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

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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