Detection of vasopressin mRNA in the neurointermediate lobe of the rat pituitary.
A messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) homologous to the transcript that encodes vasopressin (VP) was detected in the neurointermediate lobe (NIL) of the rat pituitary. The abundance of this transcript is approximately 1/100th the amount detected in the hypothalamus. In rats drinking 2% NaCl-water for 0,2,4, or 10 days, or for 10 days and then tap water for 14 days, the levels of VP mRNA in the NIL were altered in a fashion that paralleled changes in the hypothalamus.
McCabe
J T
JT
Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021-6399.
Lehmann
E
E
Chastrette
N
N
Hänze
J
J
Lang
R E
RE
Ganten
D
D
Pfaff
D W
DW
D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000737:chemistry*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000235:genetics*
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014667:Vasopressins