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Endocrinology, Vol 128, 504-508, Copyright © 1991 by Endocrine Society

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Neuroendocrine regulation of adrenal 5'-monodeiodination during acute cold exposure in the rat. I. Effects of hypophysectomy

B Anguiano, C Aceves, L Navarro, A Ramirez del Angel, M Luna, G Perera and C Valverde
Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidad NAcional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria.

Circulating levels of T4, T3, corticosterone, noradrenaline, and adrenaline, as well as 5'-monodeiodinase activity (5'-MA) were measured in control and hypophysectomized rats acutely exposed to cold environment (15-120 min, 4 C). In addition to the well known activation of the sympathoadrenomedullary system and the hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal and-thyroid axes, cold exposure was followed by a rapid and sustained increase of 5'-MA in the hypothalamus, and a byphasic course of activation in the adrenal gland in control rats. The adrenal rapid activation (30 min) corresponded to the medulla and the slower activation (120 min) to the cortex. Both, the basal adrenal 5'-MA and the response to cold in adrenal and hypothalamus were 2-fold higher in hypophysectomized rats compared to control. The time course of enzyme activation in these structures suggests that: 1) organ-specific increases in 5'-MA may be associated to a simultaneous rise in their metabolic and/or functional activity, 2) the triggering mechanisms involves an immediate sympathetic signal activating the hypothalamic- adrenal medulla response and a pituitary signal eliciting a slower adrenocortical response, and 3) the compensatory sympathetic hyperactivity after panhypopituitarism contribute to enhance both the adrenal enzyme basal activity and the hypothalamic and adrenal hyperresponse to cold stress.


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