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Title: The effect of acute heat exposure on rat pituitary corticotroph activation: The role of vasopressin
Authors: Jasnić, Nebojša 
Korać, Aleksandra 
Veličković, Ksenija 
Golić, Igor 
Đurašević, Siniša 
Lakić, Iva 
Vujović, Predrag 
Cvijić, Gordana
Keywords: ACTH;Corticosterone;Heat stress;Immunohistochemistry;Vasopressin
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2010
Journal: Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Abstract: 
The increased ambient temperature affects the function of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Since the correlation among vasopressin (VP), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone (CORT) responses to various stressors have been long recognized, the aim of this study was to reveal the aforementioned hormones production and morphology of the pituitary gland after exposure to acute heat. Rats were exposed to high ambient temperature (38°C) for 20 or 60 minutes. The circulating hormones were determined by an ELISA test or chemiluminescence's method. The results obtained show the elevation in ACTH and CORT secretion depending on the duration of heat exposure. The VP concentration increased only after prolonged exposure to heat (60 min). The pituitary morphology was examined by routine and fluorescent immunohistochemistry as well as electron microscopy. Observed changes in the anterior and posterior pituitary well corresponded to circulating hormones, regarding the volume density of ACTH-immunopositive cells, percentage of ACTH immunopositive area v. total area and number of VP-immunopositive containing varicose fibers per total area. Acute heat exposure also induced changes in shapes of ACTH-immunopositive cells. Cells appeared stellate with numerous slender cytoplasmic processes and degranulated, which is the most obvious after 20 min. In addition, immunopositivity of endothelial and anterior pituitary cells for VP suggests its influence on ACTH secretion.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/68
ISSN: 0239-8508
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-010-0071-6
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