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Endocrinology Vol. 138, No. 5 2089-2097
Copyright © 1997 by The Endocrine Society

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Gonadal Steroid Modulation of Vasopressin Secretion in Response to Osmotic Stimulation1

Kerry L. Swenson and Celia D. Sladek

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois 60064

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Celia D. Sladek, Ph.D., Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064. E-mail: sladekc{at}mis.finchcms.edu

As deficiencies in osmotic stimulation of vasopressin (VP) messenger RNA (mRNA) content in castrated rats have been reported, experiments were performed to determine whether castration altered osmotically stimulated VP release in vitro. Perifused explants of the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system were obtained from sham and gonadectomized male rats. There were no significant differences in VP release stimulated by a ramp increase in the osmolality of the culture medium between the two groups. As testosterone was undetectable in the perifusion medium, the effect of addition of testosterone on osmotically stimulated VP release was evaluated. Testosterone (3 ng/ml) and its metabolites, estradiol (50 pg/ml) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT; 3 ng/ml), inhibited osmotically stimulated VP release in hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system explants. The osmotically induced increase in VP mRNA content was also inhibited by testosterone and estradiol, but not by DHT. Neither estradiol nor DHT affected stimulus-secretion coupling of hormone secretion, because they did not inhibit KCl (25 mM)-stimulated VP release. BSA conjugates of estradiol (200 nM) and DHT (10 mM) also inhibited osmotically stimulated VP release, and VP mRNA content was inhibited by BSA-estradiol, but not by BSA-DHT, suggesting nongenomic actions of the steroids. The differential effects of estradiol and DHT on VP mRNA imply distinct actions for these steroids, and the DHT mechanism uncouples regulation of VP release from VP mRNA content.




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