Vol 48, No 2 (2010)
Original paper
Submitted: 2011-12-19
Published online: 2010-08-03
Effects of maternal deprivation on the somatotrophic axis and neuropeptide Y in the hypothalamus and pituitary in female lambs. The histomorphometric study.
Jolanta Polkowska, Marta Wańkowska
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-010-0024-0
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Folia Histochem Cytobiol 2010;48(2):299-305.
Vol 48, No 2 (2010)
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Submitted: 2011-12-19
Published online: 2010-08-03
Abstract
The effects of maternal deprivation on the somatotrophic axis and neuropeptide Y (NPY) neuronal system in the hypothalamus of female lambs were evaluated. Twelve-week-old lambs were divided into two groups: the control (lambs stayed with mothers) and maternally deprived (MD; lambs separated for 3 days from mothers). The expression of immunoreactive (ir) somatostatin in the neurons of the periventricular nucleus (PEV) and in nerve terminals of the median eminence (ME), growth hormone (GH) in the adenohypophyseal cells and NPY in the neurons of the PEV and arcuate (ARC) nuclei of the hypothalamus using immunohistochemistry followed by the image analysis were estimated. Concentrations of GH in the blood plasma were determined by radioimmunoassay. The expression of ir somatostatin in the PEV and ME, ir NPY in the ARC and PEV, ir GH in adenohypophyseal cells, and blood plasma GH concentrations were greater (p<0.05) in MD than in the control lambs. In conclusion, MD affects the somatotrophic axis by enhancement of GH secretion via restraining of somatostatin output. The simultaneous increase of expression of hypothalamic ir NPY suggests NPY involvement in the regulation of psychoemotional stress through the somatotrophic axis in the female lambs.
Abstract
The effects of maternal deprivation on the somatotrophic axis and neuropeptide Y (NPY) neuronal system in the hypothalamus of female lambs were evaluated. Twelve-week-old lambs were divided into two groups: the control (lambs stayed with mothers) and maternally deprived (MD; lambs separated for 3 days from mothers). The expression of immunoreactive (ir) somatostatin in the neurons of the periventricular nucleus (PEV) and in nerve terminals of the median eminence (ME), growth hormone (GH) in the adenohypophyseal cells and NPY in the neurons of the PEV and arcuate (ARC) nuclei of the hypothalamus using immunohistochemistry followed by the image analysis were estimated. Concentrations of GH in the blood plasma were determined by radioimmunoassay. The expression of ir somatostatin in the PEV and ME, ir NPY in the ARC and PEV, ir GH in adenohypophyseal cells, and blood plasma GH concentrations were greater (p<0.05) in MD than in the control lambs. In conclusion, MD affects the somatotrophic axis by enhancement of GH secretion via restraining of somatostatin output. The simultaneous increase of expression of hypothalamic ir NPY suggests NPY involvement in the regulation of psychoemotional stress through the somatotrophic axis in the female lambs.
Title
Effects of maternal deprivation on the somatotrophic axis and neuropeptide Y in the hypothalamus and pituitary in female lambs. The histomorphometric study.
Journal
Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Issue
Vol 48, No 2 (2010)
Article type
Original paper
Pages
299-305
Published online
2010-08-03
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DOI
10.2478/v10042-010-0024-0
Bibliographic record
Folia Histochem Cytobiol 2010;48(2):299-305.
Authors
Jolanta Polkowska
Marta Wańkowska