Pineal vasotocin: release into cat cerebrospinal fluid by melanocyte-stimulating hormone release-inhibiting factor.
The intracarotid injection of both synthetic melanocyte-stimulating hormone release-inhibiting factor (MIF) and purified MIF prepared from bovine hypothalami induces arginine vasotocin release into cerebrospinal fluid of cats and significantly decreases the pineal arginine vasotocin content at 5 minutes after the injection. The present results demonstrate an extrapituitary endocrine effect of synthetic and purified bovine MIF.
D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002415:Cats; D009075:MSH Release-Inhibiting Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000378:metabolism; D014668:Vasotocin / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism*
D014667:Vasopressins; D009075:MSH Release-Inhibiting Hormone; D014668:Vasotocin