Neuroendocrine and immunocytochemical demonstrations of decreased hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis responsiveness to restraint stress after long-term social isolation

Endocrinology
M M SánchezD Saphier

Abstract

We have studied the effects of long-term social isolation of male Wistar rats, after early weaning (16 days), on the activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. In addition to studying basal HPA activity, the response of the HPA axis to 15 min of immobilization stress was examined. Plasma corticosterone concentrations were measured, and the relative weights of adrenal glands, thymus, and testes were obtained, the latter to check whether gonadal function was affected by the isolation paradigm. Moreover, we carried out a quantitative immunohistochemical study of pituitary ACTH and its hypothalamic secretagogues: CRF, arginine vasopressin (AVP), and oxytocin (OT), both at the level of the synthesizing cell bodies in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and of the releasing fibers in the median eminence (ME). Body weight and daily consumption of food and water were not altered, but social isolation caused a reduction in plasma corticosterone levels, both under basal and stress-stimulated conditions; this was correlated with an increased thymus weight, without affecting adrenal or testicular weights. The immunohistochemical study revealed that isolation caused a smaller increase in the number of ACTH-immunoreactive...Continue Reading

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