Inhibition by lipopolysaccharide of naloxone-induced luteinising hormone secretion is accompanied by increases in corticotropin-releasing factor immunoreactivity in hypothalamic paraventricular neurones in female rats

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作者
He, D [1 ]
Akema, T [1 ]
机构
[1] St Marianna Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol, Miyamae Ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2168511, Japan
关键词
lipopolysaccharide; corticotropin-releasing factor; naloxone; luteinising hormone; immunohistochemistry;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01275.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
We have recently reported that lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a bacterial endotoxin, inhibits steroid-induced as well as naloxone-induced luteinising hormone (LH) secretion in ovariectomised oestrogen-primed rats. In the present study, we examined whether corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) may be involved in the LPS-induced inhibition of LH secretion. Unanaesthetised rats were treated with an intravenous (i.v.) injection of LPS (10 mug) or saline, followed by an i.v. injection of naloxone (20 mg/kg). After sequential blood samples were collected for determination of serum LH concentrations, the brains were fixed and CRF-immunoreactivity was examined histochemically. In control rats receiving saline injections, only a small number of CRF-immunoreactive (ir) cells were found in the parvocellular portion of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), and naloxone significantly increased serum LH concentrations within 10 min. By contrast, in LPS-treated rats, the number of CRF-ir cells was significantly greater than that in control rats, and the effect of naloxone was completely abolished. In a separate experiment, an intracerebroventricular injection of 5 mug CRF inhibited naloxone-induced LH release, mimicking the effect of LPS. These results suggest that LPS stimulates production of CRF in PVN neurones, which in turn inhibits LH secretion without opioidergic mediation.
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