Abstract:
:The avian neurohypophyseal hormone arginine vasotocin (AVT) is known to be involved in the regulation of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) release by interacting with the VT2 receptor (VT2R), which is homologous to the mammalian vasopressin V1b receptor (V1bR). To study the role of glucocorticoid in the expression and regulation of the VT2R, corticosterone (1 or 5mg/bird/day) or metapyrone (10 or 50mg/kg body weight/day) were administered daily for 8 days to white leghorn chickens. While low doses were ineffective, a high dose of corticosterone upregulated, while metapyrone downregulated, pituitary VT2R mRNA expression and ir-VT2 in the cephalic lobe of the anterior pituitary. Further, although no change was observed in the expression of POMC mRNA, adrenal activity (as judged by the changes in total cholesterol, 3beta HSD, cortical cord width and cortico-medullary ratio) exhibited suppression or stimulation following treatment with corticosterone or metapyrone, respectively. In view of the classical negative feedback effect of glucocorticoids at the level of hypothalamic CRH neurons and pituitary corticotrophs, high corticosterone level-induced suppression of the CRH-ACTH axis may have been masked by VT2R-mediated stimulation of corticotrophs, and hence the POMC mRNA level did not change. The same argument could be used for metapyrone. It is concluded that expression of the VT2 receptor is regulated by glucocorticoids in chicken. These findings confirm a role for AVT, mediated by the VT2 receptor, in regulating ACTH secretion during stress and suggest that corticotroph VT2 receptor levels may be dynamically regulated depending on the HPA axis activity.
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Gen Comp Endocrinoljournal_title
General and comparative endocrinologyauthors
Sharma D,Cornett LE,Chaturvedi CMdoi
10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.12.019subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-04-01 00:00:00pages
208-15issue
2eissn
0016-6480issn
1095-6840pii
S0016-6480(09)00005-7journal_volume
161pub_type
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