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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 261: E395-E401, 1991;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 261, Issue 3 E395-E401, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Does intracarotid PGE2 increase plasma ACTH concentration in conscious adult ewes?

T. A. Cudd and C. E. Wood
Department of Physiology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.

The hypothesis that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is a circulating mediator of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion in sheep was tested in conscious adult ewes using 30-min carotid artery infusions of 0, 5, 10, 100, and 500 ng.kg-1. min-1 PGE2 in saline. ACTH, cortisol, and aldosterone were significantly increased during the 500 ng.kg-1.min-1 infusion (166 +/- 61 to 233 +/- 38 pg/ml, 27 +/- 5 to 45 +/- 2 ng/ml, and 52 +/- 11 to 85 +/- 25 pg/ml, respectively). PGE2 infusions of 100 ng.kg-1.min-1 increased ACTH from 104 +/- 31 to 168 +/- 31 pg/ml and cortisol from 18 +/- 5 to 42 +/- 2 ng/ml. PGE2 infusions did not increase arginine vasopressin, plasma renin activity, or hematocrit. Heart rate and mean arterial pressure were minimally but significantly increased during the 500 ng.kg-1.min-1 infusion, from 84.9 +/- 2.8 to 99.3 +/- 5.4 beats/min and 95.5 +/- 1.8 to 101.0 +/- 3.4 mmHg, respectively. In a second study to test whether lower infusion rates of PGE2 increase plasma ACTH in sheep with lower resting hormone concentrations, sheep were infused and sampled through a tether system, preventing any disturbances due to human contact the day of an experiment. For all infusion rates ACTH baselines were less than or equal to 55 +/- 17 pg/ml, and cortisol baselines were less than or equal to 6 +/- 3 ng/ml.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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