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Glucocorticoids inhibit D1B, but not D2, receptor-mediated effects on hypothalamic atrial natriuretic factor neurons.

Abstract：

:Recent evidence suggests that ANF neurons of the hypothalamus are dopamine sensitive, and the catecholamine may exert a direct stimulatory or inhibitory effect on the neurons mediated through D1 or D2 receptors, respectively, in a manner related to the differential dopamine binding sensitivity of the two receptor subtypes. Employing well characterized ANF RIA and colorimetric Northern blot analysis with synthetic oligonucleotide probes complementary to pro-ANF messenger RNA (mRNA), we report here the effect of dexamethasone (DM), a potent synthetic glucocorticoid, on DA-stimulated ANF neurons in long term primary cultures of neonatal rat hypothalamic cells. Although DM alone did not affect basal secretion of immunoreactive ANF, it approximately halved immunoreactive ANF secretion induced by D1 agonist, SKF38393 (P < 0.01). The effect of DM was both time dependent and dose related, with an EC50 of 0.1 nM; it was blocked by 100 nM RU38486 (P < 0.05), a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, but not by 100 nM RU28318, a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist. In addition, the effect of DM was mimicked by corticosterone (EC50, 10 nM), but not deoxycorticosterone. The increased expression of pro-ANF mRNA signal induced by the D1 agonist in culture was suppressed by DM in a similar manner. In contrast, DM did not modulate ANF production and secretion induced by D2 agonist, quinpirole. Furthermore, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction demonstrated that D1B, but not D2, receptor mRNA expression was selectively suppressed by glucocorticoids. Thus, we conclude that in monolayer cultures of rat hypothalamic neurons, glucocorticoids differentially modulate dopamine receptor-induced responsiveness of ANF neurons by down-regulating D1B, but not D2, receptor-mediated changes. Hence, in severe stress, high levels of circulating glucocorticoids may negate the D1B-induced stimulatory response but allow dopamine to suppress the function of hypothalamic ANF neurons through D2 receptor activation.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Lee D,Huang W,Copolov DL,Lim AT

doi

10.1210/endo.136.12.7588310

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-12-01 00:00:00

pages

5570-6

issue

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

136

pub_type

杂志文章

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Glucocorticoids inhibit D1B, but not D2, receptor-mediated effects on hypothalamic atrial natriuretic factor neurons.