10.6084/m9.figshare.5124868.v1 Nemoto T. Nemoto T. Toyoshima-Aoyama F. Toyoshima-Aoyama F. Ueda Y. Ueda Y. Ohba T. Ohba T. Yanagita T. Yanagita T. Watanabe H. Watanabe H. Shirasaka T. Shirasaka T. Tsuneyoshi I. Tsuneyoshi I. Ishida Y. Ishida Y. Hirota K. Hirota K. Supplementary Material for: Involvement of the Orexin System in Adrenal Sympathetic Regulation Karger Publishers 2013 Orexin Adrenal gland Catecholamines Adrenaline 2013-04-27 00:00:00 Dataset https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_Material_for_Involvement_of_the_Orexin_System_in_Adrenal_Sympathetic_Regulation/5124868 Orexin (hypocretin) is a neuropeptide secreted from hypothalamic neurons that is known to be activated during motivated behaviors and active waking. Presently, our knowledge of orexin is mainly limited to the central nervous system, and the involvement of the orexin system in peripheral tissues has received little attention. In the present study, we analyzed the existence of the orexin system in the adrenal medulla, which is part of the sympathetic nervous system. Orexin and its receptors are expressed in the bovine adrenal medulla. Orexins stimulated intracellular calcium changes and epinephrine release from cultured bovine adrenal medullary cells. Applied orexin decreased expression of prepro-orexin, orexin receptor-1 and orexin receptor-2, suggesting negative feedback regulation in the adrenal gland. Our results indicate involvement of the orexin system in the sympathetic regulation of the adrenal medulla.