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ArticleNeuropeptides2018

Effects of estradiol on lactoprivic signaling of the hindbrain upon the contraregulatory hormonal response and metabolic neuropeptide synthesis in hypoglycemic female rats.

Santosh K Mandal, Prem K Shrestha, Fahaad S H Alenazi, Manita Shakya, Hussain N Alhamami, Karen P Briski

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Article in Neuropeptides, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Santosh K MandalDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States.
Prem K ShresthaDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States.
Fahaad S H AlenaziDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States.
Manita ShakyaDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States.
Hussain N AlhamamiDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States.
Karen P BriskiDepartment of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201, United States. Electronic address: briski@ulm.edu.
University of Louisiana at Monroe · US

Funding

Estradiol Regulation of Hypothalamic Astrocyte GlycogenR01DK109382 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE · PI BRISKI, KAREN P · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
PIXE Spectrometric Mapping of Metabolic Pathway Input to GnRH NeuronsR21HD083389 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE · PI BRISKI, KAREN P · 2015 to 2016
$400k
NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD083389NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK109382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCaudal dorsomedial hindbrain detection of hypoglycemia-associated lactoprivation regulates glucose counter-regulation in male rats. In females, estradiol (E) determines hypothalamic neuroanatomical and molecular foci of hindbrain energy sensor activation. This study investigated the hypothesis that E signal strength governs metabolic neuropeptide and counter-regulatory hormone responses to hindbrain lactoprivic stimuli in hypoglycemic female rats.

methodsOvariectomized animals were implanted with E-filled silastic capsules [30 (E-30) or 300 μg (E-300)/mL] to replicate plasma concentrations at estrous cycle nadir versus peak levels. E-30 and E-300 rats were injected with insulin or vehicle following initiation of continuous caudal fourth ventricular L-lactate infusion.

resultsHypoglycemic hypercorticosteronemia was greater in E-30 versus E-300 animals. Glucagon and corticosterone outflow was correspondingly fully or partially reversed by hindbrain lactate infusion. Insulin-injected rats exhibited lactate-reversible augmentation of norepinephrine (NE) accumulation in all preoptic/hypothalamic structures examined, excluding the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus (DMH) where hindbrain lactate infusion either suppressed (E-30) or enhanced (E-300) NE content. Expression profiles of hypoglycemia-reactive metabolic neuropeptides were normalized (with greater efficacy in E-300 animals) by lactate infusion. DMH RFamide-related peptide-1 and -3, arcuate neuropeptide Y and kisspeptin, and ventromedial nucleus nitric oxide synthase protein responses to hypoglycemia were E dosage-dependent.

conclusionsDistinct physiological patterns of E secretion characteristic of the female rat estrous cycle elicit differential corticosterone outflow during hypoglycemia, and establish both common and different hypothalamic metabolic neurotransmitter targets of hindbrain lactate deficit signaling. Outcomes emphasize a need for insight on systems-level organization, interaction, and involvement of E signal strength-sensitive neuropeptides in counter-regulatory functions.

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AMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsEstradiolFemaleHypoglycemiaHypoglycemic AgentsHypothalamusInsulinNeuropeptidesNorepinephrineRats, Sprague-DawleyRhombencephalonAMP-Activated Protein KinasesEstradiolHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinNeuropeptidesNorepinephrineEstradioll-lactateNitric oxide synthaseNorepinephrinePre-pro-kisspeptinRFamide-related peptide-1/-3, neuropeptide Y

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PMCPMC6057805
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