PULSATILE SOMATOSTATIN RELEASE FROM THE MEDIAN-EMINENCE OF THE UNANESTHETIZED RAT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PLASMA GROWTH-HORMONE LEVELS
PULSATILE SOMATOSTATIN RELEASE FROM THE MEDIAN-EMINENCE OF THE UNANESTHETIZED RAT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PLASMA GROWTH-HORMONE LEVELS
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DOI:
10.1210/endo-109-5-1739
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
ARNOLD, MA
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作者:
KASTING, NW;MARTIN, JB;ARNOLD, MA
The technique of push-pull perfusion was combined with a sensitive somatostatin [radioimmunoassay] to determine in vivo immunoreactive somatostatin (IRS) release from the median eminence (ME) of the freely behaving rat. IRS release was compared to plasma GH [growth hormone] levels. Concentrations of IRS in ME perfusates indicated pulsatile release, with an interpeak interval of .apprx. 1 h. In rats with normal plasma GH pulses and normal plasma PRL levels, IRS secretion ranged from 10-100 pg/15 min. In rats with suppressed GH secretion and high plasma PRL levels, IRS secretion was greater, ranging between 50-500 pg/15 min. A rise in the level of IRS in the ME perfusate often coincided with an increase in GH levels in plasma, suggesting that somatostatin may act by a short-loop negative feedback mechanism to regulate GH release. Gel chromatography of IRS from the perfusate suggested that somatostatin is released in more than one MW form.