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Ultradian rhythm of basal corticosterone release in the female rat: dynamic interaction with the response to acute stress
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The present study investigated the dynamic regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and its significance to acute stress responsiveness in the female rat. An automated, frequent blood-sampling technique allowed the circadian rhythm of corticosterone to be resolved into a series of pulses. These were equally distributed (mean interval, 50.9 ± 3.7 min) throughout the 24-h cycle, but their magnitude varied significantly, being higher between 1800–2200 h (137 ± 9 ng/ml) than between 0600–1000 h (75 ± 17 ng/ml). This pattern of release indicates continuous, but variable, activity of the axis throughout the day. The pulsatile ultradian rhythm suggested alternate periods of secretion and inhibition, which were found to have a profound effect on the corticosterone responses to acute stress. Noise stress (10 min, 114 decibels) evoked a transient increase in corticosterone, which reached a maximum (377 ± 87 ng/ml) 20 min after onset. However, within this group (n = 26) the response varied depending on the underlying basal activity. When stress coincided with a rising (secretory) phase of a pulse, corticosterone concentrations rose to 602 ± 150% of mean basal concentrations (P < 0.001). In contrast, when stress coincided with a falling (nonsecretory) phase of a pulse, a significantly smaller response, no greater than a basal pulse, was evoked. Thus, the alternate periods of secretion and inhibition generating basal hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal activity are an important determinant of responses to acute stress.
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“Upon stress, the intensity and duration of the HPA response both depend on the specific nature of the encountered stressor (5, 11, 12). The precise circadian or ultraradian phase at which stress occurs also profoundly influences the systemic release of GCs, since higher levels are secreted when the challenge coincides with rising pulses (13).”
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“new experimental [9-15] and theoretical [16-27] results offer enough evidence to support the indispensable roles of ultradian oscillatory dynamics of HPA hormones levels for normal physiology.”
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“there are several experimental observa -tions showing that acute stress induces different effects depending on the phase of the ultradian secretion pulse at which the stress has been induced [11, 13-15].”
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“the same acute stress (5 min white noise stress of 114 dB) applied either in the ascending (secreting) and interpulse phase or during the descending (non-secreting) phase of corticosterone ultradian rhythm evoked significant increase of corticosterone level only when it had been applied during the ascending [13-15] or interpulse [15] phase of ultradian basal corticosterone pulse.”
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“according to which the HPA axis response to stress depends on the ultradian phase (Fig. 2)”
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“Numerical simulations (Figs. 2, 3) reproduced the empirically well established notion that the same stimulus applied at slightly different time points, may induce different, even opposite changes in cortisol levels in the same individual [13-15].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Windle, R. J., Wood, S. A., Shanks, N., Lightman, S. L., & Ingram, C. D.
- Affiliations
- Bristol Royal Infirmary (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Windle, R. J.
- Venue
- Endocrinology
- Publisher
- The Endocrine Society
- Published
- 1998-02-01
- Volume
- 139
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 443-450
- ISSN
- 0013-7227 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7170
- OpenAlex
- W2148022513
- Cited by
- 276
- References
- 37
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- FWCI
- 4.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- 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
- ultradian rhythms, corticosterone, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, acute stress response, noise stress, pulsatile hormone secretion, circadian rhythm, female rats
- MeSH terms
- Activity Cycles, Acute Disease, Animals, Circadian Rhythm, Corticosterone, Female, Noise, Sex Characteristics, Stress, Physiological, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Rats
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