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  • Title: Cholecystokinin octapeptide and the daily rhythm of vasopressin and oxytocin release.
    Author: Morawska-Barszczewska J, Guzek JW, Kaczorowska-Skóra J.
    Journal: Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes; 1996; 104(2):164-71. PubMed ID: 8740941.
    Abstract:
    The daily rhythm of neurohypophysial hormone release was monitored in rats given intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) CCK-8 (50 ng/10 microliters--once daily over five days). In animals injected i.c.v. with vehicle solution (0.9% NaCl) plasma oxytocin and vasopressin concentrations were seen to rise significantly over the hours of daylight, decreasing during the night. The changes seen in the neurohypophysial vasopressin and oxytocin content were inversely related to the plasma concentrations. Under i.c.v. treatment with CCK-8, the daily rhythm of the vasopressin and oxytocin release was similar to daily rhythm in the control group; respective figures were, however, reduced for the hypothalamus and neurohypophysis as well as increased for the blood plasma. It is suggested that CCK-8 may be involved in some circadian regulatory processes related to vasopressin and oxytocin release from the rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system.
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