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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

DOI 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90232-z

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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)
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90232-z
OpenAlex: W1970879453
Cited by: 203
References: 69
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FWCI: 29.07
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Brain Research (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › 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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