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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 269: E716-E722, 1995;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 269, Issue 4 E716-E722, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Identification of target cells for growth hormone's action in the arcuate nucleus

K. A. Burton, E. B. Kabigting, R. A. Steiner and D. K. Clifton
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA.

Growth hormone (GH) participates in the regulation of its own secretion by acting through a short-loop feedback mechanism to regulate the synthesis and secretion of somatostatin (SS) and growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH). The mechanism of GH's action in certain peripheral targets involves the induction of c-fos. Similarly, we hypothesized that GH induces the expression of c-fos mRNA in SS and GHRH neurons in the hypothalamus. Using in situ hybridization, we observed a significant induction of c-fos mRNA in the arcuate nucleus of human GH-treated compared with control animals. Contrary to our hypothesis, only 11% of GHRH mRNA-containing and 5% of SS mRNA-containing neurons colabeled for c-fos mRNA. These findings indicate that GH feedback on the hypothalamus includes the induction of c-fos mRNA primarily in neurons other than GHRH and SS in the arcuate nucleus and suggest that these unidentified neurons located in the arcuate nucleus are directly involved in transducing the effects of GH in the brain.


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