title: [Brain serotonin in response to the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-adrenal system to insulin hypoglycemia].
abstract: The response of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system to insulin administration was studied in the male Wistar rats submitted to a strong and prolonged blockade of serotonin brain synthesis by repetitive injections of p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) a 5-hydroxytryptophan inhibitor. After 24, 48, 72 or 96 hours of either one or two doses of PCPA (250 mg/kg, i.p.) were administered with insulin (0.25 UI/kg s.c.), the plasmatic glucose and corticosterone levels being estimated at 0, 30 and 60 minutes. When PCPA was injected twice, the lapse between them was 48 hours. Insulin produced decrease of plasmatic corticosterone values and inhibition of the response to insulin, specially between 48 and 72 hours, for a single management of PCPA, and stronger and more prolonged for the double dose. The fall of serotonin content in brain maintained great correlation with effects referred above. The results support that stimulatory action of insulin on the pituitary-adrenal system is mediated by central serotoninergic neurons and reaffirms the hypothesis that serotonin (5HT) positively modulates the activity of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Córdoba, España.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montilla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montilla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinilla
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007328:Insulin; D008297:Male; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000032:analysis*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D012701:Serotonin; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D003345:Corticosterone
vernacular_title: Serotonina cerebral en la respuesta del eje hipotálamohipófiso-adrenal a la hipoglucemia insulínica.