title: [Effect of neuropeptides on prolactin secretion by the adenohypophysis (author's transl)].
abstract: In order to identify prolactin regulating factors, the effect of various neuropeptides on prolactin secretion by the adenohypophysis has been tested. 1 degree Histidyl-proline-diketopiperazine (DKP), a major degradation product of TRH in hypothalamus and pituitary, inhibited prolactin secretion from incubated hemipituitaries (Fig. 1) with an apparent affinity of 0.5 nM. Histidyl-prolineamide and histidyl-proline, other degradation products of TRH, had no effect. TSH secretion was not affected under the same conditions. 2 degrees Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) stimulated prolactin secretion in vitro in a dose dependent manner. The secretion of other adenohypophyseal hormones was not affected. This effect is not mediated by a dopaminergic mechanism, since it was not blocked by neuroleptics (Table I). 3 degrees Morphinomimetic peptides had no effect on prolactin secretion in vitro, but blocked the dopamine inhibition of prolactin secretion. The effect of metenkephalin and beta-endorphin was dose dependent and was blocked by naloxone (Fig. 2 and 3). Thse results indicate that specific receptors to various neuropeptides seem to be present on prolactin cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004723:Endorphins / Q000494:pharmacology; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004723:Endorphins; D004745:Enkephalins; D010455:Peptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D010879:Piperazines; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D009020:Morphine; D011388:Prolactin; C015924:histidyl-proline diketopiperazine
vernacular_title: Effet de neuropeptides sur la sécrétion de prolactine au niveau hypophysaire.