Suckling-Induced Changes of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Concentrations in Hypothalamic Areas Implicated in the Control of Prolactin Release
| Autor: | M. de las Nieves Parisi, Leiza Vitale, Sara R. Chiocchio, Juan H. Tramezzani |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Pituitary gland
medicine.medical_specialty Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Vasoactive intestinal peptide Hypothalamus Neuropeptide Biology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Endocrinology Dorsal raphe nucleus Internal medicine medicine Animals Lactation Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Osmolar Concentration Prolactin Animals Suckling Rats medicine.anatomical_structure Oxytocin Pituitary Gland Raphe Nuclei Female Raphe nuclei Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Neuroendocrinology. 54:77-82 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0194 0028-3835 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000125854 |
| Popis: | The present study was designed to investigate whether the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) concentration in hypothalamic nuclei, dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) and pituitary lobes of lactating rats changes in physiological situations when prolactin (PRL) secretion is stimulated (suckling) or inhibited (pup separation). In addition VIP levels in blood plasma were determined in both situations. Acute suckling induced changes in VIP concentration only in the rostral part of the anterior hypothalamic (rAHN) and the paraventricular (PVN) nuclei of all the brain areas examined. VIP concentration in the rAHN increased at 5 min from 3.52 +/- 0.30 (mean +/- SEM) to 8.67 +/- 1.91 ng/mg protein (p less than 0.05) but fell to baseline values after 30 min suckling (p less than 0.05; 5 vs. 30 min). Although changes in VIP concentration in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) did not attain statistical significance, they followed the same trends as the changes of VIP in the rAHN. The opposite pattern of changes was observed in the PVN with a decrease in VIP concentration following 5 min suckling (p less than 0.01). At 30 min the VIP values showed a trend towards 0-min values. Pup removal did not affect VIP concentrations in the rAHN, PVN, SCN, median eminence, supraoptic nucleus and DR. VIP values were not detectable in the arcuate nucleus in any of the experimental situations examined. Lactation increased VIP concentration only in the rAHN and PVN when lactating rats with their pups were compared with virgin female diestrous rats. VIP concentration in the anterior lobe of the pituitary from lactating rats did not change with pup separation or suckling.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
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