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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 267: E32-E38, 1994;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 267, Issue 1 E32-E38, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Lesions of hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei do not prevent the effect of estradiol on energy and fat balance

A. Dagnault and D. Richard
Departement de Physiologie, Faculte de Medecine, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.

The chronic effects of estradiol (E2) on energy balance have been investigated in ovariectomized rats with hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei (PVH) lesions. Body weight and food intake were monitored throughout the E2 treatment, which lasted 26 days. At the end of this treatment, rats were decapitated, and their carcasses were processed to determine the body contents in energy, fat, and protein. Plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone were determined by radioimmunoassay and protein-binding assay at the end of the study. Regardless of whether they were sham- or PVH-lesioned, E2-treated rats ate, expended, and gained significantly less energy than untreated animals. In addition, E2-treated rats deposited less fat and protein than the rats not receiving E2. In contrast to the E2 treatment, PVH lesions accelerated the gains in energy and fat regardless of whether the rats were treated with E2 or with a placebo. There were no interaction effects of PVH lesions and the E2 treatment on energy or fat gains. Plasma levels of corticosterone and ACTH were higher in E2-treated rats than in animals receiving the placebo treatment. The present results provide evidence that the hypothalamic PVH is not an essential neuroanatomical structure in the effects of E2 on energy and fat balances.


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