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  • Title: Impairment of osmotic challenge-induced neurohypophyseal hormones secretion in sepsis survivor rats.
    Author: Santos-Junior NN, Costa LHA, Catalão CHR, Kanashiro A, Sharshar T, Rocha MJA.
    Journal: Pituitary; 2017 Oct; 20(5):515-521. PubMed ID: 28589293.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Recent studies have reported that sepsis survivors show impaired central nervous system functions. The osmoregulation in this post-sepsis condition has not been well investigated. In the present study, we evaluated the secretion of neurohypophyseal hormones, arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT), and water intake induced by osmotic challenge in survivor rats. METHODS: Wistar rats were submitted to sepsis by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Five days after CLP surgery, the survivor and naive animals were stimulated with an osmotic challenge consisting of hypertonic saline administration. Thirty minutes later, blood and brain were collected for determination of osmolality, nitrite, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, AVP and OT levels and c-fos expression analysis of hypothalamic supraoptic nuclei (SON), respectively. In another set of sepsis survivor animals, water intake was measured for 240 min after the osmotic stimulus. RESULTS: High levels of nitrite and IL-1β, but not IL-6, were found in the plasma of sepsis survivors and this long-term systemic inflammation was not altered by the osmotic challenge. Moreover, the AVP and OT secretion (but not the osmolality) and c-fos expression in SON were significantly attenuated in CLP survivor animals. Additionally, there was no alteration in the water intake response induced by osmotic challenge in the sepsis survivor group. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the inflammatory components mediated a persistent impairment in the component of the osmoregulatory reflex affecting the secretion of neurohypophyseal hormones in sepsis survivor animals.
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