EFFECT OF ALPHA-MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE ON BASAL AND STIMULATED RELEASE OF PROLACTIN - EVIDENCE FOR DOPAMINERGIC MEDIATION
EFFECT OF ALPHA-MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE ON BASAL AND STIMULATED RELEASE OF PROLACTIN - EVIDENCE FOR DOPAMINERGIC MEDIATION
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DOI:
10.1159/000123341
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
MCCANN, SM
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作者:
KHORRAM, O;MIZUNUMA, H;MCCANN, SM
The effects of .alpha.-MSH on basal and stimulated release of prolactin were studied. Intraventricular (i.v.t.) injection of 2 .mu.g of .alpha.-MSH in ovariectomized (OVX) rats produced a 50% depression of plasma prolactin levels within 10 min, whereas 100 ng of .alpha.-MSH or saline had no effect. 2 .mu.g of .alpha.-MSH (i.v.t.) produced a more dramatic and sustained depression of prolactin levels if initial prolactin concentrations were elevated. This dose of .alpha.-MSH was also effective in lowering plasma levels in OVX rats, primed 72 h earlier with 50 .mu.g of estradiol benzoate (s.c.), although this depression was of lower relative magnitude than in the unprimed OVX animals. The i.v. injection of a dopamine receptor blocker, spiroperidol (0.1 mg/kg), prior to (i.v.t.) .alpha.-MSH blocked the inhibitory effect of .alpha.-MSH in doses ranging from 0.5 to 5 .mu.g did not alter prolactin release from hemipituitaries of male or OVX female rats and from dispersed pituitary cels from females rats. .alpha.-MSH can modulate prolactin release possibly via the hypothalamic dopaminergic system, and this modulation may be of greater significance during stress.