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Vasopressin and Endocrine Function

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In the field of endocrinology, there is an increasing number of examples of hormones that were originally identified and named on the basis of some particular effects and then subsequently found to exert other effects as well, some of which turn out to be of greater physiological importance than the original ones. Vasopressin (VP) is one of the earlier examples of this phenomenon in that it was identified and named because of its vasopressor properties; only later was it recognized that it is of even more importance as an antidiuretic hormone. Still later, this same peptide began attracting attention for its effects on the functions of a variety of endocrine organs, and it is this aspect of the physiology of VP that is addressed in this chapter. Because the earlier literature in this field was reviewed in 1968 by Doepfner, we concentrate on the advances since that time. As is often the case, many of these advances in our knowledge of the physiology involved have been possible only because of recent technological advances. For example, assays for the hormones affected by VP (as well as for VP itself) have improved dramatically, and the structures of some of these hormones (e.g., the hypophys-iotropic hormones) have only recently been elucidated. Also, the availability of synthetic agonists and antagonists for VP is proving to be as valuable to the study of the receptors involved in endocrine effects as it has been for the more classical pressor and antidiuretic effects of VP. Finally, the widespread use of the Brattle-boro rat, with its congenital lack of VP, has made a particularly strong contribution to the study of the endocrine effects of VP. The endocrinopathies of the Brat-tleboro rat are considered to some extent in this chapter, but the reader is also referred to a recent monograph (Sokol and Valtin, 1982) for further details.

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