pancreatic polypeptide family comprising neuropeptide Y (Npy), peptide YYa (Pyya), and peptide YYb (Pyyb), which was previously known as peptide Y (PY), and tetrapod pancreatic polypeptide (PP), but has not been exhaustively documented in fish. Nonetheless, Npy and Pyy to date have been the key focus of countless research studies categorizing their copious characteristics in the body, which, among other things, include the mechanism of feeding behavior, cortical neural activity, heart activity, and the regulation of emotions in teleost. In this review, we focused on the role of neuropeptide Y gene (Npy) and peptide YY gene (Pyy) in teleost food intake. Feeding is essential in fish to ensure growth and perpetuation, being indispensable in the aquaculture settings where growth is prioritized. Therefore, a better understanding of the roles of these genes in food intake in teleost could help determine their feeding regime, regulation, growth, and development, which will possibly be fundamental in fish culture.
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Keywords:
anorexigenic; food intake; neuropeptide Y; orexigenic; teleost fish
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Assan, D.; Mustapha, U.F.; Chen, H.; Li, Z.; Peng, Y.; Li, G. The Roles of Neuropeptide Y (Npy) and Peptide YY (Pyy) in Teleost Food Intake: A Mini Review. Life 2021, 11, 547. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11060547
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Assan D, Mustapha UF, Chen H, Li Z, Peng Y, Li G. The Roles of Neuropeptide Y (Npy) and Peptide YY (Pyy) in Teleost Food Intake: A Mini Review. Life. 2021; 11(6):547. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11060547
Chicago/Turabian StyleAssan, Daniel, Umar F. Mustapha, Huapu Chen, Zhiyuan Li, Yuhao Peng, and Guangli Li. 2021. "The Roles of Neuropeptide Y (Npy) and Peptide YY (Pyy) in Teleost Food Intake: A Mini Review" Life 11, no. 6: 547. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11060547
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