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Oxyntomodulin is a peptide hormone involved in regulation of food intake, energy expenditure, and glucose metabolism.1 It is produced in gut endocrine L-cells via post-translational processing of preproglucagon by prohormone convertase 1/3 following nutrient uptake. Oxyntomodulin is an agonist of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) and the glucagon receptor (GCGR; IC50s = 4.3 and 355 nM for rat GCGR and GLP-1R, respectively).2 It is selective for GCGR and GLP-1R over GLP-2R and glucose-dependent insulinotrophic peptide receptor (GIPR), as it stimulates cAMP formation in BHK cells expressing rat GCGR and GLP-1R when used at concentrations of 10 or 100 nM, but has no effect on cells expressing rat GLP-2R or GIPR at either concentration.3 Oxyntomodulin also stimulates cAMP formation in CHO cells expressing mouse GLP-1R and GCGR (EC50s = 2.5 and 6.2 nM, respectively).4 In vivo, oxyntomodulin reduces refeeding in 24-hour fasted rats when injected intracerebroventricularly or into the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus at doses of 3 and 1 nmol, respectively.5 Oxyntomodulin (50 nmol/kg twice per day for 7 days) reduces cumulative daily food intake and rate of body weight gain in rats.6
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1. Action and therapeutic potential of oxyntomodulin. Mol. Metab. 3(3), 241-251 (2013).
2. Investigating the glucagon receptor and glucagon-
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5. Oxyntomodulin inhibits food intake in the rat. Endocrinology 142(10), 4244-4250 (2001).
6. Peripheral oxyntomodulin reduces food intake and body weight gain in rats. Endocrinology 145(6), 2687-2695 (2004).