NADPH-diaphorase activity and vasopressin in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus following adrenalectomy

Neuropeptides
F SánchezR Vázquez

Abstract

In order to investigate novel neuroendocrine functions of the nitric oxide synthesizing enzyme a combined histochemical and immunocytochemical study focused on the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus was conducted to check a possible influence of bilateral adrenalectomy on three different neuronal populations, NADPH diaphorase (ND)-positive, vasopressin (VP)-immunoreactive and neurons expressing both markers. In the adrenalectomized animals, a slight increase (P > 0.05) of the number of ND magnocellular neurons was detected, whereas no changes were observed in the ND-parvicellular population and in the neurons showing coexistence (magno- and parvicellular) (P > 0.05). By contrast, following bilateral adrenalectomy, a significant increase (P < 0.05) in the VP-parvicellular population (anterior, medial and periventricular subdivisions) was detected, which was reversed when the animals received daily doses of corticosterone. These results suggest that nitric oxide is not closely related to the hypothalamic regulation of the adenocorticotropin secretion exerted by the paraventricular nucleus.

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