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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 281: R1140-R1145, 2001;
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Vol. 281, Issue 4, R1140-R1145, October 2001

Hypocretin/orexin suppresses corticotroph responsiveness in vitro

Willis K. Samson and Meghan M. Taylor

Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104

The hypocretin/orexins (Hcrts/ORXs) are peptides produced in neurons in the lateral hypothalamic area that project to neuroendocrine centers in the hypothalamus. Hcrt/ORX receptors are present in the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary gland. We examined the possibility that the Hcrts/ORXs, which we have demonstrated previously to act in the brain to stimulate sympathetic function, could alter stress hormone secretion by a direct pituitary action. In vitro studies revealed a dose-related inhibitory effect of the Hcrts/ORXs on corticotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated ACTH secretion that appeared to be mediated via the orexin-1 receptor and to be expressed at doses (threshold dose 1 nM orexin A) similar to the affinity constant for the receptor. The effect was not due to abrogation of the cAMP response of the corticotroph to corticotropin-releasing hormone and was not pertussis toxin sensitive, suggesting a non-Gi-mediated mechanism. Instead, a Gq-mediated signaling mechanism was indicated by the ability of protein kinase C blockade with calphostin C to reverse the inhibitory action of orexin A. Orexin A and orexin B did not significantly alter basal ACTH secretion in vitro and did not alter basal or releasing factor-stimulated secretion of luteinizing hormone, prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone or growth hormone from cells harvested from male or random-cycle female donors. Our data suggest a direct, pituitary action of the Hcrts/ORXs to modulate the endocrine response to stress and identify the potential cellular mechanism of a unique biological action of the peptides in the anterior pituitary gland.

adrenocorticotropin; pituitary; hypothalamus; hypocretin; orexin


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