Effect of Caerulein on Pituitary Response to TRH in Humans

Scarpignato, Carmelo; Pezzetta, Antonella; Tarditi, E

doi:10.1159/000180570

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“…In healthy males and females, continuous intravenous injection of pentagastrin does not affect prolactin secretion (32). Caerulein (an amphibian peptide, which mimics the biological actions of CCK) does not change basal prolactin secretion but accentuates TRHinduced prolactin release in normal men (1563). Similarly, CCK-8 administered to normal men has no effect on basal prolactin secretion (1285).…”

Section: Neuropeptidesmentioning

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Hypothalamic Prolactin Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels, Prolactin Signaling, and Hyperprolactinemic Inhibition of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Secretion Are Dependent on Estradiol

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Hyperprolactinemia can reduce fertility and libido. Although central prolactin actions are thought to contribute to this, the mechanisms are poorly understood. We first tested whether chronic hyperprolactinemia inhibited two neuroendocrine parameters necessary for female fertility: pulsatile LH secretion and the estrogen-induced LH surge. Chronic hyperprolactinemia induced by the dopamine antagonist sulpiride caused a 40% reduction LH pulse frequency in ovariectomized rats, but only in the presence of chronic low levels of estradiol. Sulpiride did not affect the magnitude of a steroid-induced LH surge or the percentage of GnRH neurons activated during the surge. Estradiol is known to influence expression of the long form of prolactin receptors (PRL-R) and components of prolactin's signaling pathway. To test the hypothesis that estrogen increases PRL-R expression and sensitivity to prolactin, we next demonstrated that estradiol greatly augments prolactin-induced STAT5 activation. Lastly, we measured PRL-R and suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS-1 and -3 and CIS, which reflect the level of prolactin signaling) mRNAs in response to sulpiride and estradiol. Sulpiride induced only SOCS-1 in the medial preoptic area, where GnRH neurons are regulated, but in the arcuate nucleus and choroid plexus, PRL-R, SOCS-3, and CIS mRNA levels were also induced. Estradiol enhanced these effects on SOCS-3 and CIS. Interestingly, estradiol also induced PRL-R, SOCS-3, and CIS mRNA levels independently. These data show that GnRH pulse frequency is inhibited by chronic hyperprolactinemia in a steroid-dependent manner. They also provide evidence for estradiol-dependent and brain region-specific regulation of PRL-R expression and signaling responses by prolactin.

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Hypothalamic Prolactin Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels, Prolactin Signaling, and Hyperprolactinemic Inhibition of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Secretion Are Dependent on Estradiol

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Xenopus skin mucus induces oral dyskinesias that promote escape from snakes

Barthalmus

Zielinski

1988

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

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Prolactin: Structure, Function, and Regulation of Secretion

Freeman

Kanyicska

Lerant

et al. 2000

Physiological Reviews

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Prolactin is a protein hormone of the anterior pituitary gland that was originally named for its ability to promote lactation in response to the suckling stimulus of hungry young mammals. We now know that prolactin is not as simple as originally described. Indeed, chemically, prolactin appears in a multiplicity of posttranslational forms ranging from size variants to chemical modifications such as phosphorylation or glycosylation. It is not only synthesized in the pituitary gland, as originally described, but also within the central nervous system, the immune system, the uterus and its associated tissues of conception, and even the mammary gland itself. Moreover, its biological actions are not limited solely to reproduction because it has been shown to control a variety of behaviors and even play a role in homeostasis. Prolactin-releasing stimuli not only include the nursing stimulus, but light, audition, olfaction, and stress can serve a stimulatory role. Finally, although it is well known that dopamine of hypothalamic origin provides inhibitory control over the secretion of prolactin, other factors within the brain, pituitary gland, and peripheral organs have been shown to inhibit or stimulate prolactin secretion as well. It is the purpose of this review to provide a comprehensive survey of our current understanding of prolactin's function and its regulation and to expose some of the controversies still existing.

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Effect of Caerulein on Pituitary Response to TRH in Humans

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

Hypothalamic Prolactin Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels, Prolactin Signaling, and Hyperprolactinemic Inhibition of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Secretion Are Dependent on Estradiol

Hypothalamic Prolactin Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels, Prolactin Signaling, and Hyperprolactinemic Inhibition of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Secretion Are Dependent on Estradiol

Xenopus skin mucus induces oral dyskinesias that promote escape from snakes

Prolactin: Structure, Function, and Regulation of Secretion

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