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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
Inflammatory stress due to infection by various micro-organisms is known to activate the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis through inflammatory mediators. Recently, pituitary-adenylate-cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) was shown to be located in corticotropin-releasing factor containing neurons of the medial parvocellular part of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (mpPVN). In the present study, we demonstrate that PACAP gene expression is induced in neurons of the mpPVN after intraperitoneal administration of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) which was accompanied by a marked increase in PACAP immunoreactivity in the external zone of the median eminence. As determined by quantitative in situ hybridization, PACAP gene expression was rapidly induced after 4 h and was elevated for 48 h, declining to normal levels after 72 h. A significant increase in PACAP mRNA was also observed following intraperitoneal injection of interleukin-1beta. PACAP gene expression was not induced by LPS in vagotomized animals, suggesting that the increase in PACAP mRNA following immune activation by LPS is mediated via the vagus nerve. The findings suggest that PACAP may function as a hypothalamo-pituitary-releasing factor during acute inflammation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0028-3835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Arthritis, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Corticosterone, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Endotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Pituitary-Adrenal System, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:10420095-Vagotomy
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
PACAP gene expression in neurons of the rat hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis is induced by endotoxin and interleukin-1beta.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. J.Hannibal@inet.uni2.dk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't