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Pati D, Harden SW, Sheng W, Kelly KB, de Kloet AD, Krause EG, Frazier CJ. Endogenous oxytocin inhibits hypothalamic corticotrophin-releasing hormone neurones following acute hypernatraemia. J Neuroendocrinol 2020; 32:e12839. [PMID: 32133707 PMCID: PMC7384450 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Significant prior evidence indicates that centrally acting oxytocin robustly modulates stress responsiveness and anxiety-like behaviour, although the neural mechanisms behind these effects are not entirely understood. A plausible neural basis for oxytocin-mediated stress reduction is via inhibition of corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurones in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) that regulate activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Previously, we have shown that, following s.c. injection of 2.0 mol L-1 NaCl, oxytocin synthesising neurones are activated in the rat PVN, an oxytocin receptor (Oxtr)-dependent inhibitory tone develops on a subset of parvocellular neurones and stress-mediated increases in plasma corticosterone levels are blunted. In the present study, we utilised transgenic male CRH-reporter mice to selectively target PVN CRH neurones for whole-cell recordings. These experiments reveal that acute salt loading produces tonic inhibition of PVN CRH neurones through a mechanism that is largely independent of synaptic activity. Further studies reveal that a subset of CRH neurones within the PVN synthesise mRNA for Oxtr(s). Salt induced Oxtr-dependent inhibitory tone was eliminated in individual PVN CRH neurones filled with GDP-β-S. Additional electrophysiological studies suggest that reduced excitability of PVN CRH neurones in salt-loaded animals is associated with increased activation of inwardly rectifying potassium channels. Nevertheless, substantial effort to recapitulate the core effects of salt loading by activating Oxtr(s) with an exogenous agonist produced mixed results. Collectively, these results enhance our understanding of how oxytocin receptor-mediated signalling modulates the function of CRH neurones in the PVN.
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- Dipanwita Pati
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy,
University of Florida
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy,
University of Florida
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy,
University of Florida
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- Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College
of Medicine, University of Florida
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy,
University of Florida
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy,
University of Florida
- Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University
of Florida
- Corresponding author: Charles J.
Frazier, Ph.D., Associate Professor and University of Florida Term Professor,
Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida,
JHMHC Box 100487, Room P1-20, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA,
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Benabdesselam R, Rendon A, Dorbani-Mamine L, Hardin-Pouzet H. Effect of Dp71 deficiency on the oxytocin hypothalamic axis in osmoregulation function in mice. Acta Histochem 2019; 121:268-276. [PMID: 30642627 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 12/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Dp71 is the major form of dystrophins (Dp) in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) and in the neural lobe of hypophysis (NL/HP). Dp71-null mice exhibit a hypo-osmolar status attributed to an altered osmosensitivity of the SON and to a perturbed vasopressinergic axis. Because oxytocin (OT) is implicated in osmoregulation via natriuresis, this study explored the oxytocinergic axis in Dp71-null mice after salt-loading (SL). Under normosmolar conditions, OT-mRNA expression was higher in the Dp71-null SON compared to wild-type (wt) and the OT peptide level has not changed. Dp-immunostaining was localized in astrocytes end-feet surrounding vessels in wt SON. This distribution changed in Dp71-null SON, Dp being detected in OT-soma of MCNs. nNOS and NADPH-diaphorase levels increased in the OT area of the Dp71-null SON compared to wt. In the NL/HP, OT level reduced in Dp71-null mice and Dp localization changed from pituicytes end-feet in wt SON to OT terminals in Dp71-null SON. Salt-Loading resulted in an increase of OT-mRNA and peptide levels in wt SON but had no effect in Dp71-null SON. In the NL/HP, OT content was reduced after SL. For Dp71-null mice, OT level, already low in control, was not modified by SL. Dp level was not affected by SL in the SON nor in the NL/HP. Our data confirmed the importance of Dp71 for the SON functionality in osmoregulation. The localization of Dp71 at the glial-vascular interface could be associated with SON osmosensitivity, leading to an adequate OT synthesis in the SON and release from the NL/HP upon plasmatic hyperosmolality.
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Leng G, Russell JA. The osmoresponsiveness of oxytocin and vasopressin neurones: Mechanisms, allostasis and evolution. J Neuroendocrinol 2019; 31:e12662. [PMID: 30451331 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In the rat supraoptic nucleus, every oxytocin cell projects to the posterior pituitary, and is involved both in reflex milk ejection during lactation and in regulating uterine contractions during parturition. All are also osmosensitive, regulating natriuresis. All are also regulated by signals that control appetite, including the neural and hormonal signals that arise from the gut after food intake and from the sites of energy storage. All are also involved in sexual behaviour, anxiety-related behaviours and social behaviours. The challenge is to understand how a single population of neurones can coherently regulate such a diverse set of functions and adapt to changing physiological states. Their multiple functions arise from complex intrinsic properties that confer sensitivity to a wide range of internal and environmental signals. Many of these properties have a distant evolutionary origin in multifunctional, multisensory neurones of Urbilateria, the hypothesised common ancestor of vertebrates, insects and worms. Their properties allow different patterns of oxytocin release into the circulation from their axon terminals in the posterior pituitary into other brain areas from axonal projections, as well as independent release from their dendrites.
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- Gareth Leng
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Smith JA, Pati D, Wang L, de Kloet AD, Frazier CJ, Krause EG. Hydration and beyond: neuropeptides as mediators of hydromineral balance, anxiety and stress-responsiveness. Front Syst Neurosci 2015; 9:46. [PMID: 25873866 PMCID: PMC4379895 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Challenges to body fluid homeostasis can have a profound impact on hypothalamic regulation of stress responsiveness. Deficiencies in blood volume or sodium concentration leads to the generation of neural and humoral signals relayed through the hindbrain and circumventricular organs that apprise the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) of hydromineral imbalance. Collectively, these neural and humoral signals converge onto PVH neurons, including those that express corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF), oxytocin (OT), and vasopressin, to influence their activity and initiate compensatory responses that alleviate hydromineral imbalance. Interestingly, following exposure to perceived threats to homeostasis, select limbic brain regions mediate behavioral and physiological responses to psychogenic stressors, in part, by influencing activation of the same PVH neurons that are known to maintain body fluid homeostasis. Here, we review past and present research examining interactions between hypothalamic circuits regulating body fluid homeostasis and those mediating behavioral and physiological responses to psychogenic stress.
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- Justin A. Smith
- Laboratory of Dr. Eric Krause, Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- Laboratory of Dr. Charles Frazier, Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- Laboratory of Dr. Eric Krause, Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- Laboratory of Dr. Colin Sumners, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- Laboratory of Dr. Charles Frazier, Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- Laboratory of Dr. Eric Krause, Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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Amaral NO, de Oliveira TS, Naves LM, Filgueira FP, Ferreira-Neto ML, Schoorlemmer GHM, de Castro CH, Freiria-Oliveira AH, Xavier CH, Colugnati DB, Rosa DA, Blanch GT, Borges CL, Soares CMA, Reis AAS, Cravo SL, Pedrino GR. Efferent pathways in sodium overload-induced renal vasodilation in rats. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109620. [PMID: 25279805 PMCID: PMC4184892 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hypernatremia stimulates the secretion of oxytocin (OT), but the physiological role of OT remains unclear. The present study sought to determine the involvement of OT and renal nerves in the renal responses to an intravenous infusion of hypertonic saline. Male Wistar rats (280–350 g) were anesthetized with sodium thiopental (40 mg. kg−1, i.v.). A bladder cannula was implanted for collection of urine. Animals were also instrumented for measurement of mean arterial pressure (MAP) and renal blood flow (RBF). Renal vascular conductance (RVC) was calculated as the ratio of RBF by MAP. In anesthetized rats (n = 6), OT infusion (0.03 µg • kg−1, i.v.) induced renal vasodilation. Consistent with this result, exvivo experiments demonstrated that OT caused renal artery relaxation. Blockade of OT receptors (OXTR) reduced these responses to OT, indicating a direct effect of this peptide on OXTR on this artery. Hypertonic saline (3 M NaCl, 1.8 ml • kg−1 b.wt., i.v.) was infused over 60 s. In sham rats (n = 6), hypertonic saline induced renal vasodilation. The OXTR antagonist (AT; atosiban, 40 µg • kg−1 • h−1, i.v.; n = 7) and renal denervation (RX) reduced the renal vasodilation induced by hypernatremia. The combination of atosiban and renal denervation (RX+AT; n = 7) completely abolished the renal vasodilation induced by sodium overload. Intact rats excreted 51% of the injected sodium within 90 min. Natriuresis was slightly blunted by atosiban and renal denervation (42% and 39% of load, respectively), whereas atosiban with renal denervation reduced sodium excretion to 16% of the load. These results suggest that OT and renal nerves are involved in renal vasodilation and natriuresis induced by acute plasma hypernatremia.
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- Nathalia O. Amaral
- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Faculty of Physical Education, Biological Sciences Institute, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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Brown CH, Bains JS, Ludwig M, Stern JE. Physiological regulation of magnocellular neurosecretory cell activity: integration of intrinsic, local and afferent mechanisms. J Neuroendocrinol 2013; 25:678-710. [PMID: 23701531 PMCID: PMC3852704 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2013] [Revised: 05/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei contain magnocellular neurosecretory cells (MNCs) that project to the posterior pituitary gland where they secrete either oxytocin or vasopressin (the antidiuretic hormone) into the circulation. Oxytocin is important for delivery at birth and is essential for milk ejection during suckling. Vasopressin primarily promotes water reabsorption in the kidney to maintain body fluid balance, but also increases vasoconstriction. The profile of oxytocin and vasopressin secretion is principally determined by the pattern of action potentials initiated at the cell bodies. Although it has long been known that the activity of MNCs depends upon afferent inputs that relay information on reproductive, osmotic and cardiovascular status, it has recently become clear that activity depends critically on local regulation by glial cells, as well as intrinsic regulation by the MNCs themselves. Here, we provide an overview of recent advances in our understanding of how intrinsic and local extrinsic mechanisms integrate with afferent inputs to generate appropriate physiological regulation of oxytocin and vasopressin MNC activity.
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- C H Brown
- Department of Physiology and Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Karavashkina TA, Kutina AV, Shakhmatova EI, Natochin YV. Mechanism of 1-deamino-arginine vasotocin induced natriuresis in rats. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2011; 170:460-7. [PMID: 21050856 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Revised: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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1-Deamino-arginine vasotocin (1dAVT) induced diuresis and a considerable increase in urinary sodium excretion in female Wistar rats. Sodium fractional excretion rose up to 19.3 ± 1.1%. An increase in urine flow rate after 1dAVT (0.5 nmol/kg body-weight [bw]) injection was accompanied by a significant rise of the solute-free water reabsorption. The 1dAVT-induced natriuresis was as high as natriuresis produced by injection of a maximal dose of furosemide (10mg/kg bw). V(1)-receptor antagonists (ОРС-21268, [β-mercapto-β,β-cyclopentamethylenepropionyl(1),O-Me-Tyr(2),Arg(8)]-vasopressin) blocked the increase in urinary sodium excretion after the 1dAVT injection. The 1dAVT-induced natriuresis was strongly correlated with an increase in the urinary cGMP and prostaglandin E(2) excretion. The natriuretic effect of 1dAVT did not depend on the formation of nitric oxide (NO) or atrial natriuretic peptide of which concentration in the rat blood serum remained stable. The above results indicate that the 1dAVT has unique effects on rat kidney compared to all other known diuretics - it induces extremely high natriuresis and stimulates solute-free water reabsorption. Mechanism of the natriuretic effect of 1dAVT includes decrease in tubular sodium reabsorption due to activation of V(1)-like receptors and formation of cGMP and PGЕ(2).
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- Tatjana A Karavashkina
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Thorez Av 44, St Petersburg 194223, Russia
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Castrop H, Höcherl K, Kurtz A, Schweda F, Todorov V, Wagner C. Physiology of Kidney Renin. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:607-73. [PMID: 20393195 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00011.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The protease renin is the key enzyme of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone cascade, which is relevant under both physiological and pathophysiological settings. The kidney is the only organ capable of releasing enzymatically active renin. Although the characteristic juxtaglomerular position is the best known site of renin generation, renin-producing cells in the kidney can vary in number and localization. (Pro)renin gene transcription in these cells is controlled by a number of transcription factors, among which CREB is the best characterized. Pro-renin is stored in vesicles, activated to renin, and then released upon demand. The release of renin is under the control of the cAMP (stimulatory) and Ca2+(inhibitory) signaling pathways. Meanwhile, a great number of intrarenally generated or systemically acting factors have been identified that control the renin secretion directly at the level of renin-producing cells, by activating either of the signaling pathways mentioned above. The broad spectrum of biological actions of (pro)renin is mediated by receptors for (pro)renin, angiotensin II and angiotensin-( 1 – 7 ).
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- Hayo Castrop
- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Alexander K, Ybarra N, del Castillo JRE, Morin V, Gauvin D, Bichot S, Beauchamp G, Troncy É. Determination of glomerular filtration rate in anesthetized pigs by use of three-phase whole-kidney computed tomography and Patlak plot analysis. Am J Vet Res 2008; 69:1455-62. [DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.69.11.1455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sabatier N, Leng G. Presynaptic actions of endocannabinoids mediate α-MSH-induced inhibition of oxytocin cells. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 290:R577-84. [PMID: 16269571 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00667.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We recently showed that central injections of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) inhibits oxytocin cells and reduces peripheral release of oxytocin, but induces oxytocin release from dendrites. Dendritic oxytocin release can be triggered by agents that mobilize intracellular calcium. Oxytocin, like α-MSH, mobilizes intracellular calcium stores in oxytocin cells and triggers presynaptic inhibition of afferent inputs that is mediated by cannabinoids. We hypothesized that this mechanism might underlie the inhibitory effects of α-MSH. To test this, we recorded extracellularly from identified oxytocin and vasopressin cells in the anesthetized rat supraoptic nucleus (SON). Retrodialysis of a CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist to the SON blocked the inhibitory effects of intracerebroventricular injections of α-MSH on the spontaneous activity of oxytocin cells. We then monitored synaptically mediated responses of SON cells to stimulation of the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT); this evoked a mixed response comprising an inhibitory component mediated by GABA and an excitatory component mediated by glutamate, as identified by the effects of bicuculline and 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione applied to the SON by retrodialysis. Application of CB1 receptor agonists to the SON attenuated the excitatory effects of OVLT stimulation in both oxytocin and vasopressin cells, whereas α-MSH attenuated the responses of oxytocin cells only. Thus α-MSH can act as a “switch”; it triggers oxytocin release centrally, but at the same time through initiating endocannabinoid production in oxytocin cells inhibits their electrical activity and hence, peripheral secretion.
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- Nancy Sabatier
- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Bldg, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, United Kingdom.
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Pak CW, Currás-Collazo MC. Expression and plasticity of glutamate receptors in the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus. Microsc Res Tech 2002; 56:92-100. [PMID: 11810712 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Magnocellular neuroendocrine cells (MNCs) of the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus (SON) produce and release the hormones vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) in response to a variety of stimuli to regulate body water and salt, parturition and lactation. Hormone release is influenced by the pattern of neuronal firing of these MNCs, which, in turn, is governed by intrinsic conductances and synaptic inputs, including those mediated by the neurotransmitter glutamate. Functional and molecular evidence has confirmed the expression of AMPA-, NMDA-, and metabotropic-type glutamate receptors in the SON, that together may orchestrate the effects of glutamatergic transmission on neuroendocrine function. However, the specific roles of the different subtypes of glutamate receptors is not yet clear. As with other central neurons, the subunit composition of glutamate receptors on MNCs will likely determine their properties and may potentially help define the differential properties of VP- and OT-producing MNCs. Possible functions of glutamate receptors on SON MNCs include altering excitatory synaptic transmission of osmotic information, neuronal firing, hormone production and release, and calcium signaling. Of interest are the anatomical, molecular, and functional changes at glutamatergic synapses in the SON that occur in response to pertinent physiological stimuli or development. These types of plasticity may include changes in glutamatergic synaptic density, glutamate receptor levels, or glutamate receptor subunit expression, all of which can affect the efficiency of synaptic transmission.
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- C Wook Pak
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
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Huang W, Sjöquist M, Skott O, Stricker EM, Sved AF. Oxytocin antagonist disrupts hypotension-evoked renin secretion and other responses in conscious rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001; 280:R760-5. [PMID: 11171655 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.3.r760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previous experiments have indicated that arterial hypotension increases plasma oxytocin (OT) levels in rats and that OT infused intravenously causes an increase in plasma renin activity (PRA). The goal of the present study was to determine whether systemic administration of an OT receptor antagonist would attenuate the increase in PRA that is normally evoked by arterial hypotension in rats. In conscious male rats, intravenous injection of hydralazine or diazoxide produced sustained hypotension and evoked a significant increase in PRA, as expected. Intravenous infusion of an OT receptor antagonist did not alter the hypotension induced by hydralazine or diazoxide, but it did markedly blunt the induced increase in PRA. The OT receptor antagonist also blunted the hypotension-evoked increase in heart rate and plasma vasopressin levels, suggesting that the antagonist may have generally disrupted afferent signaling of hypotension. Thus hypotension-evoked OT secretion may contribute to cardiovascular homeostasis by enhancing baroreceptor signals that stimulate increases in renin secretion, vasopressin secretion, and heart rate during arterial hypotension in rats.
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- W Huang
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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Currás-Collazo MC, Chin C, Díaz G, Stivers C, Bozzetti L, Tran LY, Kíaz G. Immunolabeling reveals cellular localization of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit NR2B in neurosecretory cells but not astrocytes of the rat magnocellular nuclei. J Comp Neurol 2000; 427:93-108. [PMID: 11042593 DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20001106)427:1<93::aid-cne6>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Previous studies suggest that activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors facilitates phasic firing and spike clustering displayed by magnocellular neuroendocrine cells (MNCs) of the supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). Osmotic stimulation produces similar activity patterns which, in turn, can lead to enhanced release of vasopressin and oxytocin from MNCs. Our laboratory has shown that dehydration regulates the expression of the NMDA receptor subunits, NR1 and NR2B, in the SON and PVN, suggesting their involvement in osmoregulation. In the present study, we examined the cellular localization of NR2B, one of the glutamate-binding subunits of the NMDA receptor, with an NR2B-specific antibody. Using double-label immunohistochemistry and three different detection methods with metallic, peroxidase, and fluorescence markers, it was found that both vasopressin and oxytocin-producing MNC populations synthesize NR2B. The incidence of NR2B colocalization with vasopressin-neurophysin in the SON and lateral magnocellular PVN (PVL) was 0.95 and 0.91, respectively. For oxytocin-neurophysin, the corresponding values were 0.97 and 0.95, respectively. Furthermore, the extent of colocalization in MNCs of the SON, PVL, retrochiasmatic SON, and accessory neurosecretory nuclei was similar. Astrocytes associated with the SON, and identified with antibodies targeting glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) or vimentin, were not colabeled with NR2B. Our results demonstrate that NR2B protein is expressed by almost all MNCs and that it is equally prevalent in vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic populations of various magnocellular neuroendocrine nuclei supporting a role of NMDA receptors in MNC-mediated neurosecretory processes. Although NR2B may form part of functional NMDA receptors on MNCs, it is probably not present on astrocytes associated with nearby MNCs.
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- M C Currás-Collazo
- Department of Neuroscience, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
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Hansell P, Isaksson B, Sjöquist M, Jöquist MS. Renal dopamine and noradrenaline excretion during CNS-induced natriuresis in spontaneously hypertensive rats: influence of dietary sodium. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 2000; 168:257-66. [PMID: 10691810 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.2000.00670.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Abnormalities in dopamine (DA) and noradrenaline (NA) activities and sodium handling may be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension. The present study was designed to investigate whether any differences exist between normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) in urinary excretion of DA, NA and sodium after 15 weeks on a low, medium or high sodium diet and during a subsequent elevation of the cerebroventricular fluid sodium concentration (CNS-induced natriuresis). Seven features were noted: (1) Basal sodium and DA excretion after the diet regimen was correlated to the dietary sodium content in both strains, except that sodium and DA excretion in SHR showed no further increase after the high sodium diet over and above that after medium sodium diet. (2) For any given sodium diet, SHR excreted more DA and NA as compared with WKY. (3) Blood pressure in SHR, as opposed to that in WKY, was higher after medium and high sodium diet than after low sodium diet. (4) During CNS-induced natriuresis NA excretion decreased or remained unchanged in WKY, but increased in SHR. (5) The DA/NA excretion ratio during CNS-induced natriuresis increased in WKY while decreased in SHR, which would not favour a natriuretic/vasodilatory response in the latter. (6) The ability of SHR to respond with CNS-induced natriuresis was attenuated after high sodium diet. (7) The magnitude of CNS-induced natriuresis was in both strains correlated to the sodium diet; the higher the dietary sodium content, the greater the natriuretic response. In conclusion, the study shows some clear differences in the catecholamine and sodium handling between WKY and SHR which may be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension in SHR. Furthermore, increased sodium in the diet sensitizes the brain and kidney to increase the ability to respond with natriuresis for a given sodium stimulus.
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- P Hansell
- Department of Physiology, University of Uppsala, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden
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Huang W, Sjöquist M, Skott O, Stricker EM, Sved AF. Oxytocin-induced renin secretion in conscious rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000; 278:R226-30. [PMID: 10644643 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.1.r226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Arterial hypotension and hypovolemia are known to stimulate neurohypophysial secretion of oxytocin (OT) in rats, although the physiological function of OT under these circumstances is uncertain. We now report that OT infused intravenously into conscious rats at 125 ng x kg(-1) x h(-1), a dose selected to mimic plasma OT levels during hypotension or hypovolemia, increased plasma renin concentration and plasma renin activity by twofold. This effect was prevented by systemic pretreatment with an OT receptor antagonist [[1-(3-mercaptopropionic acid)-2-O-ethyl-D-Tyr-Thr(4)-Orn(8)]-OT]. The OT antagonist did not block renin secretion induced by systemic injection of the beta-adrenergic receptor agonist isoproterenol, indicating that the OT antagonist does not interfere nonselectively with renin release. Pretreatment of rats with the beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist nadolol also prevented OT-induced renin secretion. Similarly, nadolol injected during infusion of OT markedly reduced the elevated plasma renin levels. These observations raise the possibility that pituitary OT secretion during hypotension or hypovolemia in rats may serve to support blood pressure by enhancing activation of the renin-angiotensin system via a beta-adrenergic receptor-dependent mechanism.
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- W Huang
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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