60 4 Journal of Molecular J L Soengas et al. Review on food intake 60:4 R171–R199 Endocrinology regulation in fish REVIEW Central regulation of food intake in fish: an evolutionary perspective José Luis Soengas1, José Miguel Cerdá-Reverter2 and María Jesús Delgado3 1Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional e Ciencias da Saúde, Laboratorio de Fisioloxía Animal, Facultade de Bioloxía and Centro de Investigación Mariña, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain 2Departamento de Fisiología de Peces y Biotecnología, Instituto de Acuicultura Torre de la Sal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Castellón, Spain 3Departamento de Fisiología (Fisiología Animal II), Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Correspondence should be addressed to J L Soengas:
[email protected] Abstract Evidence indicates that central regulation of food intake is well conserved along the Key Words vertebrate lineage, at least between teleost fish and mammals. However, several f feeding differences arise in the comparison between both groups. In this review, we describe f fish similarities and differences between teleost fish and mammals on an evolutionary f review perspective. We focussed on the existing knowledge of specific fish features conditioning f nutrient signalling food intake, anatomical homologies and analogies between both groups as well as f endocrine signalling the main signalling pathways of neuroendocrine and metabolic nature involved in the homeostatic and hedonic central regulation of food intake. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology (2018) 60, R171–R199 Introduction Fish are the most diversified group of vertebrates with which information is available. Evidence indicates that 33,700 species identified so far www.fi( shbase.org), of the regulation of food intake is well conserved along which 95% are teleosts comprising half of all known the vertebrate lineage, at least between teleosts and vertebrate species (Nelson 2006).