STUDIES OF THE SECRETION OF CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR AND ARGININE VASOPRESSIN INTO THE HYPOPHYSIAL-PORTAL CIRCULATION OF THE CONSCIOUS SHEEP .1. EFFECT OF AN AUDIOVISUAL STIMULUS AND INSULIN-INDUCED HYPOGLYCEMIA
STUDIES OF THE SECRETION OF CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR AND ARGININE VASOPRESSIN INTO THE HYPOPHYSIAL-PORTAL CIRCULATION OF THE CONSCIOUS SHEEP .1. EFFECT OF AN AUDIOVISUAL STIMULUS AND INSULIN-INDUCED HYPOGLYCEMIA
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DOI:
10.1159/000125141
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发表时间:
1989-04-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
CLARKE, IJ
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作者:
ENGLER, D;PHAM, T;CLARKE, IJ
Studies were undertaken to characterize the secretion of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) into the hypophysial-portal circulation of the conscious sheep. In addition, we examined the temporal relationship between the secretion of these two hypothalamic peptides and the secretion of three pro-opiomelanocortin peptides.sbd.adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), ir-.beta.-endorphin, and ir-.alpha.-melanocyte-stimulationg hormone.sbd.and cortisol and determined the effects of an audiovisual emotional stimulus and insulin-induced hypoglycemia on the entire hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. In the basal state, the secretion of CRF, AVP, the three pro-opiomelanocortin peptides, and cortisol was pulsatile in nature, and three CRF and AVP pulse patterns were observed: a concordant increase in CRF and AVP, an isolated rise in CRF, and an isolated increase in AVP. In 4 of the 5 animals, a 3-min audiovisual stress (barking dog) rapidly increased the plasma levels of all the measured substances, although the magnitude and duration of the effect differed markedly between the animals. Insulin-induced hypoglycemia markedly increased AVP and, to a lesser extent, CRF concentrations in portal plasma and thereby altered the CRF:AVP molar ratio. Although pituitary-adrenal activation was closely correlated with the increased hypothalamic activity, a strict 1:1 concordance between CRF/AVP secretion and ACTH secretion was not seen. The anesthetic ketamine selectively increased portal AVP concentrations to levels which exceeded those attained during hypoglycemia and rapidly activated the pituitary-adrenal axis. We conclude the following: (1) CRF and AVP are secreted by the hypothalamus in a pulsatile fashion; (2) ACTH secretion can be stimulated by increases in either CRF or AVP; (3) the absence of a strict 1:1 concordance between hypothalamic CRF/AVP release and pituitary ACTH secretion during stess may be partly due to the release of additional hypothalamic ACTH secretagogues; (4) the ability of both audiovisual stimuli and insulin-induced hypoglycemia to augment CRF and AVP secretion indicates that the paraventricular hypothalamus may be activated by a variety of neural inputs, and (5) the marked alteration of the CRF:AVP molar ratio during stress suggests that AVP may be an important ATH secretogogue in vivo in the sheep.