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Endocrinology, Vol 136, 622-628, Copyright © 1995 by Endocrine Society

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Apparent seasonal rhythms in hypothalamic neuropeptides in rats without photoperiod changes

G Bissette, D Griff, M Carnes, B Goodman, M Lavine and B Levant
Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.

An apparent seasonal or circannual rhythm in the hypothalamic content of CRF, TRH, neurotensin, and neuromedin N has been observed in 12 separate monthly coherts (n = 10@ or 130 total) adult, male Sprague- Dawley rats obtained at the same time each month from a single commercial supplier and held under constant (12:12) photoperiod conditions since birth. Both annual and 4-month (terannual) harmonics can be statistically discerned in these apparent rhythms, which exhibit cycles containing concentration changes up to 3-fold the lowest levels across the year (CRF increases 390%, TRH increases 173%, neurotensin increases 136%, and neuromedin N increases 150%). Hypothalamic somatostatin did not exhibit these statistically significant robust rhythms nor did any peptide in regions outside the hypothalamus. These data indicate that a mechanism allowing enhanced or diminished physiological availability of these regulatory neuropeptides at different times of the year may exist and may display distinct cycles even in the absence of normal photoperiod cues. Possible regulatory responses of pituitary receptor populations for these hypothalamic peptides must be considered. As certain of these neuropeptides also appear to be altered in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with major depression or schizophrenia, similar hypothalamic cyclic changes may underly psychiatric symptoms with seasonal periodicity.


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