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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 245: R53-R59, 1983;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 245, Issue 1 53-R59, Copyright © 1983 by American Physiological Society

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Integral as well as proportional adrenal responses to ACTH

M. E. Keller-Wood, J. Shinsako and M. F. Dallman

To characterize adrenal responses to ACTH, conscious dogs were infused for 40 min with normal saline or 20-1,500 ng/min alpha-ACTH. Plasma ACTH and corticosteroid levels were measured during the infusion and for 80 min after the end of the infusion. Half-maximal plateau corticosteroid responses were achieved with ACTH levels of 105 pg/ml (23 pM); a maximal plateau corticosteroid response (10.2 micrograms/100 ml) resulted from ACTH levels greater than 335 pg/ml (74 pM). When levels of ACTH between 335 and 3,000 pg/ml were achieved during the 40-min infusion, the duration of maximal corticosteroid levels was prolonged beyond the duration of the ACTH infusion. Plasma ACTH concentration decreased after the end of the infusion with a half-disappearance time of 3.6 +/- 0.2 min, but plasma corticosteroid concentrations and cortisol and corticosteroid secretory rates remained at or above the plateau secretory rates during the infusion and for about 80 min after the end of an infusion of 1,000 ng ACTH/min. When the total corticosteroid responses to the ACTH infusions were estimated, the relationship between the total corticosteroid response and the logarithm of the ACTH concentration was linear for 80-3,000 pg ACTH/ml.


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