Corticotropin releasing factor increases the adrenocortical responsiveness to adrenocorticotropin |
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Authors: | E De Souza G R Van Loon |
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Institution: | (1) Veterans Administration Medical Center (III) and Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky, 40511 Lexington, Kentucky, USA;(2) Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | Summary In the course of studying the plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone responses to synthetic corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), we noted some disparity in the responses. A higher dose (20 g compared with 5 g per rat i.a.) produced an equal plasma ACTH but greater plasma corticosterone response in adult male rats. Thus, we examined the possibility that CRF increases adrenocortical responsiveness to ACTH. CRF significantly (p<0.0005) increased the plasma corticosterone response to ACTH in rats pretreated with dexamethasone. Thus, synthetic CRF increases corticosterone secretion in rats not only by stimulating ACTH secretion, but also by increasing the adrenocortical responsiveness to ACTH.Acknowledgments. This research was supported by grant MT-5183 from the Medical Research Council of Canada and by the Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky. |
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Keywords: | Rat adrenocortical responsiveness ACTH plasma corticosterone plasma corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) |
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