KAPPA-OPIOID RECEPTOR-MEDIATED REGULATION OF PROLACTIN AND ALPHA-MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE-SECRETION IN MALE AND FEMALE RATS

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MANZANARES, J
WAGNER, EJ
MOORE, KE
LOOKINGLAND, KJ
机构
[1] Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology Michigan State University East Lansing
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10.1016/0024-3205(93)90501-S
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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1001 ;
摘要
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the kappa opioid receptor agonist U-50,488 and antagonist nor-binaltorphimine (NOR-BNI) on the secretion of prolactin and a-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alphaMSH) in male and female rats. Activation of kappa opioid receptors with U-50,488 increased plasma prolactin concentrations in both male and female rats, whereas blockade of kappa opioid receptors with NOR-BNI decreased plasma prolactin concentrations in male, but not in female rats. U-50,488 also increased and NOR-BNI decreased plasma concentrations of alphaMSH; similar effects were observed in both male and female rats. These results reveal a sexual difference in kappa opioid receptor-mediated regulation of prolactin, but not alphaMSH secretion.
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