Plasma cortisol and hypothalamic monoamine responses in yellow perch <Emphasis Type="Italic">Perca flavescens</Emphasis> after intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Alf?H?HaukenesEmail author Bruce?A?Barton Kenneth?J?Renner |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA;(2) Aquaculture Fisheries Center, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR 71601, USA;(3) Present address: Serranus Consulting Ltd., RR 2, Maberly, ON, K0H 2B0, Canada |
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Abstract: | The concentrations of monoamines in the hypothalamus were determined in yellow perch Perca flavescens before and after injection with lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 3 mg kg−1 fish weight) or saline to test for the presence of neurochemical changes potentially associated with changes in plasma cortisol
characteristic of intraperitoneal (ip) challenge with LPS. In the first experiment, yellow perch were injected with saline
or LPS and the hypothalamus removed and plasma sampled before and at 0.5, 1.5, 3.0, and 6 h after injection. Plasma cortisol
was elevated in both saline- and LPS-injected fish through 1.5 h after injection and returned to levels resembling pre-injection
by 3 h after injection. Significantly higher amounts of cortisol in plasma from LPS-injected relative to saline-injected fish
were observed 6 h following injection. A significant decrease relative to levels observed 0.5–3 h after handling was observed
in serotonin concentrations at 6 h following LPS and saline injection with a concomitant increase in the ratio of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic
acid:serotonin. In the second experiment, hypothalamic monoamines were sampled before and at 3, 6, 9, 12, and 24 h after injection
with LPS or saline. Significant increases from pre-injection levels were observed in the ratio 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid:serotonin
at 9, 12, and 24 h after injection, but no differences were detected between LPS- and saline-injected fish. These results
support a model linking serotonergic system activation following handling stress, but no correlations with the sustained elevations
of plasma cortisol associated with inflammatory challenge were observed. |
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