Oxytocin: an emerging regulator of prolactin secretion in the female rat.
Oxytocin: an emerging regulator of prolactin secretion in the female rat.
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02263.x
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发表时间:
2012-03
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
McKee DT
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作者:
Kennett JE;McKee DT
In the female rat, a complex interplay of both stimulatory and inhibitory hypothalamic factors controls the secretion of prolactin. Prolactin regulates a large number of physiological processes from immunity to stress. In the following review, we have chosen to focus on the control of prolactin secretion in the female rat in response to suckling, mating and ovarian steroids. In all three of these states, dopamine, released from neurones in the mediobasal hypothalamus, is a potent inhibitory signal regulating prolactin secretion. Early research has determined that the relief of dopaminergic tone is not enough to account for the full surge of prolactin secretion observed in response to the suckling stimulus, launching a search for possible prolactin-releasing factors. This research has since broadened to include searching for prolactin-releasing factors controlling prolactin secretion following mating or ovarian steroids. A great deal of literature has suggested that this prolactin-releasing factor may include oxytocin. Oxytocin receptors are present on lactotrophs. These oxytocin receptors respond to exogenous oxytocin and antagonism of endogenous oxytocin inhibits lactotroph activity. In addition, the pattern of oxytocin neuronal activity and oxytocin release correlate with the release of prolactin. Here we suggest that not only is oxytocin stimulating prolactin secretion, but we also hypothesize that prolactin secretion is controlled by a complex network of positive (oxytocin) and negative (dopamine) feedback loops. In the present review, we will discuss this literature and attempt to describe the circuitry we believe may be responsible for controlling prolactin secretion.
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