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Gonadal steroids regulate oxytocin receptors but not vasopressin receptors in the brain of male and female rats. An autoradiographical study

Tribollet, Eliane, Audigier, Sylvie, Dubois-Dauphin, Michel, Dreifuss, Jean Jacques·1990·Brain Research

Abstract

The distribution and the amount of [3H]oxytocin binding were studied in the brain of adult rats of either sex, as well as in male and female castrates, some of which received injections of estradiol or testosterone. Intact males were treated with an aromatase inhibitor. Castration and inhibition of aromatase activity reduced, whereas estradiol and testosterone increased oxytocin binding, particularly in regions of the brain assumed to be involved in reproductive functions, such as the ventrolateral part of the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus and the islands of Calleja and neighbouring cell groups. Binding of oxytocin to the uterus was also estrogen-dependent. In the same animals, we also studied the distribution of [3H]vasopressin binding sites present in the brain. It was similar in males and females, and was not affected by experimentally manipulating gonadal hormone levels. In immunocytochemical studies we noticed, as others had previously, that the vasopressin content of certain areas of the rat brain was affected by castration, whereas the oxytocin innervation was not. These results are discussed in relation to the possible functions of oxytocin in the brain and of the lack of correspondence between the immunocytochemical and the autoradiographic data.

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Authors
Tribollet, E., Audigier, S., Dubois-Dauphin, M., & Dreifuss, J. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Geneva (CH)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author
Tribollet, Eliane
Venue
Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1990-03
Volume
511
Issue
1
Pages
129-140
ISSN
0006-8993 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1970879453
Cited by
203
References
69
Citations by year
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FWCI
29.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Brain Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Keywords
oxytocin receptor, vasopressin receptor, sex steroids, estradiol, testosterone, aromatase inhibition, castration, sex differences, ventromedial hypothalamus, islands of Calleja, uterus, reproductive function
MeSH terms
Animals, Arginine Vasopressin, Autoradiography, Brain, Estradiol, Female, Male, Oxytocin, Rats, Inbred Strains, Receptors, Angiotensin, Testosterone, Receptors, Vasopressin, Receptors, Oxytocin, Rats

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