Stress and prolactin effects on bone marrow myeloid cells, serum chemokine and serum glucocorticoid levels in mice

被引:5
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作者
Dugan, Amy L. [1 ,2 ]
Schwemberger, Sandy [1 ]
Noel, Greg J. [1 ]
Babcock, George F. [1 ,3 ]
Ogle, Cora K. [1 ,3 ]
Buckley, Donna J. [4 ]
Horseman, Nelson D. [1 ]
Gregerson, Karen A. [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Shriners Hosp Children, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
[2] Univ Cincinnati, Dept Mol Cellular Physiol, Cincinnati, OH USA
[3] Univ Cincinnati, Dept Surg, Cincinnati, OH 45267 USA
[4] Univ Cincinnati, Coll Pharm, Cincinnati, OH 45267 USA
关键词
prolactin; corticosterone; myeloid cells; bone marrow; psychological stress;
D O I
10.1159/000117810
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Objective: Current evidence supports the conclusion that prolactin (PRL) is not an obligate immunoregulatory hormone and influences the immune system predominantly during stress conditions. In this study, we examined the impact of PRL on the psychogenic stress-induced responses of myeloid cells. Methods: Seven-week-old PRL+/- (normal) and PRL-/- (deficient) mice were exposed to a predator for 1 h/day on 3 consecutive days. Another group of PRL-deficient mice received either 1 pituitary graft (hyperprolactinemic) or sham surgery at 5 weeks of age, while PRL-normal mice only received sham surgery. Two weeks later, these mice were also subjected to predator exposure. One day after the last predator exposure session, all mice were killed and the bone marrow and blood harvested. Results: Significant differences in the myeloid cells between PRL-normal and PRL-deficient mice only occurred in stressed conditions. The median serum corticosterone levels were consistently higher in PRL-deficient mice. The implantation of a pituitary graft lowered the corticosterone levels to those observed in PRL-normal mice. The absolute number of immature neutrophils as well as the numbers of granulocyte macrophage, monocyte/macrophage and granulocyte colonies were significantly higher in the stressed PRL-deficient mice; however, only the increased number of immature neutrophils was reversed by pituitary grafting. Conclusions: Our findings support previous observations that PRL influences myeloid cells of the bone marrow most profoundly in stressed conditions. However, the mechanism by which PRL influences bone marrow myeloid cells during stress cannot be explained solely by its effect on serum corticosterone. Copyright (c) 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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页码:287 / 296
页数:10
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