In vivo corticotropin-releasing factor-induced secretion of adrenocorticotropin, beta-endorphin, and corticosterone.
In vivo corticotropin-releasing factor-induced secretion of adrenocorticotropin, beta-endorphin, and corticosterone.
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DOI:
10.1210/endo-110-1-272
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发表时间:
1982
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影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
C. Rivier;M. Brownstein;J. Spiess;J. Rivier;W. Vale
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作者:
C. Rivier;M. Brownstein;J. Spiess;J. Rivier;W. Vale
A 41-residue peptide purified as a corticotropin-releasing factor/beta-endorphin-releasing factor (CRF) in vitro was tested for its ability to stimulate the secretion of ACTH, beta-endorphin, and corticosterone in three animal groups: 1) unanesthesized rats bearing indwelling venous cannulae, 2) rats pretreated with chloropromazine plus morphine sulfate plus pentobarbital (CPZ-MS-Nb, and 3) rats with hypothalamic deafferentiations in the frontal and lateral retrochiasmatic areas. In all three bioassays iv administration of 0.1-10 micrograms CRF elicited a dose-related increase in plasma ACTH and beta-endorphin values over a 5- to 15-min period. Corticosterone secretion was also elevated but responded maximally with all doses of CRF tested. Pretreatment of CPZ-MS-Nb animals with 20 micrograms dexamethasone 4 h before assay abolished the CRF-induced hormone secretion. These data suggest that CRF may play a physiological role in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.