EFFECTS OF INTRAVENTRICULAR-INJECTIONS OF 6-HYDROXYDOPAMINE ON ANTERIOR-PITUITARY CELL-PROLIFERATION
EFFECTS OF INTRAVENTRICULAR-INJECTIONS OF 6-HYDROXYDOPAMINE ON ANTERIOR-PITUITARY CELL-PROLIFERATION
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DOI:
10.1002/ar.1092080312
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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REITER, RJ
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LEWINSKI, A;KONOPACKI, J;REITER, RJ
Effects of intraventricular injections of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA; 200 .mu.g/20 .mu.l vehicle) on anterior pituitary cell proliferation in rats was investigated by means of the colchicine metaphase-arrest technique. In those groups of animals receiving 6-OHDA alone or 6-OHDA plus desmethylimipramine (DMI, 25 mg/kg body weight i.p.), where the mean mitotic activity rates (MMAR) were initially low at 48 h, an increase of MMAR was observed at 96 and 144 h after the drug injections. At 144 h after drug adminstration, the MMAR values in the 6-OHDA-injected group and in the 6-OHDA + DMI-treated group were significantly higher than those in the control groups. This increase of MMAR resulted from the enhancement of acidophilic and chromophobe cell proliferation. The low MMAR at 48 h after 6-OHDA injection are probably a result of dopamine release from damaged nerve endings; the enhancement of MMAR (particularly evident in the 6-OHDA + DMI-treated group) at 96 and 144 h after drug administration is presumably related to a deficiency of dopaminergic control of anterior pituitary cell proliferation.