title: Long-term effects of neuropeptide-Y on the rat adrenal cortex.
abstract: Adult female rats, intact or dexamethasone suppressed, were i.p. injected twice a day for 4 consecutive days with 0.5 ug neuropeptide-Y (NPY). In intact rats, NPY lowered serum ACTH and aldosterone levels, and had no effects either on serum and adrenal corticosterone or the morphology of the adrenal cortex. In dexamethasone-treated rats, NPY again decreased serum aldosterone concentration. Moreover, it caused a small but significant drop both in the volume of zona fasciculata cells and the adrenal content of corticosterone. These findings seem to suggest an inhibitory effect of NPY on the function of rat zona glomerulosa and perhaps zona fasciculata.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, Poznan Academy of Medicine, Poland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lesniewska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miskowiak
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Nussdorfer
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Malendowicz
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors; D015384:Zona Glomerulosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D000450:Aldosterone; D003907:Dexamethasone; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D003345:Corticosterone