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Effect of Corticotropin Releasing Factor Injected Into the Median Eminence on Growth Hormone Secretion in Male Rats

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We determined the dose-response relationship and examined the time-related effect of CRF (corticotropin releasing factor) injected directly into the Median Eminence (ME) on GH (growth hormone) secretion in conscious intact and castrated male rats. Doses of 0.25, 0.75, 1, and 1.5 nmol CRF dissolved in 1 μl of saline, or saline alone in the controls, were injected into the ME, and blood samples collected through indweling catheters implanted in the jugular vein, 30, 60, 90, and 120 min post-injection to determine plasma GH levels by RIA. After 120 min the animals were decapitated. Trunk blood of decapitated animals was used to determine plasma testosterone and glucose levels. CRF at all the doses studied significantly decreased plasma GH in castrated and intact animals. The results suggest that in male as in female rats, CRF inhibits by itself GH secretion, at least in part, by a central action in the ME; all the doses of CRF studied suppressed GH secretion in castrated and intact males; finally, CRF at ME levels may participate in a variety of stress-related responses, including growth inhibition, through GH suppression.

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Frias, J., Ruiz, E. & Ortega, E. Effect of Corticotropin Releasing Factor Injected Into the Median Eminence on Growth Hormone Secretion in Male Rats. Neurochem Res 24, 715–718 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020719227235

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