Opioid receptor subtypes involved in the regulation of prolactin secretion during pregnancy and lactation

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作者
Andrews, ZB
Grattan, DR
机构
[1] Univ Otago, Dept Anat & Struct Biol, Sch Med Sci, Dunedin, New Zealand
[2] Univ Otago, Sch Med Sci, Neurosci Res Ctr, Dunedin, New Zealand
关键词
pregnancy; lactation; opioid receptor; prolactin; tuberoinfundibular dopamine neurones;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.00975.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Afferent endogenous opioid neuronal systems facilitate prolactin secretion in a number of physiological conditions including pregnancy and lactation, by decreasing tuberoinfundibular dopamine (TIDA) inhibitory tone. The aim of this study was to investigate the opioid receptor subtypes involved in regulating TIDA neuronal activity and therefore facilitating prolactin secretion during early pregnancy, late pregnancy and lactation in rats. Selective opioid receptor antagonists nor-binaltorphimine (kappa -receptor antagonist, 15 mug/5 mul), beta funaltrexamine (mu -receptor antagonist, 5 mug/5 mul) and naltrindole (delta -receptor antagonist, 5 mug/5 mul) or saline were administered intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) on day 8 of pregnancy during a nocturnal prolactin surge, on day 21 of pregnancy during the ante partum prolactin surge or on day 7 of lactation before the onset of a suckling stimulus. Serial blood samples were collected at regular time intervals, via chronic indwelling jugular cannulae, before and after drug administration and plasma prolactin was determined by radioimmunoassay. TIDA neuronal activity was measured using the 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) : dopamine ratio in the median eminence 2 h 30 min after i.c.v. drug injection. In each experimental condition, plasma prolactin was significantly inhibited by both kappa - and mu -receptor antagonists, whereas the delta -receptor antagonist had no effect compared to saline-injected controls. Similarly, nor-binaltorphimine and beta funaltrexamine significantly increased the median eminence DOPAC : dopamine ratio during early and late pregnancy, and lactation whereas naltrindole had no effect compared to saline-injected controls. These data suggest that TIDA neuronal activity, and subsequent prolactin secretion, is regulated by endogenous opioid peptides acting at both kappa - and mu -opioid receptors during prolactin surges of early pregnancy, late pregnancy and lactation.
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