title: Immunoreactive delta sleep-inducing peptide secretion from mouse dissociated, anterior pituitary cells: regulation by corticotropin-releasing factor and arginine vasopressin.
abstract: Immunoreactive delta sleep-inducing peptide (IR-DSIP) has previously been localized to the ACTH/MSH cells of the human and porcine pituitary gland. In the present report, the distribution of IR-DSIP in the mouse pituitary gland was examined by immunocytochemistry. In this species, IR-DSIP was found to be co-localized with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in anterior pituitary thyrotrophs and was also present in nerve fibers in the posterior and intermediate lobes. The effect of synthetic DSIP on IR-ACTH release from dissociated mouse anterior pituitary cells was also studied. DSIP (greater than or equal to 10(-9) M) inhibited both basal and CRF-induced IR-ACTH release from these cells. In addition, the effect of synthetic rat corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) on IR-DSIP secretion was investigated. CRF and AVP at concentrations of 10(-11)-10(-7)M inhibited release of IR-DSIP from mouse anterior pituitary cells by 63%. When CRF and AVP (10(-10)-10(-7) M) were given concomitantly, the maximal inhibition of IR-DSIP release was observed at a concentration of 10(-8)M of CRF and AVP. However, these two peptides when given together showed no additive effect on IR-DSIP secretion. These findings suggest that during CRF induction of ACTH secretion from anterior pituitary corticotrophs, CRF may also act simultaneously to inhibit DSIP secretion from the thyrotrophs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, University of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bjartell
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ekman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sundler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Widerlöv
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Loh
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000502:physiology*; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D003701:Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D003701:Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone