EFFECT OF CHRONIC HYPERPROLACTINEMIA ON DAILY CHANGES OF GLUTAMATE AND ASPARTATE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE MEDIAN EMINENCE AND DIFFERENT HYPOTHALAMIC AREAS OF MALE RATS

The 24h changes of glutamate (GLU) and aspartate (ASP) werestudied in the median eminence (ME) and hypothalamic areas. It was analyzedwhether prolactin may change their daily patterns. The hypothalamic concentrationof these amino acids was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) with fluorometric detection. Plasma prolactin levels increased overthe 24h light-dark cycle after pituitary grafting compared to controls, andits circadian rhythm was disrupted. In controls, aspartate and glutamate inthe hypothalamic areas studied followed a specific daily variation or showedno rhythmicity. In the median eminence, hyperprolactinemia seem to phase advancethe aspartate or glutamate peaks from 16:00 to 12:00. In the mediobasal hypothalamus,hyperprolactinemia altered daily changes of aspartate and significantly decreasedits concentration. Also, it seems to delay the nocturnal glutamate peak comparedto controls. In the posterior hypothalamus, hyperprolactinemia did not changeaspartate and glutamate concentrations and their daily changes, although itincreased the glutamine concentration. These data show the existence of 24hchanges of amino acid concentration in three of the hypothalamic regions studied.Increased plasma prolactin levels differentially affected these patterns dependingon the hypothalamic area analyzed. (ChronobiologyInternational, 17(5), 631–643, 2000)

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