The role of the cAMP/PKA signalling pathway in the inhibitory influence of melatonin on oxytocin and vasopressin secretion from the rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system
The role of the cAMP/PKA signalling pathway in the inhibitory influence of melatonin on oxytocin and vasopressin secretion from the rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system
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DOI:
10.5603/ep.a2018.0051
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发表时间:
2018-09-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Roszczyk, Magdalena
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Juszczak, Marlena;Krzyminska, Anna;Roszczyk, Magdalena
Introduction: Melatonin was found to inhibit forskolin-stimulated oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (VP) release in vitro. The purpose of the present investigation was to evaluate the contribution of the cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate/protein kinase A (cAMP/PKA) signalling pathway in melatonin-dependent inhibition of OT and VP secretion from the rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial (H-NH) system in vitro.Material and methods: The H-NH explants were placed in 1 ml of normal Krebs-Ringer (nK-R) buffer and first preincubated for 30 min in control buffer or in the presence of PKA inhibitor, i.e. cAMPS-Rp or H-89. Next, they were incubated in nK-R buffer {fluid F1} and then in buffer as Fl enriched with melatonin (10(-9) M or 10(-7) M) and/or PKA activator, i.e. cAMP analogue (8-Br-cAMP), or their vehicles {fluid F2}. After 20 min of incubation in fluid Fl and then F2, the media were collected and frozen, to be assayed for OT and VP by the RIA.Results: 8-Br-cAMP increased OT and VP secretion when the H-NH explants were preincubated in control medium, while PKA inhibitors eliminated its stimulatory effect on OT and VP release. Melatonin (10(-7) M) diminished basal OT and VP output from the H-NH system, and inhibited (at both concentrations studied) the cAMP analogue-stimulated release of both neurohormones under control conditions. The effect of melatonin on OT and VP release was completely blocked when cAMPS-Rp, but not H-89, was used to disrupt the cAMP/ /PKA pathway.Conclusions: Melatonin employs the cAMP/PKA signalling pathway to inhibit OT and VP secretion from the rat H-NH system; nonetheless, other cAMP-mediated mechanisms are not excluded.