title: Cholinergic modulation of growth hormone secretion induced by galanin in rats.
abstract: The effects of cholinergic modulation by hexamethonium (HEX), tetraethylammonium (TEA), pirenzepine (PIR) and neostigmine on growth hormone (GH) secretion induced by galanin (GAL) were investigated in awake, freely moving male rats. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of GAL (0.6 nmol) caused a marked increase in plasma GH levels. Pretreatment with HEX (3 or 15 mg/kg BW), TEA (15 mg/kg BW) or PIR (0.5 mg/kg BW) significantly reduced the GAL-induced GH secretion. Pretreatment of animals with neostigmine (0.05 mg/kg BW) or with a specific antisomatostatin antiserum (10 microliters of 1:10 diluted with saline, i.c.v.) reversed the inhibition of GAL-induced GH secretion by HEX. These findings suggest that both nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic mechanisms interact with the galanin-induced GH secretion by modulating hypothalamic somatostatin release.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanoh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimatsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanaihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019004:Galanin; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D018738:Hexamethonium; D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009388:Neostigmine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010890:Pirenzepine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds; D007106:Immune Sera; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010455:Peptides; D009388:Neostigmine; D018738:Hexamethonium; D010890:Pirenzepine; D013004:Somatostatin; D019004:Galanin; D013006:Growth Hormone