title: Somatostatin inhibition of anterior pituitary adenylate cyclase activity: different sensitivity between male and female rats.
abstract: Somatostatin (SRIF) is a potent inhibitor of growth hormone (GH) secretion. Although cyclic AMP (cAMP) has been suggested as intracellular mediator of SRIF action, a complete characterization of its effect and the different sensitivity between male and female animals, has not yet been carried out. In this study SRIF inhibited basal and GH-releasing factor (GRF) stimulated anterior pituitary adenylate cyclase activity with a greater effectiveness in male than in female glands. Similarly SRIF reduction of forskolin-stimulated anterior pituitary adenylate cyclase activity, was more pronounced in male than in female animals. By using pertussis toxin (PTX), which uncouples inhibitory receptors from adenylate cyclase catalytic subunit, SRIF inhibition of both basal and forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity was nearly abolished. These results show that anterior pituitary SRIF receptors are coupled in an inhibitory fashion with adenylate cyclase enzyme, and that male rat adenohypophyses are more responsive to SRIF inhibition.
mesh_terms: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012737:Sex Factors; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C036893:somatotropin releasing factor 40; D005576:Colforsin; D013004:Somatostatin; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D004298:Dopamine