ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS OF PERIFUSED MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEI INVITRO ELICIT CA-2+-DEPENDENT, TETRODOTOXIN-INSENSITIVE RELEASE OF OXYTOCIN AND VASOPRESSIN
ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS OF PERIFUSED MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEI INVITRO ELICIT CA-2+-DEPENDENT, TETRODOTOXIN-INSENSITIVE RELEASE OF OXYTOCIN AND VASOPRESSIN
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3940(87)90717-8
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发表时间:
1987-05-06
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
RICHARD, P
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作者:
DISCALAGUENOT, D;STROSSER, MT;RICHARD, P
Isolated rat paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic (SON) nuclei were perifused in vitro and oxytocin and vasopressin releases were measured by radioimmunoassay during rest and during electrical stimulation. Stimulations at a frequency of 10 Hz (10-s bursts, every 10 s for 5 min) and an intensity of 4 mA, induced significant hormone release only with long duration pulses (10 ms). Short pulses (1 ms) applied at various frequencies (10, 20, 40 or 80 Hz) and intensities (4, 5, 10 or 20 mA) had no effect. The electrically evoked release of both hormones was not affected by tetrodotoxin (TTX), a sodium channel blocker, but was blocked in low-calcium medium or in the presence of gallopamil hydrochloride (D-600), a calcium channel blocker. These results suggest that, following electrical stimulation, oxytocin and vasopressin are released locally within the magnocellular nuclei even when blocking action potentials. The possibility of dendritic release is discussed.