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Hypothalamic-pituitary – adrenal axis-feedback control

Keller‐Wood, Maureen·2015·Comprehensive Physiology

Abstract

The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) is responsible for stimulation of adrenal corticosteroids in response to stress. Negative feedback control by corticosteroids limits pituitary secretion of corticotropin, ACTH, and hypothalamic secretion of corticotropin-releasing hormone, CRH, and vasopressin, AVP, resulting in regulation of both basal and stress-induced ACTH secretion. The negative feedback effect of corticosteroids occurs by action of corticosteroids at mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) and/or glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) located in multiple sites in the brain and in the pituitary. The mechanisms of negative feedback vary according to the receptor type and location within the brain-hypothalmo-pituitary axis. A very rapid nongenomic action has been demonstrated for GR action on CRH neurons in the hypothalamus, and somewhat slower nongenomic effects are observed in the pituitary or other brain sites mediated by GR and/or MR. Corticosteroids also have genomic actions, including repression of the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene in the pituitary and CRH and AVP genes in the hypothalamus. The rapid effect inhibits stimulated secretion, but requires a rapidly rising corticosteroid concentration. The more delayed inhibitory effect on stimulated secretion is dependent on the intensity of the stimulus and the magnitude of the corticosteroid feedback signal, but also the neuroanatomical pathways responsible for activating the HPA. The pathways for activation of some stressors may partially bypass hypothalamic feedback sites at the CRH neuron, whereas others may not involve forebrain sites; therefore, some physiological stressors may override or bypass negative feedback, and other psychological stressors may facilitate responses to subsequent stress.

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  • Glucocorticoid feedback negatively on the pituitary and hypothalamus to inhibit ACTH secretion.

    “From an endocrine perspective, a key role of glucocorticoid is to feedback negatively on the pituitary and hypothalamus to inhibit ACTH secretion (17).”

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Authors
Keller‐Wood, M.
Venue
Comprehensive Physiology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-06-24
Volume
5
Issue
3
Pages
1161-1182
ISSN
2040-4603 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1515955887
Cited by
131
References
324
Citations by year
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other
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Comprehensive physiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Keywords
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, negative feedback, corticosteroids, ACTH secretion, corticotropin-releasing factor, vasopressin, mineralocorticoid receptor, glucocorticoid receptor, non-genomic steroid action, proopiomelanocortin, stress response, psychological stress
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Feedback, Physiological

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