Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)--a review.

Abstract:

:Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), a 41 amino acid polypeptide, has been isolated from ovine hypothalamic extracts, sequenced, and synthesized. It has a high potency for stimulating the secretion of corticotropin-like and beta-endorphin-like immunoactive substances in vitro and in vivo in laboratory animals and humans. The high concentration of CRF-like immunoactivity in hypophyseal portal plasma supports the hypothesis that CRF is the physiological hypothalamic factor. Human and rat CRF (rCRF) also have been purified and synthesized. They have an 83% sequence homology with ovine CRF (oCRF). oCRF-like activity has been found in human hypothalamus, pituitary stalk, posterior pituitary, thalamus, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, pons, medulla oblongata, spinal cord and in the adrenal, lung, liver, stomach, duodenum and pancreas. oCRF-like activity also has been found in the human placenta and in tissues producing ectopic ACTH. The action of CRF can be potentiated by vasopressin, oxytocin, epinephrine, norepinephrine, VIP, and angiotensin II. Intracerebroventricular administration of CRF in the rat produces prolonged elevations of plasma epinephrine, norepinephrine, glucose and glucagon; elevates mean arterial pressure and heart rate; increases motor activity and exploration in familiar surroundings and oxygen consumption; and decreases feeding and sexual behavior. Testing with CRF has enabled the separation of patients with hypothalamic and pituitary adrenal insufficiency. The CRF stimulation test has been useful in distinguishing pituitary from ectopic causes of Cushing's disease. The distribution of CRF within and beyond the hypothalamus provides an anatomical context for the observation that CRF can simultaneously activate and coordinate metabolic, circulatory and behavioral responses that are adaptative in 'stressful' situations. CRF not only stimulates the pituitary-adrenal axis in man, but it also influences several aspects of CNS function which may be of relevance to psychiatric illnesses.

journal_title

Psychoneuroendocrinology

authors

Emeric-Sauval E

doi

10.1016/0306-4530(86)90014-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1986-01-01 00:00:00

pages

277-94

issue

3

eissn

0306-4530

issn

1873-3360

journal_volume

11

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