Journal article
The effects of acute stress and pubertal development on metabolic hormones in the rat
Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Vol.10(1), pp.101-106
2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/115109
PMID: 17454971
Abstract
A dramatic change in stress responsiveness occurs during pubertal development such that stress-induced corticosterone secretion in prepubertal animals takes 45-60 min longer to return to baseline compared to adults. Though corticosterone is known to influence energy mobilization, it is presently unknown whether stressors affect other hormones important in energy utilization and metabolism differentially in animals before and after pubertal development. Therefore, we exposed prepubertal (28 days of age) and adult (77 days of age) male rats to a single 30 min session of restraint stress in either the light or dark phase of the animals' light-dark (LD) cycle and measured plasma glucose, insulin and thyroid hormones (thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3)). We found similar stress-induced increases in plasma glucose levels in prepubertal and adult animals in the LD phase of the LD cycle. We also found that prepubertal animals have lower circulating insulin and total and free T4 levels, but higher total and free T3 levels compared to adults in both the light and dark phases (LD). Interestingly, insulin and thyroid hormone levels were unaffected by acute stress at either age or time of day. These data indicate that, despite prepubertal animals showing an extended glucocorticoid stress response after a single acute exposure to stress, glucose levels are similarly affected by acute stress in prepubertal and adult animals. Furthermore, though stage of development significantly affects the levels of peripheral metabolic hormones such as insulin, T4 and T3, acute stress does not appreciably influence their secretion before or after puberty.
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- Title
- The effects of acute stress and pubertal development on metabolic hormones in the rat
- Creators
- Russell D Romeo - 1Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY10021, USAIlia N Karatsoreos - 1Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY10021, USAFerhina S Ali - 1Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY10021, USABruce S McEwen - 1Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY10021, USA
- Publication Details
- Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Vol.10(1), pp.101-106
- Academic Unit
- Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Department of
- Publisher
- Informa UK Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900548091701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article