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Regulation of plasma antidiuretic hormone in the dehydrated kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis M.).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3360285     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay was used to measure plasma antidiuretic hormone (plasma arginine vasopressin, PAVP) concentrations in a conscious desert-adapted mammal, the banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis; 131 +/- 2.3 g body mass), during normal hydration and in response to progressive dehydration. Simultaneous measurements of PAVP and plasma osmolality (POSM) in these experiments permitted determination of the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system-osmoreceptor set point and sensitivity to extracellular hyperosmolality during dehydration. In normally hydrated kangaroo rats, acclimated to room temperature (20-24 degrees) and fed a dry grain diet, POSM and PAVP averaged 308.6 +/- 0.7 mosmol/kg H2O and 6.0 +/- 0.7 pg/ml (2.2 +/- 0.2 microU/ml), respectively (means +/- SE). In separate groups of animals subjected to 48, 96, 144, or 192 hr of dehydration, POSM and PAVP increased in a parallel linear manner with time to maxima of 329.7 +/- 2.4 mosmol/kg H2O and 68.8 +/- 4.4 pg/ml (24.9 +/- 1.6 microU/ml), respectively, at 192 hr of dehydration. Thus, a highly correlated and significant relationship between POSM and PAVP (r2 = 0.941, P less than 0.001) exists in dehydrated kangaroo rats, quantitatively defined by the linear regression equation PAVP (pg/ml) = 2.99 (POSM - 306.4), with an apparent osmotic threshold for AVP release at a POSM of 306.4 mosmol/kg H2O.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Authors:
J N Stallone; E J Braun
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  General and comparative endocrinology     Volume:  69     ISSN:  0016-6480     ISO Abbreviation:  Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.     Publication Date:  1988 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1988-06-02     Completed Date:  1988-06-02     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370735     Medline TA:  Gen Comp Endocrinol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  119-27     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Arginine Vasopressin / blood*
Body Weight
Dipodomys / blood*
Electrolytes / blood
Hematocrit / veterinary
Osmolar Concentration
Radioimmunoassay
Rodentia / blood*
Water Deprivation / physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AM-16294/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS; HL-07249/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Electrolytes; 113-79-1/Arginine Vasopressin

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