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Nutritional influences on adrenal chromaffin cell development: comparison with central neurons.

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Lau, C; Seidler, FJ; Cameron, AM; Navarro, HA; Bell, JM; Bartolome, J; Slotkin, TA
Published in: Pediatr Res
November 1988

Neurotransmitter systems in the developing brain are generally protected from growth retardation associated with nutritional deprivation. To investigate if such protective mechanisms extend to similar tissues in the peripheral sympathetic system, maturation of the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla and development of their centrally derived splanchnic innervation were evaluated in rats whose nutritional status had been altered during the neonatal period by increasing (16-17 pups/litter) or decreasing (five to six pups/litter) the litter size from the standard (11-12 pups/litter). Ontogeny of adrenal catecholamine stores and activities of catecholamine-biosynthetic enzymes tyrosine hydroxylase and phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase were monitored, along with activity of choline acetyltransferase, a marker enzyme for the preganglionic neurons innervating the chromaffin cells. Neonatal nutritional deprivation slowed body weight gain and retarded development of the chromaffin cells, as evidenced by subnormal catecholamine stores, tyrosine hydroxylase and phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase activities. The effects persisted despite the complete recovery of body weights postweaning. The developmental alterations were not caused by overcrowding stress, as plasma corticosterone levels were not elevated in the large litter group. Neonatal nutritional enrichment promoted body weight gain but failed to enhance development of adrenal catecholamines; tyrosine hydroxylase and phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase activities were elevated only in the preweaning period. In contrast to effects on the chromaffin cells, altered neonatal nutritional status had only minor, transient effects on the development of the centrally derived cholinergic innervation of the adrenal and produced only small changes (less than 10%) in brain tyrosine hydroxylase activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Published In

Pediatr Res

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0031-3998

Publication Date

November 1988

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

583 / 587

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase
  • Pediatrics
  • Neurons
  • Chromaffin System
  • Chromaffin Granules
  • Animals
  • Analysis of Variance
 

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Lau, C., Seidler, F. J., Cameron, A. M., Navarro, H. A., Bell, J. M., Bartolome, J., & Slotkin, T. A. (1988). Nutritional influences on adrenal chromaffin cell development: comparison with central neurons. Pediatr Res, 24(5), 583–587. https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198811000-00009
Lau, C., F. J. Seidler, A. M. Cameron, H. A. Navarro, J. M. Bell, J. Bartolome, and T. A. Slotkin. “Nutritional influences on adrenal chromaffin cell development: comparison with central neurons.Pediatr Res 24, no. 5 (November 1988): 583–87. https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198811000-00009.
Lau C, Seidler FJ, Cameron AM, Navarro HA, Bell JM, Bartolome J, et al. Nutritional influences on adrenal chromaffin cell development: comparison with central neurons. Pediatr Res. 1988 Nov;24(5):583–7.
Lau, C., et al. “Nutritional influences on adrenal chromaffin cell development: comparison with central neurons.Pediatr Res, vol. 24, no. 5, Nov. 1988, pp. 583–87. Pubmed, doi:10.1203/00006450-198811000-00009.
Lau C, Seidler FJ, Cameron AM, Navarro HA, Bell JM, Bartolome J, Slotkin TA. Nutritional influences on adrenal chromaffin cell development: comparison with central neurons. Pediatr Res. 1988 Nov;24(5):583–587.

Published In

Pediatr Res

DOI

ISSN

0031-3998

Publication Date

November 1988

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

583 / 587

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase
  • Pediatrics
  • Neurons
  • Chromaffin System
  • Chromaffin Granules
  • Animals
  • Analysis of Variance