title: Effects of nicotine on beta-endorphin, alpha MSH, and ACTH secretion by isolated perfused mouse brains and pituitary glands, in vitro.
abstract: The effects of nicotine on secretion of the pituitary peptides beta-endorphin, alpha MSH, and ACTH were studied using the isolated perfused mouse brain (IPMB) and isolated superfused pituitaries of C3H mice. Nicotine (6.1 microM) stimulated secretion of beta-endorphin immunoreactivity from C3H IPMB approximately twofold. Secretion of alpha MSH immunoreactivity was stimulated approximately two- and sixfold by 6.1 microM and 12.2 microM nicotine, respectively. However, nicotine (6.1 microM) had no direct effect on the secretion of beta-endorphin, alpha MSH, or ACTH immunoreactivities from the isolated superfused pituitaries. The data suggest nicotine acts in the brain to stimulate pituitary secretion of alpha MSH and beta-endorphin. Electrocorticographic (ECoG) activity of the IPMB was monitored. Nicotine induced characteristic ECoG changes including a reduction of input voltage, a biphasic response of rapid desynchronization followed by prolonged synchronization, and seizure at high doses (12.2 microM).
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marty
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Erwin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cornell
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zgombick
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004723:Endorphins / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D001615:beta-Endorphin
chemical_list: D004723:Endorphins; D001615:beta-Endorphin; D009538:Nicotine; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium