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- Title
Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic Modulation of Diurnal Corticosterone, Stress Reactivity, and Cardiovascular Homeostasis in Male Rats.
- Authors
Thrivikraman, K.V.; Kinkead, Becky; Owens, Michael J.; Rapaport, Mark H.; Plotsky, Paul M.
- Abstract
Introduction: Activation of the locus coeruleus-noradrenergic (LC-NA) system during awakening is associated with an increase in plasma corticosterone and cardiovascular tone. These studies evaluate the role of the LC in this corticosterone and cardiovascular response. Methods: Male rats, on day 0, were treated intraperitoneally with either DSP4 (50 mg/kg body weight) (DSP), an LC-NA specific neurotoxin, or normal saline (SAL). On day 10, animals were surgically prepared with jugular vein (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal [HPA] axis) or carotid artery (hemodynamics) catheters and experiments performed on day 14. HPA axis activity, diurnally (circadian) and after stress (transient hemorrhage [14 mL/kg body weight] or air puff-startle), and basal and post-hemorrhage hemodynamics were evaluated. On day 16, brain regions from a subset of rats were dissected for norepinephrine and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) assay. Results: In DSP rats compared to SAL rats, (1) regional brain norepinephrine was decreased, but there was no change in median eminence or olfactory bulb CRF content; (2) during HPA axis acrophase, the plasma corticosterone response was blunted; (3) after hemorrhage and air puff-startle, the plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone response was attenuated, whereas the corticosterone response was dependent on stressor category; (4) under basal conditions, hemodynamic measures exhibited altered blood flow dynamics and systemic vasodilation; and (5) after hemorrhage, hemodynamics exhibited asynchronous responses. Conclusion: LC-NA modulation of diurnal and stress-induced HPA axis reactivity occurs via distinct neurocircuits. The integrity of the LC-NA system is important to maintain blood flow dynamics. The importance of increases in plasma corticosterone at acrophase to maintain short- and long-term cardiovascular homeostasis is discussed.
- Subjects
LOCUS coeruleus; CORTICOSTERONE; HOMEOSTASIS; CORTICOTROPIN releasing hormone; BLOOD flow
- Publication
Neuroendocrinology, 2022, Vol 112, Issue 8, p763
- ISSN
0028-3835
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000520192