Effect of indolamines on beta-endorphin release by rat anterior pituitary cells.
The effect of indolamine derivatives on beta-endorphin (beta-end) release has been studied in vitro using rat anterior pituitary cells. Incubation of primary cultures for 2 h with 100 nmol/l of melatonin, serotonin or 5-methoxytryptamine significantly increased the beta-end release in response to 20 nmol/l of ovine corticotropin-releasing factor (oCRF). Incubation of the cultures with 100 nmol/l of L-tryptophan, 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptophol or 5-methoxytryptophol had no effect on basal or CRF-induced beta-end release. The effect of serotonin and melatonin was further tested in a superfusion system of dispersed rat anterior pituitary cells. Superfusion with oCRF (200 nmol/l) for 4 min elicited an immediate rapid increase in beta-end release which lasted 30-40 min. Simultaneous superfusion with melatonin (1 mumol/l) or serotonin (1 mumol/l) significantly increased the effect of oCRF pulses on beta-end release. We conclude that melatonin and serotonin are able to act directly on anterior pituitary cells to potentiate the effect of oCRF on beta-end release.[1]References
- Effect of indolamines on beta-endorphin release by rat anterior pituitary cells. Abou Samra, A.B., Fèvre-Montange, M., Loras, B., Durand, A., Tourniaire, J., Bertrand, J. Neuroendocrinology (1985) [Pubmed]
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