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Systemic osmotic stimulation increases vasopressin and oxytocin release within the supraoptic nucleus. 1994

M Ludwig, and M F Callahan, and I Neumann, and R Landgraf, and M Morris

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157.

Vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) are released within the hypothalamic nuclear region in response to direct microdialysis with hypertonic solutions. Experiments were performed to determine whether systemic osmotic stimulation causes changes in intranuclear peptide release within the supraoptic nucleus (SON). A hypertonic sodium chloride solution was injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) or intravenously (i.v.) and microdialysis techniques were used to simultaneously monitor central and peripheral peptide release in urethane anesthetized rats. Systemic osmotic stimuli elicited increases in intranuclear peptide release which were delayed and long-lasting, occurring over a 2.5 h period. In contrast, plasma peptide levels peaked at 30-min after the stimulus. The results demonstrate that increased plasma sodium elicits an increase in VP and OT release into the extracellular space of the hypothalamic SON. The different patterns of peptide release in plasma and brain point toward the possibility of independently regulated release into the different compartments.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007274	Injections, Intraperitoneal	Forceful administration into the peritoneal cavity of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the abdominal wall.	Intraperitoneal Injections,Injection, Intraperitoneal,Intraperitoneal Injection
D007275	Injections, Intravenous	Injections made into a vein for therapeutic or experimental purposes.	Intravenous Injections,Injection, Intravenous,Intravenous Injection
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008297	Male		Males
D009994	Osmolar Concentration	The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per liter of solution. Osmolality is expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per kilogram of solvent.	Ionic Strength,Osmolality,Osmolarity,Concentration, Osmolar,Concentrations, Osmolar,Ionic Strengths,Osmolalities,Osmolar Concentrations,Osmolarities,Strength, Ionic,Strengths, Ionic
D010121	Oxytocin	A nonapeptide hormone released from the neurohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR). It differs from VASOPRESSIN by two amino acids at residues 3 and 8. Oxytocin acts on SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS, such as causing UTERINE CONTRACTIONS and MILK EJECTION.	Ocytocin,Pitocin,Syntocinon
D003956	Dialysis	A process of selective diffusion through a membrane. It is usually used to separate low-molecular-weight solutes which diffuse through the membrane from the colloidal and high-molecular-weight solutes which do not. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Dialyses
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012462	Saline Solution, Hypertonic	Hypertonic sodium chloride solution. A solution having an osmotic pressure greater than that of physiologic salt solution (0.9 g NaCl in 100 ml purified water).	Hypertonic Saline Solution,Hypertonic Solution, Saline,Sodium Chloride Solution, Hypertonic,Hypertonic Saline Solutions,Hypertonic Solutions, Saline,Saline Solutions, Hypertonic,Sodium Chloride Solutions, Hypertonic,Saline Hypertonic Solution,Saline Hypertonic Solutions,Solution, Hypertonic Saline,Solution, Saline Hypertonic,Solutions, Hypertonic Saline,Solutions, Saline Hypertonic
D012964	Sodium	A member of the alkali group of metals. It has the atomic symbol Na, atomic number 11, and atomic weight 23.	Sodium Ion Level,Sodium-23,Ion Level, Sodium,Level, Sodium Ion,Sodium 23