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. 2007 Jun-Jul;152(2-3):225-30.
doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.12.012. Epub 2006 Dec 30.

Changes of PACAP levels in the brain show gender differences following short-term water and food deprivation

P Kiss  1 , D Reglodi, A Tamás, A Lubics, I Lengvári, R Józsa, A Somogyvári-Vigh, Z Szilvássy, J Németh
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Changes of PACAP levels in the brain show gender differences following short-term water and food deprivation

P Kiss et al. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2007 Jun-Jul.

Abstract

Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a pleiotropic neuropeptide exerting diverse actions in the central and peripheral nervous systems. A few studies indicate that PACAP is involved in the regulation of feeding and water homeostasis. The aim of the present study was to investigate changes in PACAP38 concentrations in different brain areas following food or water deprivation in male and female rats. Rats were sacrificed 12, 36 and 84h after water or food removal. PACAP levels were determined by radioimmunoassay. Our results show that levels of PACAP decreased in the hypothalamus in both sexes after water deprivation, with a more marked, significant decrease in females at 12h. A decrease was observed also in the telencephalon, with a similar pattern in both genders: levels were lowest after 12h, and showed a gradual increase at the other two time-points. PACAP levels increased in the brainstem of male rats, while females had a decrease 12h after water deprivation. The pattern of changes in PACAP levels was very different after food deprivation. In male rats, PACAP levels showed a significant increase in the hypothalamus, telencephalon and brainstem 12h after the beginning of starvation. In females, a less marked increase was observed only in the hypothalamus while no changes were found in the other brain areas. Our results show a sensitive reaction in changes of endogenous PACAP levels to water and food deprivation in most brain areas, but they are differentially regulated in male and female rats.

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