THE INFLUENCE OF PHOTOPERIOD ON THE HYPOTHALAMIC CONTENT OF BETA-ENDORPHIN AND THE LUTEINIZING-HORMONE RESPONSES TO NALOXONE AND TO STEROID WITHDRAWAL IN THE MALE SYRIAN-HAMSTER

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作者
JUSS, TS [1 ]
MAYWOOD, E [1 ]
WALKER, AP [1 ]
HERBERT, J [1 ]
HASTINGS, MH [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,DEPT ANAT,DOWNING ST,CAMBRIDGE CB2 3DY,ENGLAND
关键词
PHOTOPERIOD; OPIOIDS; STEROID-FEEDBACK; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; HAMSTER;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2826.1991.tb00304.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of inhibitory photoperiods upon opioidergic function, as determined by changes in the hypothalamic content of beta-endorphin and the luteinizing hormone response to opioidergic receptor blockade, in the male Syrian hamster over the course of gonadal involution and spontaneous gonadal recrudescence. Animals exposed to an 8 h light: 16 h dark cycle (8L: 16D) for 14 weeks underwent gonadal regression. Regression was also observed in animals held for 7 weeks on one of a range of short daylengths of between 11.5 h and 13.5 h, the degree of atrophy being greatest in those animals on the shortest daylength. The tissue concentration of beta-endorphin within the mediobasal hypothalamus was significantly higher in animals exposed to 8L: 16D for 14 weeks than in gonadally active controls held on long days (16L: 8D). Exposure to photoperiods of less than 13.5 h for 7 weeks also caused a significant increase in the beta-endorphin content of the mediobasal hypothalamus and there was a positive correlation between the concentration of beta-endorphin, the degree of gonadal atrophy and the shortness of the photoperiod. Endorphin levels within the preoptic area were not affected by photoperiodic treatments. Exposure of intact animals to 8L: 16D for 12 weeks caused gonadal atrophy and an associated loss of the luteinizing hormone responses to both naloxone and castration. Castrated animals receiving testosterone replacement (cast + T) also exhibited photoinhibition, in the form of reduced serum levels of luteinizing hormone, and this was similarly accompanied by a loss of sensitivity to naloxone and to withdrawal of steroid. Prolonged exposure to 8L:16D led to spontaneous reactivation of the gonadotrophic axis as a consequence of the development of scotorefractoriness. In both gondally intact animals and in cast + T groups, this was associated with a restoration, in parallel, of the luteinizing hormone responses to naloxone and to castration/steroid withdrawal. The time-course of the restoration of the response to steroid withdrawal in castrates was not significantly different to that observed in intact animals. The luteinizing hormone response to naloxone took significantly longer to redevelop in cast + T groups than it did in gonadally intact animals. The data demonstrate that central opioid systems are sensitive to photoperiod and are consistent with the hypothesis that opioids are involved in the neuroendocrine regulation of reproductive responses to daylength.
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