These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Changes in adrenal status affect hypothalamic thyrotropin-releasing hormone gene expression in parallel with corticotropin-releasing hormone.
    Author: Kakucska I, Qi Y, Lechan RM.
    Journal: Endocrinology; 1995 Jul; 136(7):2795-802. PubMed ID: 7789304.
    Abstract:
    Glucocorticoids are well known to influence the secretion of TSH from the anterior pituitary gland, although it is uncertain whether its site of action is on the hypothalamus, pituitary, or both. To determine whether glucocorticoids can modulate the concentration of pro-TRH gene expression in hypothalamic hypophysiotropic neurons, we measured the content of pro-TRH messenger RNA (mRNA) in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of adrenalectomized and corticosterone- and dexamethasone-treated rats compared to that in control populations using in situ hybridization histochemistry. Adrenalectomy resulted in the expected increase in corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA in the PVN and was accompanied by a parallel rise in pro-TRH mRNA (68.3%; P < 0.05). Conversely, corticosterone and dexamethasone both resulted in profound reduction in corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA in the PVN and a parallel reduction in pro-TRH mRNA (43.2% and 73.2% respectively; P < 0.05). No significant differences were observed in pro-TRH mRNA in the lateral hypothalamus in any of the groups. These data suggest that glucocorticoids can influence the concentration of pro-TRH mRNA in a cell-specific manner and thereby could result in changes in the biosynthesis and release of TRH in hypophysiotropic neurons of the PVN.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]