title: Differential effects of forced swim-stress on the corticotropin-releasing hormone and vasopressin gene transcription in the parvocellular division of the paraventricular nucleus of rat hypothalamus.
abstract: Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and vasopressin (AVP) colocalize in the parvocellular division of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). We examined the effect of forced swim-stress on the CRH and AVP primary transcript (hnRNA) levels in the rat PVN by semi-quantitative in situ hybridization. CRH hnRNA increased markedly following 10-min swim-stress and returned to the basal level by 2 h. AVP hnRNA in the parvocellular division of the PVN, where AVP colocalizes with CRH, did not change significantly immediately after the swim-stress, but it did increase significantly 2 h after the stress. Pretreatment with dexamethasone abolished the increases in CRH and AVP hnRNA levels after the swim-stress. The present results demonstrate the differential effects of forced swim-stress on the CRH and AVP gene transcription in the parvocellular PVN, confirming the diverse response of the dual peptide-containing system in the face of acute stressful events.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Information Biology, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Ya-Qiu
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Hisayoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Yasumasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Katsuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Koreaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010286:Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013550:Swimming / Q000502:physiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014667:Vasopressins; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone