CENTRAL SITES MEDIATING REPRODUCTIVE RESPONSES TO MELATONIN IN JUVENILE MALE SIBERIAN HAMSTERS

被引:83
作者
BADURA, LL
GOLDMAN, BD
机构
[1] Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs
关键词
SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; NUCLEUS-REUNIENS; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS OF THALAMUS; PHOTOPERIOD; MICRODIALYSIS; GONADAL MATURATION; PROLACTIN; MELATONIN; PINEAL;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(92)90172-6
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Juvenile male Siberian hamsters received infusions of varying doses of melatonin (MEL), or saline vehicle, via microdialysis probes implanted in brain regions which have previously been shown to contain MEL receptors. Daily infusions were 10 h in length and occurred during exposure to constant light on days 22-34 of age. All animals were sacrificed on day 35 and paired testis weights recorded prior to preparation of the brain tissue for histological evaluation of the infusion site. Some animals were also blood-sampled prior to sacrifice for determination of circulating levels of prolactin (PRL). Saline infusions did not have a significant effect upon gonadal maturation, regardless of the infusion site, when compared with unoperated control animals reared under similar photoperiod conditions. In contrast, animals which received infusions of 75 pg MEL into the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, or nucleus reuniens regions, showed a marked inhibition of gonadal growth. Infusions of this dose of MEL into various other neural regions (e.g. lateral hypothalamus, ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus) did not result in decreased testis weights at the time of sacrifice. Daily administration of 20 pg MEL inhibited gonadal maturation and resulted in decreased circulating PRL levels only when infused into the SCN region. For animals receiving the 7.5 pg dose, infusions into the midline thalamic nuclei were not successful in inhibiting testis growth, and infusions in the SCN region had only a marginal effect. These results indicate that endogenous MEL may influence at least one seasonal response in this species, i.e. reproductive responses to photoperiod, by acting at some or all of these central MEL binding sites.
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