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Expression of tenascin-C long isoforms is induced in the hypothalamus by FGF-1

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-1 modulates various brain functions, such as the hypothalamic control of feeding. In the rat, we examined the effect of intracerebroventricularly infused FGF-1 on the hypothalamic expression of tenascin-C, a selective mediator of neuron-glial interaction. In situ hybridization revealed little tenascin-C mRNA expression in control brains, but greatly increased expression in ependymal cells around the third ventricle in the FGF-1-infused rats. Reverse transcription-linked PCR analysis of hypothalamic mRNA revealed an FGF-1-induced expression not of the shortest isoform of tenascin-C, but of the long isoforms (with additional fibronectin type III-domain insertions). Quantitative analysis by real time PCR revealed that this induction was transient and dose-dependent. Specific modulation of hypothalamic neuron–glial interactions by tenascin-C may mediate FGF-1-induced feeding suppression.