DEPLETION OF HYPOTHALAMIC GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE BY NEONATAL MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE TREATMENT REVEALS AN INHIBITORY EFFECT OF BETAMETHASONE ON GROWTH-HORMONE SECRETION IN ADULT-RATS

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作者
CORDER, R [1 ]
SAUDAN, P [1 ]
MAZLAN, M [1 ]
MCLEAN, C [1 ]
GAILLARD, RC [1 ]
机构
[1] ST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSP,PROT HORMONE UNIT,LONDON EC1A 7BE,ENGLAND
关键词
Arcuate nucleus; Glucocorticoid; Glucocorticoid receptor; Growth; Growth hormone-releasing hormone; Somatostatin;
D O I
10.1159/000125321
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Rats were treated with monosodium glutamate (MSG), 4 mg/g on alternate days for the first 10 days of life, to induce lesions of the arcuate nucleus and destroy the majority of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) neurones. At 10 weeks of age, control (n = 42) and MSG-treated (n = 36) male rats were used to test the effect of glucocorticoids on growth hormone (GH) secretion. Each treatment group was divided into six study groups to determine the effect of betamethasone (BM), administered either 3 or 20 h prior to sacrifice, alone and in combination with hypoglycaemia (insulin 0.1 U/100 g). BM treatment of male rats was without effect on plasma GH levels in control animals. In contrast, glucocorticoid administered either 3 h before sacrifice or the previous evening significantly reduced circulating GH (p < 0.001) in MSG-treated animals. The difference in plasma GH response to BM pretreatment in control rats and those with lesions of the arcuate nucleus indicates a hypothalamic action of glucocorticoids, presumably on somatostatin and GHRH neurones. In control animals the effects appear to be counterbalancing, but following destruction of GHRH neurones an uncompensated inhibitory influence was observed. Male MSG-treated rats had lower body weight (-25%) and reduced hypothalamic GHRH (-89%) and pituitary GH content (-69%) compared to male controls. Female rats which had undergone the same neonatal MSG treatment (n = 40) when sacrificed I week after their male counterparts showed similar reductions in body weight (-15%), hypothalamic GHRH (-74%), and pituitary GH (-67%). Interestingly, the hypothalamic concentration of GHRH in control female rats (n = 39) was only 41% of male controls, suggesting an important effect of sex hormones on GHRH neurones. © 1990 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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