OXYTOCIN NEURON ACTIVATION AND FOS EXPRESSION - A QUANTITATIVE IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF LACTATION, PARTURITION, OSMOTIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR STIMULATION

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FENELON, VS
POULAIN, DA
THEODOSIS, DT
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[1] Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie Morphofonctionelle, INSERM CJF 91.10, Université de Bordeaux II
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10.1016/0306-4522(93)90286-O
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Q189 [神经科学];
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As c-fos expression is generally thought to be linked to neuronal activation, we compared Fos immunoreactivity in identified oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic neurons of female rats under various conditions known to elicit particular patterns of electrophysiological and secretory activity in these neurons. In suckled lactating animals, Fos immunoreactivity was visible only in rare oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic neurons of the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei, even after interruption of suckling for 18-72 h. On the other hand, many Fos-positive cells were visible in the nuclei of parturient rats; they involved about 25% of supraoptic oxytocinergic elements. Even more Fos-positive elements were visible in the nuclei of lactating rats that had also undergone 24 h water deprivation or haemorrhage. This involved about 75% vasopressinergic neurons and 25% oxytocinergic neurons of the supraoptic nucleus. Fos immunoreactivity was particularly conspicuous in oxytocin neurons of the anterior commissural nucleus after haemorrhage. After water deprivation or haemorrhage, Fos-positive oxytocinergic neurons in the supraoptic nucleus were significantly more numerous in virgin rats than in lactating rats. Our observations show that suckling, although a most potent stimulus for oxytocin neuron activation and oxytocin release, is inefficient in inducing Fos synthesis in magnocellular neurons, even after a period of interruption. On the other hand, parturition, water deprivation and haemorrhage were more potent stimuli for both neurosecretory systems. However, under each type of stimulation, only part of the neuronal populations within each nucleus were Fos-positive, suggesting that different stimulus-specific pathways are involved in these regulations. In so far as electrical activity is one possible mechanism for c-fos expression, comparison of the patterns of c-fos activation with the known electrophysiological behaviour of hypothalamic magnocellular neurons suggests that Fos synthesis in these neurons is linked to the number of action potentials generated over a period of time, more than to the pattern of electrical activity, whatever the physiological impact of this pattern. Furthermore, within a group of neurons, the heterogeneity of the response in terms of Fos synthesis may be correlated to the variability of the electrophysiological response within this group.
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