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ArticlePituitary2017

Impairment of osmotic challenge-induced neurohypophyseal hormones secretion in sepsis survivor rats.

Nilton Nascimento Santos-Junior, Luís Henrique Angenendt Costa, Carlos Henrique Rocha Catalão, Alexandre Kanashiro, Tarek Sharshar, Maria José Alves Rocha

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Article in Pituitary, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nilton Nascimento Santos-JuniorDepartment of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Luís Henrique Angenendt CostaDepartment of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Carlos Henrique Rocha CatalãoDepartment of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Alexandre KanashiroDepartment of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Tarek SharsharInstitut Pasteur Human Histopathology and Animal Models Unit, Paris, France.
Maria José Alves RochaDepartment of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida do Café s/n, CEP 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. mjrocha@forp.usp.br.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRInstitut Pasteur · FRUniversidade Federal de São Carlos · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background/purposeRecent studies have reported that sepsis survivors show impaired central nervous system functions. The osmoregulation in this post-sepsis condition has not been well investigated. In the present study, we evaluated the secretion of neurohypophyseal hormones, arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT), and water intake induced by osmotic challenge in survivor rats.

methodsWistar rats were submitted to sepsis by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Five days after CLP surgery, the survivor and naive animals were stimulated with an osmotic challenge consisting of hypertonic saline administration. Thirty minutes later, blood and brain were collected for determination of osmolality, nitrite, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, AVP and OT levels and c-fos expression analysis of hypothalamic supraoptic nuclei (SON), respectively. In another set of sepsis survivor animals, water intake was measured for 240 min after the osmotic stimulus.

resultsHigh levels of nitrite and IL-1β, but not IL-6, were found in the plasma of sepsis survivors and this long-term systemic inflammation was not altered by the osmotic challenge. Moreover, the AVP and OT secretion (but not the osmolality) and c-fos expression in SON were significantly attenuated in CLP survivor animals. Additionally, there was no alteration in the water intake response induced by osmotic challenge in the sepsis survivor group.

conclusionThe results suggest that the inflammatory components mediated a persistent impairment in the component of the osmoregulatory reflex affecting the secretion of neurohypophyseal hormones in sepsis survivor animals.

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AnimalsHypothalamusInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6NitritesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosRatsRats, WistarSepsisInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6NitritesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosCecal ligation and puncturec-FosCytokinesHypertonic salineWater intake

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