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Department of Regulation Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University (M.M., K.F., K.I.), 255 Shimo-ohkubo, Urawa 338-0825, Japan; and Discovery Research Laboratories I, Pharmaceutical Discovery Research Division, Takeda Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. (H.M., J.N., C.K., M.F.), 10 Wadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-4293, Japan
Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Kinji Inoue, Ph.D., Department of Regulation Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-ohkubo, Urawa 338-0825, Japan.
A1/A2 noradrenergic neurons in the medulla oblongata are well known to mediate stress signals in the central nervous system. Stress activates A1/A2 noradrenergic neurons, and then noradrenaline (NA) stimulates ACTH secretion through hypothalamic CRH. On the other hand, PRL-releasing peptide (PrRP) was recently isolated and was found to be produced by some A1/A2 neurons and the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus. We previously demonstrated that PrRP neurons make synapse-like contact with hypothalamic CRH neurons. In fact, we demonstrated that the central administration of PrRP stimulates CRH-mediated ACTH secretion. Furthermore, it has been reported that PrRP neurons in A1/A2 cell groups are colocalized with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), which is known as the marker enzyme of catecholaminergic neurons. These data strongly suggest that PrRP is related to stress-responsive signal transduction, and PrRP and NA cooperatively modulate the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. We therefore examined the effect of water immersion-restraint stress on c-Fos protein accumulation in PrRP- and TH-immunoreactive neurons. The synergistic effects of PrRP and NA on plasma ACTH elevation were also examined. The results clearly showed that c-Fos protein accumulation dramatically increased in the nuclei of A1/A2 and dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus PrRP neurons. In addition, it was revealed that c-Fos protein was specifically expressed in the PrRP/TH double positive cells in the A1/A2 cell groups. We also demonstrated that the central administration of PrRP and NA in combination at subactive (noneffective) doses clearly induced plasma ACTH elevation. Here we report that PrRP is a novel and important mediator of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis for the stress response.
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