Effect of bilateral lesions of the ovine fetal hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei at 118-122 days of gestation on subsequent adrenocortical steroidogenic enzyme gene expression.

Abstract:

:Fetal adrenal steroid hydroxylase activity and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression increases concurrent with the preterm rise in fetal plasma cortisol during late gestation in sheep. By placing bilateral lesions of the fetal paraventricular nuclei (PVN) we have previously demonstrated that the fetal PVN is necessary for the initiation of parturition, the late gestation preparturient increase in fetal plasma cortisol and ACTH, and ACTH secretion in response to fetal hypoxemia and hypotension. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of the fetal PVN in the late gestation increase in expression of mRNA for 17 alpha-hydroxylase (P-450(17)alpha), side-chain cleavage (P-450SCC), 11 beta-hydroxylase (P-450(11)beta), 21 hydroxylase (P-450C21), and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 beta-HSD) in the fetal adrenal. Ovine fetuses were subjected to bilateral lesions of the PVN (Lx; n = 4) or sham lesions (Sh; n = 4) at 118-122 days gestational age (dGA). Lx fetuses were recovered by cesarean section at greater than or equal to 157 dGA; Sh fetuses were recovered immediately postbirth at normal term (146.5 +/- 0.9 dGA). In addition, uninstrumented fetuses were obtained at 145-147 dGA by cesarean section (n = 3). RNA obtained from individual fetal adrenals was subjected to Northern analysis. Lx of the fetal PVN decreased (P less than or equal to 0.05) mRNA for P-450(17)alpha and P-450SCC but did not affect adrenocortical mRNA for P-450C21, P-450(11)beta, or 3 beta-HSD compared to Sh. To determine if the differences observed between Lx and Sh for P-450(17)alpha and P-450SCC mRNA were due to the process of labor, we compared uninstrumented 145-147 dGA to Sh. No differences in adrenal mRNA content were observed for P-450(17)alpha or P-450SCC between these groups. We conclude that in late gestation fetal sheep an intact fetal PVN is necessary for normal gene expression of adrenocortical P-450(17)alpha and P-450SCC while P-450(11)beta, P-450C21, and 3 beta-HSD may be primarily regulated by factors not dependent upon a functional PVN.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Myers DA,McDonald TJ,Nathanielsz PW

doi

10.1210/endo.131.1.1612010

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-07-01 00:00:00

pages

305-10

issue

1

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

131

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