title: The mechanisms by which vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) stimulate prolactin release from pituitary cells.
abstract: The effect of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) on prolactin (PRL) secretion from pituitary cells is reviewed and compared to the effect of thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH). These two peptides induced different secretion profiles from parafused lactotrophs in culture. TRH was found to increase PRL secretion within 4 s and induced a biphasic secretion pattern, while VIP induced a monophasic secretion pattern after a lag time of 45-60 s. The secretion profiles are compared to changes in adenylate cyclase activity, production of inositol polyphosphates, changes in intracellular calcium concentrations and changes in electrophysiological properties of the cell membrane.
authors.affiliation: Hormone Laboratory, Aker Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bjøro
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sand
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Ostberg
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Gordeladze
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Torjesen
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gautvik
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haug
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D002118:Calcium