Brain Catecholamines in the Regulation of ACTH Secretion

2015 ◽  
pp. 100-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Van Loon
Keyword(s):  
Brain Catecholamines ◽  
Acth Secretion

Crosstalk between Sonic hedgehog and CRH pathways leading to a synergic effect on ACTH secretion

2004 ◽  
Vol 112 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Vila ◽  
M Theodoropoulou ◽  
M Papazoglou ◽  
J Stalla ◽  
U Renner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sonic Hedgehog ◽  
Synergic Effect ◽  
Acth Secretion

Retinoic acid and PPAR-γ ligands synergistically inhibit ACTH secretion and proliferation in murine corticotroph tumor cells

2005 ◽  
Vol 113 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Labeur ◽  
M Papazoglou ◽  
M Theodoropoulou ◽  
J Stalla ◽  
S Laupheimer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Acth Secretion ◽  
Ppar Γ

IMITATION OF THE ADRENO-CORTICAL RESPONSE TO SURGERY BY INTRAVENOUS INFUSION OF SYNTHETIC HUMAN ACTH

1973 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Henrik Kehlet ◽  
Christian Binder ◽  
Christen Engbæk
Keyword(s):  
Intravenous Infusion ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Cortical Response ◽  
Secretion Rate ◽  
Major Surgery ◽  
Acth Secretion ◽  
Dose Rates

ABSTRACT The concentration of plasma corticosteroids was followed during major surgery and during the infusion of synthetic human ACTH at dose rates varying from 2400 ng to 15 000 ng per hour. The results showed that the time course of plasma corticosteroids during major surgery was intermediate between that obtained during the infusion of 7500 and 15 000 ng synthetic human ACTH per hour. This gives an estimated ACTH secretion rate during major surgery of between 7500 ng and 15 000 ng per hour.

ADRENERGIC CONTROL MECHANISM FOR ACTH SECRETION IN MAN

1973 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshikatsu Nakai ◽  
Hiroo Imura ◽  
Teruya Yoshimi ◽  
Shigeru Matsukura
Keyword(s):  
Intravenous Infusion ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Blocking Agent ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Plasma Acth ◽  
Acth Secretion ◽  
Glucose Levels ◽  
Alpha Receptors ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Adrenergic Blocking

ABSTRACT In order to determine if an adrenergic mechanism is involved in the secretion of corticotrophin (ACTH), the effect of adrenergic-blocking or -stimulating agent on plasma ACTH, cortisol and glucose levels was studied in normal human subjects. The intravenous infusion of methoxamine, an alpha adrenergic-stimulating agent, caused a rise in plasma ACTH and cortisol. This increase in plasma ACTH and cortisol was significantly inhibited by the simultaneous administration of phentolamine, an alpha adrenergic-blocking agent, in combination with methoxamine. The intravenous infusion of propranolol, a beta adrenergic-blocking agent, caused no significant change in plasma ACTH and cortisol, although it enhanced the plasma ACTH response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia. On the other hand, alpha adrenergicblockade by intravenous infusion of phentolamine significantly suppressed the plasma ACTH response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia. These studies suggest a stimulatory effect of alpha receptors and a possible inhibitory effect of beta receptors on ACTH secretion in man.

Acute dexamethasone suppression of ACTH-secretion stimulated by CRH, AVP, and hypoglycemia

1987 ◽  
Vol 116 (3_Suppl) ◽  
pp. S45-S46 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. HOHNLOSER ◽  
G. K. STALLA ◽  
K. VON WERDER ◽  
O.A. MÜLLER
Keyword(s):  
Acth Secretion ◽  
Dexamethasone Suppression

The role of hypothalamic catecholamines in the regulation of ACTH secretion in the rat

1988 ◽  
Vol 117 (4_Suppl) ◽  
pp. S129
Author(s):  
H. LEHNERT ◽  
J. BEYER ◽  
U. KRAUSE ◽  
D.K. REINSTEIN ◽  
R.J. WURTMAN
Keyword(s):  
Acth Secretion

THE INFLUENCE OF 17α-METHYL-19-NORTESTOSTERONE ON THE ENDOCRINE FUNCTION OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX

1960 ◽  
Vol XXXIII (III) ◽  
pp. 388-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. G. Huis in 't Veld ◽  
B. Louwerens ◽  
P. A. F. van der Spek
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Adrenal Cortex ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Chorionic Gonadotrophin ◽  
Endocrine Function ◽  
List Type ◽  
Prolonged Administration ◽  
Acth Secretion ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Normal Males

ABSTRACT In two male patients and two castrated males, the influence of corticotrophin (ACTH) on the urinary excretion of neutral 17-ketosteroids and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids was determined before and during a period in which patients were treated with 5 mg 17α-methyl-19-nortestosterone (MNT) daily. In two castrated males, moreover, the influence of chorionic gonadotrophin and ACTH + chorionic gonadotrophin on the urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroids and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids was determined before and during a period of treatment with 5 mg MNT daily. Prolonged administration of MNT causes a decrease in the urinary excretion of neutral 17-ketosteroids and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids both in the normal males and in the male castrates. ACTH caused an increase in the urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroids and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids before and during MNT administration. During MNT administration this increase (expressed in mg/24 hours) was ≤ the increase produced by the same dose of ACTH prior to MNT administration. In two male castrates treated with MNT, chorionic gonadotrophin caused no increase in the urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroids and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids. The effect obtained before and during MNT administration by administration of ACTH + chorionic gonadotrophin did not exceed the effect obtained by the same dose of ACTH alone. Our conclusion is that the effect of MNT on the excretion of adrenocortical steroids is not due to the inhibition of the ACTH secretion. The possibility of a direct effect of MNT on the adrenal cortex has not been excluded with complete certainty. A change in the corticosteroid metabolism due to the influence of MNT, however, must also be taken into consideration.

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