Program Chair Poster Pick: The effect of glucocorticoids on circulating plasma concentrations of ghrelin in sheep

Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to release adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) culminates in glucocorticoid production in sheep. Glucocorticoids alter metabolic function, which suggests concentrations of metabolically important hormones, ghrelin and growth hormone (GH), mi...

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Published inJournal of animal science Vol. 98; p. 377
Main Authors Kay, Carson, Keisler, Duane, Daniel, Jay A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Champaign Oxford University Press 01.11.2020
Subjects
Adrenocorticotropic hormone
Animal sciences
Dexamethasone
Ghrelin
Glucocorticoids
Growth hormones
Hormones
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
Hypothalamus
Injection
Intravenous administration
Pituitary
Plasma
Radioimmunoassay
Sheep
Studies
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Summary:Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to release adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) culminates in glucocorticoid production in sheep. Glucocorticoids alter metabolic function, which suggests concentrations of metabolically important hormones, ghrelin and growth hormone (GH), might be affected by components of the HPA axis. To clarify the relationship between the HPA axis and these hormones in ruminants, 10 Katahdin ewe lambs (1 year old; 43.3 +/- 1.3 kg) received an intravenous injection of ACTH (0.2 pg/kg BW) or saline. In a second experiment, the same lambs received an intravenous injection of the synthetic glucocorticoid, dexamethasone (DEX; 2 mg/kg BW) or saline. Blood samples were collected in 15 min intervals from 1 h before injection to 2 h after. Plasma concentrations of cortisol, ghrelin, and GH were analyzed by radioimmunoassay analysis. Data were tested for effect of treatment (saline or ACTH and saline or DEX), time, and treatment by time interaction using procedures for repeated measures with JMP software (version 10; SAS Inst. Inc.). Cortisol concentrations increased in response to both ACTH and dexamethasone administration (P < 0.0001). Neither ghrelin nor GH concentrations were affected by ACTH or DEX administration (P > 0.4372). These data confirm ACTH influences cortisol secretion but suggest neither ACTH nor glucocorticoids impact plasma concentrations of ghrelin and GH in sheep.
ISSN:0021-8812
1525-3163