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Palazidou E, Stephenson J, Butler J, Coskeran P, Chambers S, McGregor AM. Evidence for 5-hydroxytryptamine1A receptor involvement in the control of prolactin secretion in man. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1995; 119:311-4. [PMID: 7675967 DOI: 10.1007/bf02246297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The effects of pindolol pretreatment (2 days) on prolactin and cortisol responses to a single dose of (+)-fenfluramine (30 mg po) were examined in nine healthy male volunteers. Pindolol pretreatment attenuated the (+)-fenfluramine-induced increase in prolactin concentrations but failed to affect the (+)-fenfluramine-induced cortisol increase. These data provide evidence in support of 5-HT1A receptor involvement in the regulation of prolactin secretion but question its importance in the regulation of cortisol secretion in man.
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- E Palazidou
- Department of Psychiatry, Royal London Hospital, St Clement's, UK
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Owens DG, Harrison-Read PE, Johnstone EC. L-dopa helps positive but not negative features of neuroleptic-insensitive chronic schizophrenia. J Psychopharmacol 1994; 8:204-12. [PMID: 22298626 DOI: 10.1177/026988119400800403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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L-dopa (Sinemet-110 in a final dose equivalent to - 4 g per day) added to maintenance chlorpromazine, produced a small antipsychotic effect in a group of eight severely impaired male chronic schizophrenic in-patients. Negative symptoms were unaffected by L-dopa, although the improvement in psychotic behaviour and positive symptoms was restricted to the four patients with the most severe negative symptoms measured during the control treatment period. These L-dopa responders also tended to improve slightly when the dose of chlorpromazine was halved, an indication of their poor, or even counter-therapeutic response to conventional neuroleptic medication given in relatively high dosage. Signs of increased dopaminergic activity (raised eye blink rate and reduced plasma prolactin) were not observed in subjects showing an antipsychotic response to L-dopa. This raises the possibility that L-dopa may exert an antipsychotic effect in neuroleptic-insensitive subjects by altering noradrenergic activity in the brain.
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- D G Owens
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
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al-Damluji S. Adrenergic control of the secretion of anterior pituitary hormones. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 1993; 7:355-92. [PMID: 8387773 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-351x(05)80180-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The hypothalamic hypophysiotrophic neurones are densely innervated by adrenergic and noradrenergic nerve terminals. Activation of alpha 1-adrenoceptors located in the brain stimulates the secretion of ACTH, prolactin and TSH. The effects of the alpha 1-adrenoceptors seem to be exerted on hypothalamic neurones that secrete vasopressin, CRH-41 and TRH. These mechanisms are important in the physiological control of the secretion of ACTH and TSH in humans. alpha 2-Adrenoceptors are not involved in the control of secretion of these hormones under basal conditions in humans. However, alpha 2-adrenoceptors exert an inhibitory effect that acts as a negative feedback mechanism, limiting excessive secretion of these hormones. There is no convincing evidence for the involvement of beta-adrenoceptors in the control of the secretion of these three hormones in humans. Studies on cultured anterior pituitary cells suggested that adrenaline and noradrenaline may influence the secretion of ACTH, prolactin and TSH directly at the level of the pituitary. However, these effects are not demonstrable in humans, and are likely to be due to alterations in the pituitary adrenoceptors during culture. In the case of growth hormone, activation of alpha 2-adrenoceptors located in the brain stimulates secretion of this hormone both by increasing the secretion of GHRH and by inhibiting the secretion of somatostatin. Activation of beta-adrenoceptors inhibits the secretion of growth hormone via an increase in the secretion of somatostatin. The effects of the central alpha 2- and beta-adrenoceptors are important in the physiological control of growth hormone secretion in humans. A considerable amount of evidence implicates brain alpha 1-adrenoceptors in the control of secretion of the gonadotrophins in experimental animals, but, despite intensive study, no convincing evidence has been found in humans of reproductive age.
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- S al-Damluji
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Quantitative autoradiographic analysis of beta-adrenergic binding sites was conducted in human postmortem hypothalamus using the radioligand 125I-pindolol. The focus was on the hypothalamic nuclei most clearly involved in corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) release, the PVN and SON. For comparison, the distribution of hypothalamic beta-adrenergic receptors was evaluated in the rat. A high level of beta-adrenergic receptor binding was found in the human paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and supraoptic nucleus (SON), but not in the rat. The majority of the beta-adrenergic receptors found in the human hypothalamus were of the beta 2-subtype. In contrast, in the rat hypothalamus, the majority of receptors were of the beta 1-subtype. These results show that the anatomical loci exist for direct beta-adrenergic influence on hypothalamic neuroendocrine function in the human and that the topography of beta-adrenergic receptors is markedly different in the rat and human hypothalamus.
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- K Y Little
- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7160
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Kathol RG, Gehris TL, Carroll BT, Samuelson SD, Pitts AF, Meller WH, Carter JL. Blunted ACTH response to hypoglycemic stress in depressed patients but not in patients with schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Res 1992; 26:103-16. [PMID: 1319484 DOI: 10.1016/0022-3956(92)90002-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In this study, 7 hospitalized patients with major depression (MD), 5 hospitalized patients with schizophrenia (S), and 13 control subjects (C) were administered 0.15 units/kg of regular insulin at 1600 h by intravenous bolus infusion. ACTH, cortisol, and glucose levels were measured intermittently for 2h following infusion. Baseline ACTH, cortisol and glucose levels were similar in Cs, MDs, and Ss. The mean glucose nadir was equivalent for Cs, patients with MD, and patients with S. Patients with MD had a blunted ACTH response (F = 3.28; df = 12,126; p = .0004) and cortisol response (F = 4.20; df = 12,132; p = .0001) to hypoglycemia when compared to Cs and patients with S. Carroll Depression Rating Scale scores in patients with S (23 +/- 10) were similar to patients with MD (30 +/- 8) and significantly higher than in controls (1 +/- 2) (F = 55.2; df = 2.22; p = .0001). These findings suggest that patients with MD show different ACTH and cortisol responses to hypoglycemic stress which are not explained by negative feedback of baseline ACTH or cortisol, glucose nadir, or the number of depressive symptoms per se.
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- R G Kathol
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242
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Przegaliński E, Budziszewska B, Grochmal A. Oxaprotiline enantiomers stimulate ACTH and corticosterone secretion in the rat. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1991; 85:211-22. [PMID: 1681823 DOI: 10.1007/bf01244946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The effect of oxaprotiline (OXA) enantiomers--of which (+)-OXA inhibits noradrenaline (NA) uptake, whereas (-)-OXA does not--on the secretion of adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone was studied in rats. Both enantiomers dose-dependently and with a similar potency increased the plasma level of ACTH and corticosterone, the effect of (-)-OXA on corticosterone being of a longer duration. The stimulation of ACTH secretion and the inability of (+)- and (-)-OXA to increase the plasma corticosterone concentration in animals pretreated with dexamethasone indicate that secretion of the latter hormone results from the action of the enantiomers at a level superior to the adrenal cortex, i.e. the hypothalamus/pituitary. The corticosterone response to (+)- or (-)-OXA was not modified in rats with a selective lesion of NA nerve endings induced by the neurotoxin DSP-4, nor was it affected by the selective alpha 1-antagonist prazosin, the selective alpha 2-antagonist yohimbine, the mixed alpha 1/alpha 2-antagonist phentolamine, the selective dopamine (D2) receptor antagonist sulpiride and the non-selective 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor antagonist metergoline. These results indicate that neither the NA system nor D2 and 5-HT receptors are involved in the hormonal response to the OXA enantiomers. Although the (+)- and (-)-OXA-induced stimulation of corticosterone secretion was not antagonized by diazepam, ipsapirone, naloxone, or propranolol, it cannot be excluded that both these enantiomers act as non-specific stressors.
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- E Przegaliński
- Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
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Affiliation(s)
- S al-Damluji
- Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Petersen KG, Katschker P, Kerp L. Modulation of catecholamine effects during hypoglycaemia in man by urapidil and propranolol. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1989; 36:351-5. [PMID: 2567671 DOI: 10.1007/bf00558294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The hypothesis that in hypoglycaemia adrenoceptor-blocking drugs may enhance those metabolic effects of the catecholamines that remain unblocked has been investigated in 12 volunteers. alpha-Adrenoceptor blockade with urapidil increased the heart rate and the plasma noradrenaline level, and increased the beta-adrenoceptor mediated cellular uptake of potassium and phosphate, and the production of lactate. Posthypoglycaemic glucose intolerance and the counterregulatory responses of hGH and cortisol remained unchanged. Plasma adrenaline, the alpha-adrenoceptor mediated responses of cortisol and hGH, and the diastolic blood pressure were increased by propranolol. Adrenoceptor blocking drugs produce an indirect stimulatory effect by eliciting a reflex increase in sympathetic tone, which is manifested as stimulation of receptors of the type that has not been blocked.
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- K G Petersen
- Department of Endocrinology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Takeda T, Harada T, Otsuki S. Platelet 3H-clonidine and 3H-imipramine binding and plasma cortisol level in depression. Biol Psychiatry 1989; 26:52-60. [PMID: 2541808 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(89)90007-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Platelet 3H-clonidine (alpha 2-adrenergic agonist) binding and 3H-imipramine binding were measured and the Dexamethasone Suppression Test performed in 17 normal controls and 14 unmedicated depressed patients in order to clarify the relationship among these three biological markers. Increases in the Bmax and the Kd for 3H-clonidine binding and decreases in the Bmax for 3H-imipramine binding of the platelets from depressed patients were observed when compared with controls. There was a significant positive correlation among 3H-clonidine Bmax, the basal (predexamethasone) plasma cortisol levels, and the severity of depression, as indicated by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. On the other hand, no significant correlation was observed in 3H-imipramine binding between the Bmax and the severity of depression or between the Bmax and the basal plasma cortisol levels. There was no statistically significant correlation between the Bmax of 3H-clonidine binding and that of 3H-imipramine binding in depression, but there was a trend toward correlation in normal controls.
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- T Takeda
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Gullestad L, Dolva LO, Kjeldsen SE, Eide I, Kjekshus J. Effect of beta-adrenergic blockade on hormonal responses during continuous and intermittent exercise. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 1989; 3:63-71. [PMID: 2577280 DOI: 10.1007/bf01881530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The modifying effect on exercise performance and neuroendocrine response of the nonselective beta blocker timolol (10 mg b.i.d. for 5 days) and the beta 1-selective beta blocker metoprolol (100 mg b.i.d. for 5 days) was studied. The hormones studied were growth hormone, prolactin, cortisol, renin, epinephrine, dopamine, and norepinephrine. The response was studied during short-term maximal dynamic exercise, using two different exercise protocols; continuous (n = 11) and intermittent (n = 9) bicycle ergometry, in normal healthy young men. Accumulated work on placebo was nearly identical in the two studies, but was significantly reduced by 10.4% and 6.6% with timolol and by 4.7% and 6.7% with metoprolol, during continuous and intermittent exercise, respectively. During continuous exercise, accumulated work was 5.8% lower (p less than 0.05) with timolol than with metoprolol. The hormonal plasma concentrations of all hormones except renin were higher during continuous exercise than during intermittent exercise. Beta blockade had no effect on baseline hormonal levels, but the response was markedly changed during exercise. Maximum epinephrine, cortisol, and prolactin responses increased after beta blockade; dopamine remained nearly unchanged; while the renin responses were attenuated. Norepinephrine concentrations were slightly increased during continuous exercise by beta blockade and rose in direct proportion to the increase in workload. During intermittent exercise, maximum norepinephrine levels were significantly reduced by beta blockade compared with placebo. Thus the effect of beta 1-selective and nonselective beta receptor blockade on circulating hormones does not seem to explain the reduced exercise capacity following beta blockade.
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- L Gullestad
- Department of Internal Medicine, Baerum Hospital, Sandvika, Norway
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Holsboer F. Implications of altered limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (LHPA)-function for neurobiology of depression. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 1988; 341:72-111. [PMID: 2844059 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb08556.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The current article suggests that the neuroendocrine system constitutes a bidirectional link between the brain and humoral homeostasis in the periphery. Any change of neuronal activity in the brain--regardless whether induced by external stimuli or endogenous errors of metabolism--may result in altered composition of gene products. Among these are peptides which directly or indirectly alter endocrine activity and may concomitantly induce a variety of behavioral effects. This has been experimentally demonstrated by neuropeptidergic manipulation of sleep-electroencephalographic (EEG) measures and behavioral studies in animals. An integral part of the neuroendocrine communication are effects of peripheral hormones upon brain structures and their interactions with the immune system. Within this framework all hormones of the limbic-hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenocortical (LHPA)-axis play a dominant role, because: (1) corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) was shown to integrate centrally behavioral and metabolic responses to stress; and (2) corticosteroids exert a host of neurochemical changes within the CNS which by far exceed their primary endocrine feedback action. As a corollary, hyperexposure to corticosteroids induces widespread changes of neuronal cell biology which are of clinical significance for depression research (e.g. neuronal cell loss in the hippocampus, down-regulation of glucocorticoid receptors within monoaminergic neurons). Clinical neuroendocrine research over the past years focussed upon evaluation of pathophysiology underlying dexamethasone resistant cortisol levels or hypercortisolism linked to depression and utilized advanced methods for multihormonal analysis and newly synthesized neuropeptides (e.g. CRH) for challenge studies in combination with neurophysiological assessments.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- F Holsboer
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg, West Germany
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Davous P, Roudier M, Piketty ML, Abramowitz C, Lamour Y. Pharmacological modulation of cortisol secretion and dexamethasone suppression in Alzheimer's disease. Biol Psychiatry 1988; 23:13-24. [PMID: 3337850 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(88)90102-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We have investigated the dexamethasone suppression of cortisol release in a group of 28 patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) after stimulation by physostigmine and clonidine, as compared with basal conditions. All patients but one had previously been evaluated with a depression symptom checklist and had submitted to a standard Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST). SDAT patients showed normal baseline cortisol values measured at 4:00 PM. DST was reproducible, but nonsuppression did not appear to be a feature of the disease, nor of the dementia syndrome, although a majority of the most demented patients were found to be nonsuppressors. Physostigmine stimulated cortisol secretion in 20 of 24 cases, irrespective of the severity of dementia. Clonidine induced a secretion in 12 of 15 cases, but this was less than that observed after cholinergic stimulation. Physostigmine made cortisol release significantly less sensitive to the suppressive effect of dexamethasone than clonidine in SDAT. This double response should be tested as a possible predictor of a cholinergic therapeutic effect.
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- P Davous
- Department of Neurology, Sainte Anne Hospital, Paris, France
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Jones MT, Gillham B, Campbell EA, Al-Taher AR, Chuang TT, Di Sciullo A. Pharmacology of neural pathways affecting CRH secretion. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1987; 512:162-75. [PMID: 2831772 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1987.tb24958.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- M T Jones
- Division of Obstetrics, United Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Al-Damluji S, Rees LH. Effects of catecholamines on secretion of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) in man. J Clin Pathol 1987; 40:1098-107. [PMID: 2822768 PMCID: PMC1141177 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.40.9.1098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The hypothalamus receives a rich supply of adrenergic and noradrenergic nerve fibres from the brain stem, terminating in many hypothalamic regions, including the paraventricular nucleus, which is the site of the cell bodies of corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) neurones in man. Experimental evidence has shown that an alpha 1 adrenoceptor mechanism stimulates adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) secretion in man. The site of action of this mechanism seems to be within the blood brain barrier, presumably modulating the secretion of the CRF complex. This mechanism is important in the control of ACTH secretion in some physiological conditions in healthy subjects.
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- S Al-Damluji
- Department of Endocrinology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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Whalley LJ, Eagles JM, Bowler GM, Bennie JG, Dick HR, McGuire RJ, Fink G. Selective effects of ECT on hypothalamic-pituitary activity. Psychol Med 1987; 17:319-328. [PMID: 3037582 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700024855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The hypothesis that ECT produces selective effects on hypothalamic-pituitary activity was investigated by determining the effect of ECT on pituitary hormone release in nine depressed patients. After ECT there were massive and rapid increases in the plasma concentrations of nicotine- and oestrogen-stimulated neurophysin (NSN and ESN), prolactin (PRL) and adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), smaller increases in plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) and cortisol, a significant decrease in plasma growth hormone (GH) concentration but no change in plasma thyrotropin (TSH). There was significant attenuation of PRL responses with repeated ECT. The hormonal responses to ECT cannot simply be attributed to stress, since a similar pattern of increases in plasma hormone concentrations did not occur in psychologically normal patients in whom plasma hormone concentrations were measured during induction of anaesthesia and abdominal incision for cholecystectomy. Analysis of these hormonal responses in terms of the knowledge available on the neurotransmitter control of pituitary hormone release suggests that some of these hormonal responses to ECT may be mediated by the activation of serotonergic neurones, while others are probably due to direct stimulation of the neuroendocrine neurones themselves.
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Eisenhofer G, Goldstein DS, Stull RW, Gold PW, Keiser HR, Kopin IJ. Dissociation between corticotrophin and catecholamine responses to isoprenaline in humans. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 1987; 14:337-41. [PMID: 2822312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1987.tb00980.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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1. The pituitary-adrenocortical, sympathoadrenomedullary and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone systems contribute to circulatory and metabolic homeostasis during stress. One possible site of co-ordination of these systems is the beta-adrenoceptor. 2. To determine whether circulating beta-adrenoceptor agonists can act hormonally to stimulate these systems simultaneously, plasma concentrations of corticotrophin (ACTH), noradrenaline, adrenaline and plasma renin activity were measured during graded intravenous infusions of isoprenaline in 20 people. 3. Administration of isoprenaline caused dose-related increases in noradrenaline (94% at the highest dose) and renin activity (189%), but decreases in ACTH (25%) and adrenaline (20%), findings inconsistent with simultaneous activation of these systems by circulating beta-adrenoceptor agonists.
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- G Eisenhofer
- Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Canepa-Anson R, Dawson JR, Kuan P, Poole-Wilson PA, Sutton GC, Cockrill B, Reuben SR. Differences between acute and long-term metabolic and endocrine effects of oral beta-adrenoceptor agonist therapy with pirbuterol for cardiac failure. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1987; 23:173-81. [PMID: 3828194 PMCID: PMC1386065 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1987.tb03026.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The metabolic, hormonal and haemodynamic effects of oral pirbuterol, a new beta 2-adrenoceptor agonist, were studied acutely (n = 19) and after 3 months treatment (n = 11) in patients with severe heart failure receiving chronic frusemide therapy. In the acute study fasted patients (n = 10) showed reductions in plasma K+ (P less than 0.005) and cortisol (P less than 0.01) and increases in plasma glucose (P less than 0.005), insulin (P less than 0.01), lactate (P less than 0.005) and pyruvate (P less than 0.0025). These acute changes were less in unfasted subjects (n = 9). Maximal increase in stroke volume occurred at approximately half the plasma pirbuterol concentration required for maximal effect on plasma insulin. Treatment with pirbuterol for 3 months was associated with sustained increases in stroke volume and fasting plasma glucose and insulin, but there was loss of all other acute metabolic effects. Despite concurrent frusemide and digoxin therapy acute hypokalaemia caused no adverse effects. Hypokalaemia did not occur with chronic pirbuterol administration.
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The response of a hormone allegedly under 5-hydroxytryptaminergic (5-HT-ergic) control to a compound stimulating or inhibiting serotonergic activity has been used as a measure of the functional state of central serotonergic systems. The relevant literature is reviewed, and based on that, it is concluded that, as yet, no reliable hormonal 5-HT probe exists. The main problems are nonselectivity of the challengers and noncomparability of individual studies because of variations in dose and route of administration. An acceptable hormonal 5-HT probe should at least have passed the following three tests. The influence of the challenger on catecholaminergic (CA) systems must be rendered unlikely in humans to avoid the pitfalls of, say, the 5-HT precursors whose CA-ergic influences have been overlooked. Dose-response relationships must be established to avoid the confusion caused by different investigators using the challenger in different doses. It must be demonstrated that the effect of the challenger is counteracted by its functional opponent.
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Cuneo RC, Livesey JH, Nicholls MG, Espiner EA, Donald RA. Effects of alpha-1 adrenergic blockade on the hormonal response to hypoglycaemic stress in normal man. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1987; 26:1-8. [PMID: 3026690 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1987.tb03632.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In order to evaluate the effect of alpha-1 adrenoreceptor regulation of ACTH release during insulin-induced hypoglycaemia, we studied the response to hypoglycaemia with and without prazosin premedication in eight normal men. Prazosin pretreatment did not affect basal or peak plasma ACTH, cortisol or GH during hypoglycaemic stress. However basal plasma levels of noradrenaline were increased (P less than 0.02) as were responses of AVP, angiotensin II (P less than 0.05) and noradrenaline (P less than 0.05) to hypoglycaemia after prazosin. Though it is possible that these augmented responses masked an inhibitory effect of prazosin, we were unable to demonstrate a major role for alpha-1 adrenergic receptors in mediating the ACTH response to hypoglycaemic stress in normal man.
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Porta S, Supanz S, Gleispach H, Rinner I, Ertl U. Long-term adrenergic beta-action decreases and alpha-action enhances corticosterone levels in rats. EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 1987; 31:59-61. [PMID: 3032667 DOI: 10.1016/s0232-1513(87)80094-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A 20 h hyperadrenalinemia in rats was produced by subcutaneously implanted A-retard tablets with an output rate of 1.8 micrograms/min/250 g. This caused a moderate (6 h, 20 h) to expressed (12 h) rise in Corticosterone. Concomitant beta-blockade leads to equal (12 h, 20 h) or even more expressed (6 h) enhancement of plasma corticosterone, while A + alpha-blockade lowers those levels significantly against A or A + Prop treated animals. At 6 and 20 h they are even significantly lower than control values. We therefore conclude that enhanced alpha-adrenergic influence increases and beta-adrenergic influence decreases plasma Corticosterone levels in rats.
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Milsom SR, Donald RA, Espiner EA, Nicholls MG, Livesey JH. The effect of peripheral catecholamine concentrations on the pituitary-adrenal response to corticotrophin releasing factor in man. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1986; 25:241-6. [PMID: 3024878 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1986.tb01688.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To evaluate the effect of changes in plasma catecholamines on the pituitary-adrenal response to ovine corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) in normal man, the response to CRF alone (10 subjects) was compared responses after infusions of adrenaline (6 subjects), noradrenaline (6 subjects) and after oral administration of the alpha 2 agonist clonidine (10 subjects). Compared to control levels, plasma adrenaline and noradrenaline concentrations were increased three- and four-fold respectively by exogenous infusions, whereas plasma noradrenaline was significantly lowered by clonidine. Despite these changes in plasma catecholamine levels, the responses of plasma ACTH, cortisol and aldosterone to CRF did not differ significantly from control (CRF alone) in any of the three studies. Neither clonidine pretreatment nor catecholamine infusions altered basal levels of plasma ACTH, cortisol or aldosterone and no effect of CRF or catecholamine manipulations on plasma arginine vasopressin concentration was observed. These results show that modulation of peripheral plasma catecholamine levels within physiological limits does not affect CRF-stimulated release of ACTH or the adrenal response in normal man.
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Fish HR, Chernow B, O'Brian JT. Endocrine and neurophysiologic responses of the pituitary to insulin-induced hypoglycemia: a review. Metabolism 1986; 35:763-80. [PMID: 3016458 DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(86)90245-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Laakmann G, Wittmann M, Schoen HW, Zygan K, Weiss A, Meissner R, Mueller OA, Stalla GK. Effects of receptor blockers (methysergide, propranolol, phentolamine, yohimbine and prazosin) on desimipramine-induced pituitary hormone stimulation in humans--III. Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1986; 11:475-89. [PMID: 3031718 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(86)90008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In this report the effects of various receptor blockers on the desimipramine (DMI)-induced cortisol (ACTH) secretion in healthy male subjects are presented. Each trial consisted of two administrations: one of DMI i.v. alone and one of DMI i.v. in combination with the respective receptor blocker, i.e. methysergide (serotonin (5-HT) receptor blocker), propranolol (beta receptor blocker), phentolamine (alpha-1/alpha-2 receptor blocker), yohimbine (alpha-2 greater than alpha-1 receptor blocker), and prazosin (alpha-1 receptor blocker). In addition, the effect of prazosin on DMI-induced ACTH stimulation was examined. DMI-induced cortisol stimulation was not significantly different after DMI alone (n = 12) from that after three days pretreatment with methysergide (12 mg p.o.) in another group of subjects (n = 12). Neither the combination of DMI plus propranolol (15 mg i.v. n = 18, incomplete block design) nor that of DMI plus phentolamine (60 mg i.v. n = 12) had a significant influence on DMI-induced cortisol secretion. Following combined administration with yohimbine (10 mg i.v.), cortisol secretion was higher compared to that after DMI alone in the same group (n = 6). DMI-induced cortisol secretion was significantly lower (p less than 0.01) following combined administration with prazosin (1 mg p.o. n = 12), as was DMI-induced ACTH secretion (p less than 0.05) in these subjects. The findings of these trials, especially those of the prazosin trial, indicate that DMI-induced stimulation of cortisol and ACTH secretion is attributable to the noradrenaline (NA) reuptake inhibiting effect of DMI, and that the stimulus is transmitted with the aid of noradrenergic alpha-1 receptors. Alpha-2 receptors possibly exert a negative influence on this effect.
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Woolston JL, Gianfredi S, Gertner JM, Paugus JA, Mason JW. Transient cortisol suppression in response to oral clonidine administration. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD PSYCHIATRY 1986; 25:102-4. [PMID: 3950257 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60605-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Boscaro M, Menegus AM, Mantero F. Alpha-1 adrenergic blockade: a possible mechanism of action of dopaminergic drugs on ACTH secretion. J Endocrinol Invest 1985; 8:523-6. [PMID: 2871065 DOI: 10.1007/bf03348553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In some cases of Cushing's syndrome both bromocriptine and lisuride inhibit the secretion of ACTH but it is still unknown if they act at pituitary or at higher levels. In order to evaluate this aspect, we set up an in vitro perfusion system with anterior pituitary cells from rats and from human ACTH-secreting tumors. In both preparations lysine-vasopressin (LVP) and epinephrine (EPI) stimulated ACTH secretion; prazosin (alpha-1 blocker) inhibited the EPI but not the LVP-mediated stimulation. Similarly, the infusion of lisuride blocked ACTH response to EPI but not to LVP. These data may suggest that "dopaminergic" drugs could act by an adrenergic blockade and not necessarily by a dopaminergic inhibition.
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Male violent offenders (n = 90) and residivious arsonists (n = 10) were investigated by urinary (24 h) free cortisol measurements at mental examination on a psychiatric department. The measurements were made with competitive protein-binding radioassay. Only among the habitually violent offenders with antisocial personality were the values low when compared with other violent offenders, antisocial personality without the habitually violent tendency, and male clinic personnel. Poor motivation already in school, truancy, attention deficit and undersocialized aggressive conduct disorder problems seemed to be connected with the low cortisol levels.
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Shimizu K. Effect of alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on ACTH secretion in intact and in hypothalamic deafferentated rats. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1984; 36:23-33. [PMID: 6150132 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.36.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The effect of systemically injected alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on ACTH secretion was studied in rats. Epinephrine, norepinephrine, phenylephrine, clonidine, B-HT933, and B-HT920 caused a significant and dose-related increase of the ACTH concentration in the serum. The order of median effective dose (ED50) of these drugs on ACTH secretion was as follows: epinephrine not equal to norepinephrine less than B-HT920 less than clonidine less than phenylephrine much less than B-HT933. Isoproterenol, a beta-adrenoceptor agonist, had no effect on ACTH secretion. ACTH secretion induced by epinephrine or phenylephrine was significantly inhibited by alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists, phentolamine and phenoxybenzamine. However, propranolol, a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, had no effect on ACTH secretion induced by epinephrine. Prazosin, an alpha 1-antagonist, and yohimbine, an alpha 2-antagonist, significantly blocked ACTH secretion induced by phenylephrine, an alpha 1-agonist, and B-HT933, an alpha 2-agonist, respectively. ACTH secretion induced by norepinephrine or a low dose of clonidine was inhibited by both prazosin and yohimbine. However, ACTH secretion induced by a high dose of clonidine was blocked only by prazosin. In rats with complete deafferentation of the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH), ACTH secretion induced by epinephrine, norepinephrine, and clonidine was significantly blocked, as compared with intact rats. These results suggest that both peripheral alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptors are involved in ACTH secretion induced by systemically injected adrenergic drugs in rats, and intact neural pathways entering the MBH are necessary for this ACTH releasing action.
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Gewirtz DA, Randolph JK, Goldman ID. Induction of taurocholate release from isolated rat hepatocytes in suspension by alpha-adrenergic agents and vasopressin: implications for control of bile salt secretion. Hepatology 1984; 4:205-12. [PMID: 6142855 DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840040207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hepatocytes incubated with 25 muM [3H] taurocholate rapidly deplete the extracellular medium of [3H] taurocholate and achieve a steady-state level of intracellular bile salt within 15 min. Exposure of cells at steady state with extracellular taurocholate to the catecholamines norepinephrine or epinephrine results in release of 3H from the cells into the incubation medium; the 3H released represents almost exclusively unmetabolized [3H] taurocholate. The hierarchy of effectiveness of the catecholamines, norepinephrine congruent to epinephrine greater than phenylephrine much greater than isoproterenol, is indicative of an alpha-adrenergic mechanism. Induction of [3H] taurocholate release by norepinephrine is inhibited by the alpha-antagonists phenoxybenzamine and phentolamine and by chlorpromazine, but is not affected by the beta-antagonist propranolol, further supporting an alpha-adrenergic basis for this phenomenon. Arginine vasopressin, at concentrations of 1 X 10(-9) M and greater, also induces bile salt release. Classical alpha- and beta-antagonists have minimal effects on vasopressin induced bile salt release. While the peptide hormones angiotensin and oxytocin are, alone, relatively ineffective inducers of bile salt release, oxytocin potentiates the induction of bile salt release by vasopressin, suggesting complex interactions with membrane receptor function. Further studies assessing the interaction of sympathetic neurotransmitters and peptide hormones with bile salt transport and release in the hepatocyte may provide insight into the regulation of hepatic secretory function in the intact animal.
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Laakmann G, Wittmann M, Gugath M, Mueller OA, Treusch J, Wahlster U, Stalla GK. Effects of psychotropic drugs (desimipramine, chlorimipramine, sulpiride and diazepam) on the human HPA axis. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1984; 84:66-70. [PMID: 6093182 DOI: 10.1007/bf00432027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The effects of acute administration of different psychotropic drugs on the human hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis were examined in six groups consisting of six healthy male subjects each, compared to placebo. Desimipramine (DMI) (50 mg IV) significantly stimulated ACTH secretion. DMI (25 and 50 mg IV) and chlorimipramine (CI) (25 mg IV) significantly stimulated cortisol, whereas neither sulpiride (100 mg IV) nor diazepam (10 mg IV) significantly affected secretion of cortisol, as compared to placebo. Since DMI primarily inhibits norepinephrine (NE) uptake and CI primarily that of serotonin (5-HT), whereas sulpiride is a dopamine(DA)-receptor blocker and diazepam a GABA-agonistic benzodiazepine derivative, NE and 5-HT uptake-inhibiting antidepressants seem to influence the HPA axis via the central nervous system.
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Lanes R, Herrera A, Palacios A, Moncada G. Decreased secretion of cortisol and ACTH after oral clonidine administration in normal adults. Metabolism 1983; 32:568-70. [PMID: 6302442 DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(83)90026-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Clonidine, a selective noradrenergic receptor agonist, has been shown to affect various hormones acutely. It increases growth hormone levels in animals and in human adults and children. The effect of clonidine upon ACTH and cortisol levels is not as clear, and both stimulatory and inhibitory effects have been reported. We found a significant decrease in plasma cortisol decreased. No changes in FSH, LH, or prolactin were seen after oral clonidine. Our data are compatible with an inhibitory noradrenergic mechanism modulating ACTH and cortisol secretion in normal adults.
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Checkley SA, Slade AP, Shur E. Growth hormone and other responses to clonidine in patients with endogenous depression. Br J Psychiatry 1981; 138:51-5. [PMID: 7272645 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.138.1.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The growth hormone response to clonidine was significantly less in 10 drug-free patients with endogenous depression than in 10 normal subjects who were individually matched with the patients for age and sex. The hypotensive and sedative effects of clonidine in the two groups were similar. The findings may indicate a defect at central alpha adrenoceptors at least in neuro-endocrine systems.
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Phillips PJ, Vedig AE, Jones PL, Chapman MG, Collins M, Edwards JB, Smeaton TC, Duncan BM. Metabolic and cardiovascular side effects of the beta 2-adrenoceptor agonists salbutamol and rimiterol. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1980; 9:483-91. [PMID: 6104976 PMCID: PMC1429961 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1980.tb05844.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The metabolic and cardiovascular side-effects of intravenous infusions of therapeutic doses of beta 2-adrenoceptor agonists salbutamol and rimiterol have been determined in four healthy male subjects. There were dose-related increases in plasma glucose, renin activity, serum insulin and heart rate, and significant hyperlactataemia and ketonaemia. There were dose-related decreases in plasma potassium, phosphate and corticosteroids and significant hypocalcaemia and hypomagnesaemia. The effects of equivalent molar amounts of salbutamol and rimiterol were similar. Whichever drug is used, special care is required with patients who may have abnormal glucose tolerance, potassium depletion, or be predisposed to lactic acidosis. Rimiterol may be preferable for infusion because of its short plasma half-life.
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Checkley SA. Neuroendocrine tests of monoamine function in man: a review of basic theory and its application to the study of depressive illness. Psychol Med 1980; 10:35-53. [PMID: 6247735 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700039593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Neuroendocrine tests are now available for studying monoamine function in the brains of patients with mental illness. Great care is required in the selection of drugs which act upon specific monoamine receptors to produce specific hormonal responses. Equal care is required in the control of biological variables which may influence hormonal release. Recently reported neuroendocrine studies of depressive illness are assessed in these terms. The results of these studies support the hypothesis that there is defective noradrenergic function in the brains of some patients with depressive illness.
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Morrish DW, Sproule BJ, Aaron TH, Outhet D, Crockford PM. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in extrinsic asthma. Chest 1979; 75:161-6. [PMID: 217570 DOI: 10.1378/chest.75.2.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in a well-defined, carefully selected group of 25 patients with extrinsic asthma was assessed by measuring plasma levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and of 11-deoxycorticol after administration of metyrapone and by measuring the level of cortisol following stimulation with cosyntropin. No difference was demonstrated between asthmatic subjects and 20 normal age-matched controls. In addition, neither the response of the level of ACTH nor of 11-deoxycortisol correlated with the duration of asthma or the severity as assessed in 23 patients by tests of pulmonary function. We conclude that there is no abnormality in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in patients with extrinsic asthma, and we suggest that previous data suggesting such an abnormality may reflect heterogeneous groups of patients, inaccurate methods, and the variability of normal responses to ACTH and stimulation with metyrapone.
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