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The organizational effects of oxytocin on the central expression of estrogen receptor α and oxytocin in adulthood

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Kramer, Kristin M, Yoshida, Shigeto, Papademetriou, Eros, Cushing, Bruce S·2007·BMC Neuroscience

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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated that neonatal manipulation of oxytocin (OT) has effects on the expression of estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) and the central production of oxytocin observed in juveniles (at weaning, 21 days of age). The goal of this study was to determine whether the effects of neonatal manipulation of OT last into adulthood, and if the effects differ from those observed during the early postnatal period. On the first day of life, prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) received one of three doses of OT (High, 3 microg; Med, 0.3 microg; Low, 0.03 microg), an OT antagonist, or isotonic saline. Another group was handled, but not injected. Then as adults, brains were collected, sectioned, and stained for ER alpha or OT using immunocytochemistry. RESULTS: In females, treatment with OT increased the expression of ER alpha immunoreactivity in the ventral lateral septum (0.03 microg) and the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus and central amygdala (0.3 microg). In males, OT antagonist increased ER alpha expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. There was no apparent effect of OT on the number of cells producing OT in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. CONCLUSION: The current results suggest that neonatal manipulation of OT has long-term organizational effects on the expression of ER alpha in both males and females. The lack of effect on OT neurons in the paraventricular nucleus suggests that some developmental effects of OT previously observed in weanlings do not persist into adulthood. Developmental effects of OT on ER alpha patterns were sexually dimorphic, dose-dependent, and site-specific.

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Authors
Kramer, K. M., Yoshida, S., Papademetriou, E., & Cushing, B. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Memphis (US)
  • University of Illinois Chicago (US)
  • University of Akron (US)
Corresponding author
Cushing, Bruce S
Venue
BMC Neuroscience
Published
2007-09-07
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
71-71
ISSN
1471-2202 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2047400449
Cited by
36
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43
Citations by year
2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 5
FWCI
3.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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  • BMC Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • China Scholarship Council
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH 01992, K01MH001992)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD 41293, P01HD038490, HD38490, F32HD041293)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
oxytocin, estrogen receptor alpha, organizational effects, Microtus ochrogaster, ventromedial hypothalamus, central amygdala, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, paraventricular nucleus, oxytocin neurons, sexual dimorphism, dose-dependent effects
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Brain, Arvicolinae, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Oxytocin, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Estrogen Receptor alpha

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