Abstract. Ovine corticotrophin-releasing factor (oCRF) (1 μg/kg) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) (1 μg/kg) were injected iv in sheep, both separately and in combination. Plasma levels of immunoreactive ACTH (IRACTH), cortisol, and aldosterone were measured for 3 h after the injections. Mean levels before injections were 8 ± 4 pmol/l for ACTH, 7 ± 3 nmol/l for cortisol, and 28 ± 9 pmol/l for aldosterone. CRF caused a rapid rise in IR-ACTH and a peak level of 125 ± 52 pmol/l was obtained 15 min after injection. Highest values for cortisol and aldosterone levels were 40 ± 9 nmol/l and 64 ± 13 pmol/l, respectively, 30 min after injection. AVP also increased IR-ACTH (maximum level: 202 ± 77 pmol/l at 5 min) and aldosterone (128 ± 36 pmol/l at 15 min), whereas the cortisol increase was lower than after CRF. Simultaneous injection of CRF and AVP produced an addition of the IR-ACTH response (295 ± 82 pmol/l at 15 min), but the changes in cortisol levels were similar to those obtained after CRF alone and those in aldosterone levels resembled those induced by AVP alone. Plasma Na and K, osmolality, and plasma renin activity (PRA) were not modified by either CRF or AVP. It is suggested that the increase in aldosterone levels after CRF could be mediated by ACTH and that after AVP by an IR-ACTH peptide with less effect on cortisol secretion.
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