title: [Possible implication of TRH and dopamine in postnatal lactotropic hypoactivity in rats].
abstract: Our results show that pituitary glands of young rats (6 days) incubated in vitro, increase their PRL secretion in presence of TRH, this responses is greater than that in adult glands. Indeed, in presence of TRH 10(-7) M, PRL basal secretion of immature glands passes from 478.70 +/- 67.25 to 952.78 +/- 67.02, versus 5333.29 +/- 75.456 and 6347.15 +/- 75.246 ng/mg protein at mature glands. The same dose of dopamine (DA), weakens the TRH stimulating effect by 60% and 40% respectively by young and adult pituitary glands. These results suggest that lactotroph insensitiveness to TRH injection observed during the first days of postnatal life at the rat, would not be explained by lactotroph failure, but by intervention of central and peripheral multiple modulator factors affecting lactotrophs reactivity, in particular the importance of dopaminergic control.
authors.affiliation: Eac. Scì. Sfax, Labo. Physiol, Animale, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Feki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakly
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamoun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D004298:Dopamine