Development of the pituitary-adrenal axis in chronically cannulated ovine fetuses.
Development of the pituitary-adrenal axis in chronically cannulated ovine fetuses.
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长期插管的羊胎儿垂体-肾上腺轴的发育。
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1982
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E. Wintour
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D. Hennessy;J. Coghlan;K. Hardy;E. Wintour
In the intact, unstressed ovine fetus, both plasma immunoreactive adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) and blood cortisol concentrations increased after 121 days gestation. The mean ACTH and cortisol concentrations in intact fetuses of 90-121, 122-135 and 136-144 days gestation were for ACTH 20.4 +/- 3.9 (50) (mean +/- SEM, n), 30.2 +/- 5.6 (26) and 56.0 +/- 6.3 pg/ml (37) respectively, and for cortisol 0.07 +/- 0.01 (24), 0.17 +/- 0.03 (21) and 0.64 +/- 0.13 microgram/100 ml (15), respectively. After 121 days ACTH and cortisol concentrations were correlated positively. Cortisol infused into intact or adrenalectomized fetuses and corticosterone infused into adrenalectomized fetuses suppressed fetal plasma ACTH concentrations. In summary, ACTH and cortisol increase concomitantly after 122 days, so that it is highly probable that ACTH is the trophic stimulus for fetal adrenal maturation. The suppression of ACTH by cortisol and corticosterone suggests that these are the natural feedback regulators. It is proposed that while the mechanism for cortisol feedback may exist early in gestation, it is not until after 121 days that feedback control of ACTH becomes evident and physiologically important.
