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Aikins AO, Nguyen DH, Paundralingga O, Farmer GE, Shimoura CG, Brock C, Cunningham JT. Cardiovascular Neuroendocrinology: Emerging Role for Neurohypophyseal Hormones in Pathophysiology. Endocrinology 2021; 162:6247962. [PMID: 33891015 PMCID: PMC8234498 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqab082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXY) are released by magnocellular neurosecretory cells that project to the posterior pituitary. While AVP and OXY currently receive more attention for their contributions to affiliative behavior, this mini-review discusses their roles in cardiovascular function broadly defined to include indirect effects that influence cardiovascular function. The traditional view is that neither AVP nor OXY contributes to basal cardiovascular function, although some recent studies suggest that this position might be re-evaluated. More evidence indicates that adaptations and neuroplasticity of AVP and OXY neurons contribute to cardiovascular pathophysiology.
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- Ato O Aikins
- Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
- Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
- Correspondence: J. Thomas Cunningham Department of Physiology & Anatomy CBH 338 UNT Health Science Center 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
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Minhas S, Liu C, Galdamez J, So VM, Romeo RD. Stress-induced oxytocin release and oxytocin cell number and size in prepubertal and adult male and female rats. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2016; 234:103-9. [PMID: 26972154 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Studies indicate that adolescent exposure to stress is a potent environmental factor that contributes to psychological and physiological disorders, though the mechanisms that mediate these dysfunctions are not well understood. Periadolescent animals display greater stress-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses than adults, which may contribute to these vulnerabilities. In addition to the HPA axis, the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal tract (HNT) is also activated in response to stress. In adults, stress activates this system resulting in secretion of oxytocin from neurons in the supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular (PVN) nuclei. However, it is currently unknown whether a similar or different response occurs in prepubertal animals. Given the influence of these hormones on a variety of emotional behaviors and physiological systems known to change as an animal transitions into adulthood, we investigated stress-induced HPA and HNT hormonal responses before and after stress, as well as the number and size of oxytocin-containing cells in the SON and PVN of prepubertal (30d) and adult (70d) male and female rats. Though we found the well-established protracted adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosterone response in prepubertal males and females, only adult males and prepubertal females showed a significant stress-induced increase in plasma oxytocin levels. Moreover, though we found no pubertal changes in the number of oxytocin cells, we did find a pubertal-related increase in oxytocin somal size in both the SON and PVN of males and females. Taken together, these data indicate that neuroendocrine systems can show different patterns of stress reactivity before and after adolescent development and that these responses can be further modified by sex. Given the impact of these hormones on a variety of systems, it will be imperative to further explore these changes in hormonal stress reactivity and their role in adolescent health.
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- Sumeet Minhas
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States.
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Catecholaminergic input to the oxytocin neurosecretory system in the human hypothalamus. J Chem Neuroanat 2009; 37:229-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Revised: 01/25/2009] [Accepted: 01/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Blanchard DC, Griebel G, Blanchard RJ. Gender bias in the preclinical psychopharmacology of anxiety: male models for (predominantly) female disorders. J Psychopharmacol 1995; 9:79-82. [PMID: 22298732 DOI: 10.1177/026988119500900201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- D C Blanchard
- Bekésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Anatomy and Reproductive Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine
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Hypothalamic circuits utilizing the monoamine neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE) may be key elements upon which the ovarian steroids estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P) act to regulate female reproductive behavior. Recent studies have focused on the modulation of hypothalamic NE release by E2 and P treatments that facilitate sexual behavior. Brain microdialysis studies suggest that oxytocin, a neuropeptide known to enhance lordosis when infused into the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) of E2 + P-primed females, modulates NE release in the VMH. Systemic administration of oxytocin reliably enhances extracellular NE levels in the VMH of animals primed with moderate doses of both E2 and P. Thus, ovarian steroids may facilitate female sexual behavior in part by promoting oxytocin-induced NE release in the VMH. Studies examining the release of 3H-NE from superfused hypothalamic slices indicate that estrogen treatment also facilitates NE neurotransmission by attenuating alpha 2-adrenergic receptor-mediated inhibition of NE release. Hypothalamic alpha 2-adrenergic receptors are not downregulated by estrogen, suggesting that brain adrenoceptor function can be modulated by E2 independent of changes in receptor density. A model is proposed wherein E2 and P enhance hypothalamic NE release, leading to increased excitability of VMH neuronal activity and the expression of lordosis behavior.
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- A M Etgen
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
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Vincent PA, Etgen AM. Steroid priming promotes oxytocin-induced norepinephrine release in the ventromedial hypothalamus of female rats. Brain Res 1993; 620:189-94. [PMID: 8369954 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)90155-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In vivo microdialysis was used to detect norepinephrine (NE) release in the ventromedial hypothalamus of estradiol (E2)- or E2 plus progesterone (P)-treated female rats injected with 1.0 IU of oxytocin (OXY). Dialysates were collected before and after OXY administration on 3 consecutive days and analyzed for NE content by high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. After the last sample was collected on day 1, animals were injected with 3 micrograms E2 benzoate or oil. On day 3, E2-primed animals received 200 micrograms of P and control females received oil prior to OXY administration. OXY administration did not induce NE release on day 1. When OXY was administered to animals that received E2 approximately 20 h earlier, increased release of NE was not consistently seen. In contrast, E2-primed animals that received P on day 3 displayed significant increases in the release of NE after OXY administration compared to their own basal levels and to NE levels in control animals. To distinguish whether E2 priming is sufficient to promote OXY-induced release of NE without the addition of P, NE content of VMH dialysates in a second group of animals was examined following exposure to vehicle or E2 alone. When OXY was administered 24 or 48 h after estrogen priming, only 1 of 4 E2-primed females had modestly elevated dialysate NE levels. To evaluate the interactions between OXY and NE in the regulation of reproductive behavior, lordosis responses were observed in hormone-primed female rats receiving systemic injections of OXY, the alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin, or both OXY and prazosin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- P A Vincent
- Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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The neurohypophyseal hormone oxytocin has been implicated in many aspects of reproduction including sexual behavior. This review considers the hypotheses that oxytocin and/or the neural events surrounding the release of oxytocin may have behavioral effects during sexual arousal, orgasm, sexual satiety and other aspects of sociosexual interactions.
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- C S Carter
- Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742
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Tsujino T, Sano H, Kubota Y, Hsieh ST, Miyajima T, Saito K, Nakajima M, Saito N, Yokoyama M. Expression of Fos-like immunoreactivity by yohimbine and clonidine in the rat brain. Eur J Pharmacol 1992; 226:69-78. [PMID: 1327843 DOI: 10.1016/0922-4106(92)90084-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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To elucidate the role of alpha 2-adrenoceptors in transcriptional control in the rat brain, we localized the Fos-like immunoreactivity (Fos-LI) induced by alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists and by an antagonist. Injections of yohimbine (5 mg/kg, i.p.) into rats led to the induction of Fos-LI in areas with a dense alpha 2-adrenoceptor binding such as the locus coeruleus, the bed nucleus of stria terminalis, the central nucleus of amygdaloid complex, the paraventricular nucleus, the nucleus tractus solitarius, and ventrolateral medulla oblongata. Clonidine (500 micrograms/kg, i.p.) suppressed the Fos expression by yohimbine in these nuclei, and clonidine (100 micrograms/kg, i.p.) or guanabenz (4 mg/kg, i.p.) induced Fos-LI in oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei in the hypothalamus. Thus, the alpha 2-adrenoceptor is involved in transcriptional control via Fos expression in neurons related to autonomic and other functions.
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- T Tsujino
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan
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Benelli A, Bertolini A, Arletti R. Oxytocin-induced inhibition of feeding and drinking: no sexual dimorphism in rats. Neuropeptides 1991; 20:57-62. [PMID: 1791926 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(91)90040-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The effect of oxytocin on feeding and drinking behaviours was compared in male and female rats. Dose-dependent feeding and drinking inhibition was observed in either sex to about the same degree, both following intracerebroventricular or intraperitoneal administration. The results were obtained whether in animals with free access to food and water or in schedule-fed animals fasting for 21h and in two different models of thirst (water deprivation for 16h, s.c. administration of hypertonic saline). These data show that there is no sexual dimorphism in oxytocin-induced inhibition of feeding and drinking.
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- A Benelli
- Institute of Pharmacology, University of Modena, Italy
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Carter DA, Lightman SL. A role for the area postrema in mediating cholecystokinin-stimulated oxytocin secretion. Brain Res 1987; 435:327-30. [PMID: 2827855 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)91617-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We have investigated the role of the area postrema (AP) in mediating the neurohypophyseal hormone response to peripheral administration of nausea-producing agents in rats. In control animals, lithium chloride (LiCl) and apomorphine (APO) caused a rise in plasma levels of immunoreactive oxytocin (OT) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP), whereas sulphated cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8s) stimulated OT secretion only. Rats with AP lesions exhibited a similar OT and AVP response to LiCl and APO but the OT response to CCK-8s was significantly diminished. The results indicate that the selective stimulation of OT secretion by CCK-8s is partly mediated via the AP. Although the nausea-producing effects of LiCl and APO may involve the AP, the neuroendocrine effects of these agents may well be mediated via actions outside the AP.
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- D A Carter
- Medical Unit, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Westminster Hospital, London, U.K
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