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The mice were sacrificed toward the end of the light period at the end of the day in the metabolic cages (between 17:00 and 19:00 h) by decapitation after a brief exposure to carbon dioxide and trunk blood was collected; we have verified in pilot studies that this method of sacrifice does not increase plasma corticosterone above levels observed without carbon dioxide exposure.
Mice were decapitated decapitation after a brief (approximately 45 second) exposure to carbon dioxide; we have verified in pilot studies that the brief exposure to carbon dioxide does not significantly affect the plasma corticosterone levels under these conditions (Table 3).
Corticosterone levels in blood collected from untreated control pups or pups from pregnancies where the mother was adrenalectomized on E16.
On the other hand, blocking the rise in corticosterone by adrenalectomy prevented the reduction in hypothalamic POMC mRNA and the induction of AGRP mRNA, without reversing either the reduced leptin or the reduced adiposity, characteristic of insulin-deficient diabetic mice (Fig.
, Chicago, IL) and serum corticosterone was assayed by RIA with a commercial kit (ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc., Costa Mesa Ca).