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Effects of adrenalectomy and glucocorticoids on the peptides CRF-41, AVP and oxytocin in rat hypophysial portal blood.
Journal of Physiology 1988 July
1. The effects of adrenalectomy (3 weeks) and dexamethasone (3 h) treatment on the release of corticotrophin-releasing factor-41 (CRF-41), arginine vasopressin (AVP), oxytocin (OT), adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) and corticosterone were studied in adult female Wistar rats. 2. The animals were anaesthetized with sodium pentobarbitone which, as assessed by the effects on the circadian rhythm of plasma ACTH and corticosterone, appeared to be a better anaesthetic than either urethane or alphaxalone for studies on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system. 3. Adrenalectomy increased the concentrations of ACTH in peripheral plasma and the output of CRF-41 and AVP into hypophysial portal plasma. 4. Dexamethasone administered to adrenalectomized rats significantly reduced the concentration of ACTH in peripheral plasma and the amount of AVP released into portal plasma. However, dexamethasone did not affect the output of CRF-41 into portal blood. 5. The output of OT into portal plasma was unaffected by either adrenalectomy or dexamethasone treatment. 6. Dexamethasone administered to adrenalectomized rats reduced significantly the ACTH response to CRF-41. 7. These results show that the feed-back action of glucocorticoids is mediated by two mechanisms. The increased release of ACTH which follows adrenolectomy [corrected] is produced predominantly by an increased release of both CRF-41 and AVP into hypophysial portal blood. The intermediate negative feed-back of glucocorticoids is produced by a reduction in the output of AVP but not CRF-41 into portal blood and, as well, by a significant reduction in the responsiveness of the anterior pituitary gland to CRF-41.
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