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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
The hormonal response to stress is enhanced by oestrogen but inhibited by androgens. To determine underlying changes in activity of neuropeptide neurones in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN), we examined the effect of oestrogen and androgen treatment on restraint-induced c-fos mRNA, corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) heteronuclear RNA, and arginine vasopressin hnRNA expression in the PVN. Male rats were gonadectomized and injected with oestradiol benzoate (EB) or dihydrotestosterone propionate (DHTP; s.c., daily for 4 days). Rats were stressed by restraint for 10 min or 30 min before killing. Other rats were stressed for 30 min and then returned to their home cage for 20 min before killing. Corticosterone and adrenocorticotropic hormone responses to restraint stress were significantly greater in EB-treated rats and lower in DHTP-treated rats at the 30-min timepoint compared to controls. c-fos mRNA increases following stress were augmented by EB but inhibited by DHTP. CRH hnRNA expression increased significantly in the PVN in response to restraint stress, and this increase was augmented by EB treatment, but decreased by DHTP treatment. Vasopressin hnRNA expression was also increased in response to stress, and this increase was attenuated by DHTP. These findings indicate that gonadal hormones influence the reactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis to stress.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0953-8194
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
272-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Arginine Vasopressin, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Corticosterone, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Dihydrotestosterone, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Estradiol, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Pituitary-Adrenal System, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Restraint, Physical, pubmed-meshheading:15049858-Stress, Psychological
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Androgen inhibits, while oestrogen enhances, restraint-induced activation of neuropeptide neurones in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1670, USA. tlund@colostate.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.