Pertussis toxin blocks the inhibitory effect of muscarinic cholinergic agonists on cyclic AMP accumulation and prolactin secretion in GH3 anterior-pituitary tumour cells.
Pertussis toxin blocks the inhibitory effect of muscarinic cholinergic agonists on cyclic AMP accumulation and prolactin secretion in GH3 anterior-pituitary tumour cells.
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百日咳毒素阻断毒蕈碱胆碱能激动剂对 GH3 垂体前叶肿瘤细胞中环 AMP 积累和催乳素分泌的抑制作用。
作者:
B. Brown;R. Wojcikiewicz;P. Dobson;A. Robinson;L. Irons
The inhibition of prolactin secretion and cyclic AMP accumulation in GH3 cells by muscarinic agonists was blocked by preincubation of the cells with pertussis toxin (islet-activating protein). There was a lag of approx. 80 min in the onset of the effect on secretion. These results suggest that muscarinic agonists decrease prolactin secretion by inhibiting adenylate cyclase activity.