ACTH secretion from isolated hypophysial anterior lobes of male and female newborn rats: effects of corticotrophin-releasing factor, arginine vasopressin and oxytocin alone or in combination

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L. Hary
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J. P. Dupouy
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A. Chatelain
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.1370123
Volume/Issue:
Volume 137: Issue 1
Article Type:
Research Article
Page Range:
123–132
Online Publication Date:
Apr 1993
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ABSTRACT

ACTH release by the anterior pituitary lobes of 8-day-old newborn rats (males and females) in the presence of rat corticotrophin-releasing factor (rCRF), arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin, given alone or in association, was measured in vitro. Rat CRF and AVP induced a dose-dependent release of ACTH in both sexes, while oxytocin was unable to stimulate ACTH secretion except at the highest dose tested. No sex-related difference was noted for any of the responses.

Oxytocin (1 nmol/l) potentiated the response to rCRF (0·20 nmol/l) by the anterior pituitary lobes of females but not by those of males. This oxytocin potentiation was abolished when female newborn rats were injected at birth with testosterone (1 mg). AVP (1 nmol/l) alone stimulated ACTH release from the anterior pituitary lobes of the newborn rats of both sexes and markedly potentiated the ACTH response to rCRF.

Although no difference between the sexes was noted for basal levels of AVP and oxytocin in the hypothalamus, the neurointermediate lobe and the peripheral plasma, the present data on the sex-related effect of oxytocin on the newborn adenohypophysis could, in part, explain why ACTH release in response to ether stress was previously reported to be more lasting in females than in males on day 8 postpartum.

Journal of Endocrinology (1993) 137, 123–132

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Print ISSN:
0022-0795
Online ISSN:
1479-6805
Page(s):
10
Article Type:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 1993
Online Publication Date:
Apr 1993