title: [Relationship between the pineal body and the hypothalamo-hypophyseal system. V. Melatonin inhibition of the gonadotropic activity of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal system].
abstract: Effect of melatonin on the gonadotropic activity of the hypothalamo-hypophysial system was investigated. The following proved to occur under the action of melatonin in sexually immature female rats: reduction of the spontaneous activity of luteinizing hormone (LH), of the LH content in the hypophysis, and of the endogenous luliberin stores in the arcuate nucleus; response of the hypophysis to the exogenous luliberin was also diminished. Single administration of low doses (from 1 to 100 micrograms) of melatonin was accompanied by reduction of cAMP content in the hypophysis and the hypothalamus. LH, luliberin and cAMP were determined by radiochemical methods. The results obtained indicated that the inhibitory influence of the pineal gland on the reproductive system was realized by melatonin, its hormone, through the hypothalamo-hypophysial complex.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D006727:Hormone Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006728:Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000502:physiology*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D008550:Melatonin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D006727:Hormone Antagonists; D006728:Hormones; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D008550:Melatonin
vernacular_title: Vzaimosviaz' pineal'noĭ zhelezy s gipotalamo-gipofizarnym kompleksom. V. Ingibirovanie melatoninom gonadotropnoĭ aktivnosti gipotalamo-gipofizarnoĭ sistemy.