Prolonged disruption of plasma beta-endorphin dynamics after trauma in the nonhuman primate.
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| Abstract |
Recent evidence has suggested that a circadian rhythm exists for plasma beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity. The purpose of the present study was to examine the long term effects of surgical trauma on plasma beta-endorphin dynamics. Blood samples for RIA were obtained from female baboons every 4 h for three 48-h periods: one beginning 1 week before surgical trauma, the second 30 min after surgical trauma, and the third 1 week after surgical trauma. Animals were subjected to laparotomy and 30-min anesthesia (n = 8), 5-min surgical trauma under 30-min anesthesia (low trauma; n = 8), or 20-min surgical trauma under 30-min anesthesia (high trauma; n = 8). Computer analysis of beta-endorphin levels as a function of clock time demonstrated a true preoperative circadian rhythm for all animals, with a mean of 87.9 pg/ml. In the immediate 48-h postoperative period, a postoperative alteration in circadian beta-endorphin dynamics occurred that was correlated with the severity of trauma. A disruption of circadian rhythms of plasma beta-endorphin occurred in the high trauma group only, in which it persisted for longer than 1 week after trauma. These studies establish a relationship between the alteration of circadian rhythmicity of plasma beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity and the magnitude of trauma and injury.
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| Authors | T K McIntosh |
| Journal | Endocrinology (Endocrinology) Vol. 120 Issue 5 Pg. 1734-41 (May 1987) ISSN: 0013-7227 [Print] United States |
| PMID | 2952490 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.) |
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