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  • Title: Arginine vasopressin in Cushing's disease.
    Author: Wittert GA, Crock PA, Donald RA, Gilford EJ, Boolell M, Alford FP, Espiner EA.
    Journal: Lancet; 1990 Apr 28; 335(8696):991-4. PubMed ID: 1970107.
    Abstract:
    Bilateral simultaneous blood samples were taken from the inferior petrosal sinuses of nine patients with Cushing's disease for measurement of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), vasopressin (AVP), prolactin, growth hormone, luteinising hormone (LH), and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). Inter-sinus gradients for ACTH (range 3.3-18.2) and AVP (2.0-375) correctly lateralised the microadenoma in seven of these patients. One additional patient showed an increased gradient for AVP but not ACTH on the side of the tumour. The correlation between the AVP and ACTH concentrations in the petrosal sinus draining the microadenoma was significant. Petrosal sinus plasma concentrations of prolactin and growth hormone were also significantly higher on the side of the tumour than on the non-tumour side. Evidence against a non-specific tumour effect on the secretion of all pituitary hormones was the fact that in most cases the gradients for LH and FSH were not significant. It is proposed that increased delivery of AVP to part of the pituitary may result from an aberrant blood supply, and that AVP may interact with corticotropin releasing factor to promote tumour growth and ACTH release.
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