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Allopregnanolone, as a major central factor affecting secretory activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and its stress response in pregnant sheep

2015/19/B/NZ9/03706

Keywords:

physiology of pregnancy stress response hypothalamus pituitary adrenals allopregnanolone brain-derived neurotrophic factor CRH ACTH cortisol salsolinol

Descriptors:

  • NZ9_2: Animal production
  • NZ4_8: Neuroendocrinology
  • NZ4_6: Endocrinology

Panel:

NZ9 - Fundamentals of applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, forestry, horticulture, animal production and fishery, food and nutrition sciences, industrial biosciences, environmental biotechnology and remediation

Host institution :

Instytut Fizjologii i Żywienia Zwierząt im. Jana Kielanowskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Tomasz Misztal 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 8

Call: OPUS 10 - announced on 2015-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 192 060 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-06-28

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-12-27

Project duration:: 42 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. System do otrzymywania ultra-czystej wody (80 000 PLN)
  2. System do wizualizacji żeli (25 000 PLN)
  3. Eppendorf ThermoStat™ C z wkładem wymiennym typu SmartBlock na 24 probówki (10 000 PLN)
  4. Karta sterująca do urządzenia GC-MS.
  5. Pompa do perfuzji push-pull (mikroiniekcyjna) CMA 402 i strzykawki 4 szt. (30 000 PLN)
  6. Wirówka MiniSpin® z rotorem (5 000 PLN)
  7. Komora laminarna do PCR z lampą UV i stołem (12 000 PLN)
  8. Wirówka laboratoryjna z rotorem (16 835 PLN)
  9. Recyrkulator UVR-M (2 200 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. The effect of allopregnanolone on enzymatic activity of the DNA base excision repair pathway in the sheep hippocampus and amygdala under natural and stressful conditions
    Authors:
    Tomasz Misztal, Paweł Kowalczyk, Patrycja Młotkowska, Elżbieta Marciniak
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2020, tom: 21, strony: ID 7762), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21207762 - link to the publication
  2. Allopregnanolone reduces neuroendocrine response to acute stressful stimuli in sheep
    Authors:
    Tomasz Misztal, Patrycja Młotkowska, Elżbieta Marciniak, Anna Misztal
    Academic press:
    Journal of Endocrinology (rok: 2020, tom: 244, strony: 201-211), Wydawca: Bioscientifica Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1530/JOE-19-0376 - link to the publication
  3. Temporal changes in the cerebrospinal fluid allopregnanolone concentration and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in sheep during pregnancy and early lactation
    Authors:
    Tomasz Misztal, Marian R. Czauderna, Patrycja Młotkowska, Anna Misztal, Elżbieta Marciniak
    Academic press:
    Livestock Science (rok: 2020, tom: 231, strony: Article 103871), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.livsci.2019.103871 - link to the publication
  4. Effects of allopregnanolone on central reproductive functions in sheep under natural and stressful conditions
    Authors:
    Patrycja Młotkowska, Elżbieta Marciniak, Katarzyna Roszkowicz-Ostrowska, Tomasz Misztal
    Academic press:
    Theriogenology (rok: 2020, tom: 158, strony: 138-147), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.09.010 - link to the publication