Lactic acid does not directly activate hypothalamic-pituitary corticotroph function.
Lactic acid does not directly activate hypothalamic-pituitary corticotroph function.
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乳酸不直接激活下丘脑-垂体促肾上腺皮质激素功能。
DOI:
10.1046/j.1525-1373.1999.d01-16.x
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1999
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Mueller,GP
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作者:
Petrides,JS;Deuster,PA;Mueller,GP
The role that metabolic products play in regulating the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axis during strenuous exercise is speculative. This investigation examined the extent to which lactic acid, a major metabolite of anaerobic exercise, directly affects hypothalamic‐pituitary function. Specifically, β‐endorphin secretion was measured from AtT‐20 (D‐16) mouse corticotroph tumor cells treated either acutely (15 min − 180 min) or chronically (1 day − 3 day) with physiologic levels of lactate (0.5 × 10−3Mto 5 × 10−2M) or lactate in combination with the corticotroph releasing factors: corticotroph releasing hormone (CRH), arginine vasopressin (AVP), norepinephrine and/or epinephrine. Findings with AtT‐20 cell cultures were shown to be representative of responses in primary cultures of rat anterior pituitary. Lactic acid did not alter the spontaneous release of β‐endorphin by AtT‐20 cells under either acute or chronic conditions. While CRH, norepinephrine, and epinephrine evoked significant increases in β‐endorphin release, lactate, in combination with these secretagogues did not alter their effects. Similarly, lactic acid failed to alter basal or stimulated release of β‐endorphin by primary cultures of rat anterior pituitary. The addition of lactate (3 × 103M) to rat hypothalamic explants did, however, produce a modest but significant reduction in spontaneous CRH release, suggesting that lactate may facilitate the return to basal secretion following exercise. The present findings show that physiologic concentrations of lactate have no effect, either alone or in combination with other pituitary secretagogues, on corticotroph secretion. Whereas a physiologic action for lactate within the hypothalamus is possible, the present findings indicate that lactate is an inhibitor of CRH release. Thus, lactate does not appear to play a direct role in the profound activation of the HPA axis that occurs in response to strenuous exercise.