title: Vasopressin and oxytocin regulation of cyclic AMP accumulation in rat hypothalamo-neurohypophysial explants in vitro.
abstract: Addition of vasopressin to hypothalamo-neurohypophysial explants in vitro increased cyclic AMP accumulation whereas exogenous oxytocin decreased cyclic AMP. An opposite response pattern was observed in the neural lobe of the pituitary where vasopressin decreased and oxytocin increased cyclic AMP accumulation. Forskolin elicited a 3-fold greater increase in cyclic AMP in the neural lobe than in the supraoptic nucleus and enhanced the sensitivity of the tissues to both vasopressin and oxytocin. The ability of both vasopressin and oxytocin to modulate local cyclic AMP metabolism suggests the possibility of internal feedback within the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurobiology Curriculum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Meeker
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Michels
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Hayward
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000225:Adenine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins; D005576:Colforsin; D010121:Oxytocin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000225:Adenine; D000109:Acetylcholine