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PACAP-induced formation of cyclic AMP in the chicken brain: regional variations and the effect of melatonin.

We have studied the effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP27 and PACAP38) on cyclic AMP formation in chick brain, and the action of melatonin upon the PACAP-evoked effects. PACAP stimulated cyclic AMP production in the hypothalamus>cerebral cortex>pineal gland>optic lobes. In the hypothalamus and cerebral cortex, the rank-order of both PACAP forms and VIP in evoking the cyclic AMP response was: PACAP38 approximately PACAP27>>VIP, suggesting the presence in the tested tissues of PAC1 receptors. Melatonin suppressed (IC50=19.8 nM) the PACAP27 (0.1 microM)-induced cyclic AMP response in the hypothalamus, but not in the cerebral cortex. Melatonin also suppressed the hypothalamal cyclic AMP synthesis stimulated by forskolin, but not that evoked by histamine or isoprenaline. Our observations show that PACAP is capable of potently stimulating cyclic AMP formation in some regions of the chick brain, and suggest that the hypothalamus may be a site for a functional interaction between PACAP and the pineal hormone melatonin.[1]

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