INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF ENDOTHELIN-1 AND ENDOTHELIN-3 ON PROLACTIN-RELEASE - POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF ENDOGENOUS ENDOTHELIN ISOPEPTIDES IN THE RAT ANTERIOR-PITUITARY

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作者
DOMAE, M
YAMADA, K
HANABUSA, Y
FURUKAWA, T
机构
[1] Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka
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10.1016/0024-3205(92)90474-4
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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摘要
Spontaneous prolactin release from the isolated rat anterior pituitary was inhibited by endothelin-1 in a dose-dependent manner (10(-8)-10(-6) M). Endothelin-3 also inhibited spontaneous prolactin release with an almost identical dose-response relationship as endothelin-1. These inhibitory effects were unaffected by application of a dopamine D2-receptor antagonist, YM-09151-2 (10(-7) M). Rat anterior and posterior pituitary glands were abundant in both endothelin-1 and endothelin-3, as compared with other regions of the brain. The present results suggest that endogenous endothelin-1 and endothelin-3 in the anterior and posterior pituitary are involved in the inhibitory regulation of prolactin secretion as autocrine or paracrine factors.
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