Effect of ovarian sex steroids on osmoregulation and vasopressin secretion in the rat
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- DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1986.250.4.E352
Effect of ovarian sex steroids on osmoregulation and vasopressin secretion in the rat
Abstract
Effects of sex steroids on osmoregulation were studied in intact and ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley rats treated for 2 wk with subcutaneously implanted hormone pellets containing 0.5 mg 17 beta-estradiol (E2) alone (group 1) or combined with 50 mg progesterone (PG; group 2) and 5.0 mg E2 alone (group 3) combined with PG (group 4). An additional group (5) of animals was given 14 daily injections with 100 micrograms/100 g body weight of E2. Controls for each group received vehicle alone. There were no alterations in basal plasma osmolality (Posmol) or vasopressin (PAVP), except for group 3 in which a small (2.5 mosmol/kg) decrement in Posmol was observed. However, mean PNa was decreased (0.9-3.4 meq/l) in hormone-treated rats, and alterations in Pglucose and/or Purea could not explain the Na-osmolal discrepancy. Intraperitoneal hypertonic saline resulted in stepwise increases in both Posmol and PAVP. Regression analysis of PAVP on Posmol demonstrated similar osmotic thresholds for AVP release in estrogen and control rats, but the slope (sensitivity of the response) was significantly (P less than 0.005) greater in hormone-treated animals. In contrast, the PAVP response to isosmotic volume depletion was not altered by estrogen. The enhanced response to osmotic stimuli could not be explained by alterations in plasma volume or pituitary AVP content and differed from PAVP -Posmol relationships observed by us previously in gravid rats. In other experiments Posmol and PAVP were similar during all stages of the estrus cycle, while Posmol was approximately equal to 10 mosmol/kg lower in 21-day gravid rats. These data demonstrate that, although estradiol has little effect on basal osmoregulation or hemodynamically mediated AVP release, PAVP responses to osmotic stimuli are markedly enhanced. These osmoregulatory effects, however, differ from those observed during rodent gestation.
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