title: Effects of in vivo bolus versus continuous TRH administration on TSH secretion, biosynthesis, and glycosylation in normal and hypothyroid rats.
abstract: The effects of in vivo TRH administered either as bolus or continuous doses on TSH secretion, synthesis, and glycosylation were studied in normal and hypothyroid rats. Nine-week-old normal or 3-week postthyroidectomy rats were administered bolus doses of saline or TRH (0.5 mg/kg) twice daily or continuous saline or TRH (1 mg/kg/day) via an osmotic pump. After 5 days, pituitaries were removed and incubated with [35S]methionine (MET) and [3H]glucosamine (GLCN), with or without 10(-8) M TRH, for 6 and 24 h. Samples were precipitated with anti-TSH beta sera and then analyzed by gel electrophoresis. In normal rats, plasma TSH, T4 and T3 increased with continuous in vivo TRH but not with bolus TRH; in hypothyroid rats, plasma TSH, T4 and T3 were not altered by continuous or bolus doses of TRH. Additionally, in normal rats, continuous in vivo TRH increased incorporation of MET in secreted TSH (477 vs. 212 X 10(3) dpm/mg DNA; P less than 0.05) and intrapituitary TSH (5035 vs. 2124 X 10(3) dpm/mg DNA; P less than 0.05), and GLCN in secreted TSH (148 vs. 50 dpm/mg DNA; P less than 0.05) and intrapituitary TSH (2344 vs. 744 X 10(3) dpm/mg DNA; P less than 0.05). In contrast, in hypothyroid animals, continuous in vivo TRH did not alter MET or GLCN incorporation in TSH. Bolus TRH did not alter secreted or intrapituitary MET or GLCN incorporation into TSH in the normal rat. However, bolus TRH in the intrapituitary MET or GLCN incorporation into TSH in the normal rat.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000378:metabolism; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000378:metabolism*; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D014316:Tritium; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013972:Thyrotropin; D008715:Methionine; D005944:Glucosamine