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SUMMARYThe results of lesion, stimulation, deafferentation, implantatión and transplantation studies employed in the identification of hypophysiotrophic control areas in the hypothalamus to date suggest the following probable locations: corticotropic releasing factor (CRF) is formed in a diffuse area along the base of the median eminence, if not the base of the entire hypothalamus. Follicle stimulating hormone releasing factor (FSHRF) is elaborated in the paraventricular-suprachiasmatic areas but its cyclic control may reside in the anterior hypothalamic area. Luteinizing hormone (LH) is controlled by luteinizing hormone releasing factor (LHRF) formed in the suprachiasmatic area: its cyclic control may be in the preoptic area. Prolactin is controlled by prolactin inhibiting factor (PIF) localized in a diffuse area comprising the ventromedial, dorsomedial, arcuate and paraventricular nuclei. The hypothalamic area involved in thyroid control is also rather large, since thyrotropin stimulating hormone releasing factor (TSHRF) has been found in an area including the supraoptic and chiasmatic nuclei. Growth hormone releasing factor (GHRF) is elaborated in a rather narrow zone, the ventromedial hypothalamic nuclei.
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Freeman ME, Kanyicska B, Lerant A, Nagy G. Prolactin: structure, function, and regulation of secretion. Physiol Rev 2000; 80:1523-631. [PMID: 11015620 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2000.80.4.1523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1463] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Prolactin is a protein hormone of the anterior pituitary gland that was originally named for its ability to promote lactation in response to the suckling stimulus of hungry young mammals. We now know that prolactin is not as simple as originally described. Indeed, chemically, prolactin appears in a multiplicity of posttranslational forms ranging from size variants to chemical modifications such as phosphorylation or glycosylation. It is not only synthesized in the pituitary gland, as originally described, but also within the central nervous system, the immune system, the uterus and its associated tissues of conception, and even the mammary gland itself. Moreover, its biological actions are not limited solely to reproduction because it has been shown to control a variety of behaviors and even play a role in homeostasis. Prolactin-releasing stimuli not only include the nursing stimulus, but light, audition, olfaction, and stress can serve a stimulatory role. Finally, although it is well known that dopamine of hypothalamic origin provides inhibitory control over the secretion of prolactin, other factors within the brain, pituitary gland, and peripheral organs have been shown to inhibit or stimulate prolactin secretion as well. It is the purpose of this review to provide a comprehensive survey of our current understanding of prolactin's function and its regulation and to expose some of the controversies still existing.
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- M E Freeman
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4340, USA.
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The new data reported here, and available in the literature, are interpreted to indicate that acute release of PRL in stress is probably mediated by secretion of VIP and PHI arising from a subpopulation of paraventricular cells in the tuberoinfundibular system, and that this secretion is under serotonergic control, presumably by way of the raphe nuclear projection to the hypothalamus. The acute PRL response to suckling response is only partially under VIP/PHI control, and may be regulated by an as yet unidentified neural lobe hormone. In addition to the hypothalamic component of PRL regulation, there is a well-defined population of VIP cells within the pituitary, representing the only known example of VIP expression outside of nerve cells. This population of VIP cells is exquisitely responsive to thyroid status, and in common with the thyrotrope cell, is activated by hypothyroidism. Since VIP secretion is enhanced in the hypothyroid pituitary, and VIP release is stimulated by TRH, it is reasonable to postulate that paracrine VIP secretion may play a role in the reasonable to postulate that paracrine VIP secretion may play a role in the hyperprolactinemia prolactinemia that occurs in the hypothyroid human, although this is clearly not the case for the rat in whom hyperprolactinemia was not demonstrable. The role of VIP/PHI in human pituitary disease is unknown. We have been unable to identify any tumors that contain immunoreactive material using tissues prepared by standard methods. It may be that the demonstration of VIP/PHI is more demanding and will require better techniques for staining. The role of tuberoinfundibular VIP hypersecretion remains to be established but the evidence for stress-induced PRL hypersecretion in man encourages us to believe that at least some cases may be due to excessive hypothalamic activity. Additional potential neuroendocrine actions of VIP are in the secretomotor control of the ovary and thyroid, and in the regulation of somatostatin secretion and synthesis. In dispersed cell cultures (but not in whole hypothalamic slices from adult animals), VIP stimulates somatostatin secretion and independently stimulates the formation of somatostatin mRNA, an effect that can be duplicated in mixed cultures by treatment with forskolin, a postreceptor cAMP stimulator. In work carried out by Montminy and colleagues, the cAMP action has shown to be mediated by formation of a soluble protein that appears to activate the somatostatin gene promotor through interaction with a specific gene sequence.
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- S Reichlin
- Endocrine Division, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Reichlin S. Prolactin and growth hormone secretion in stress. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1988; 245:353-76. [PMID: 3067562 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-2064-5_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- S Reichlin
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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DePaolo LV, Berardo PV, Carrillo AJ. Intraventricular administration of arginine vasopressin suppresses prolactin release via a dopaminergic mechanism. Peptides 1986; 7:541-4. [PMID: 3774591 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(86)90022-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The present study was conducted to determine the effects of intracerebroventricular administration of arginine vasopressin (AVP) on the preovulatory prolactin (PRL) surge. Hourly injections of 1 or 5 micrograms AVP from 1200 to 1700 hr on proestrus prevented increases in plasma PRL levels that afternoon. However, following cessation of AVP treatment, a marked increase in PRL levels occurred between 1830 and 2030 hr. This "rebound" secretion of PRL was greater in rats given 5 micrograms AVP than in rats given the lower dose. The suppression of PRL release by AVP appears to be mediated by dopamine since 5 micrograms AVP failed to inhibit PRL release in animals pretreated with the dopamine antagonist domperidone. Interestingly, under these conditions, AVP increased PRL release compared to levels observed in saline-treated rats. In addition to suppressing PRL release, AVP exerted a dose-dependent inhibition of preovulatory LH release. The results suggest a possible interaction between AVP and dopamine in controlling PRL release which likely takes place within the median eminence.
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Hökfelt T, Fahrenkrug J, Tatemoto K, Mutt V, Werner S, Hulting AL, Terenius L, Chang KJ. The PHI (PHI-27)/corticotropin-releasing factor/enkephalin immunoreactive hypothalamic neuron: possible morphological basis for integrated control of prolactin, corticotropin, and growth hormone secretion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1983; 80:895-8. [PMID: 6298781 PMCID: PMC393488 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.3.895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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By using the indirect immunofluorescence technique, one and the same neuron in the parvocellular part of the paraventricular nucleus has been shown to stain with antisera against three different peptides: PHI (PHI-27), corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), and enkephalin. This could explain the well-known parallel increase in plasma prolactin, corticotropin, and growth hormone levels--for example, under certain types of stress--as being due to a concomitant release of PHI-like, CRF-like, and enkephalin-like peptides from the same nerve endings in the median eminence. A hypothetical mechanism for the co-ordinated release of these three anterior pituitary hormones is discussed.
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Ruberg M, Enjalbert A, Arancibia S, Kordon C. Regulation of prolactin secretion at the pituitary level. Exp Brain Res 1981; Suppl 3:182-99. [PMID: 6788583 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45525-4_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Höhn KG, Wuttke W. Ontogeny of catecholamine turnover rates in limbic and hypothalamic structures in relation to serum prolactin and gonadotropin levels. Brain Res 1979; 179:281-93. [PMID: 574418 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(79)90444-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) concentrations and turnover rates have been studied in the n. accumbens, medial preoptic area (MPO) and anterior and posterior parts of the mediobasal hypothalamus of developing rats. Turnover rates are determined by injection of alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine 30 and 90 min prior to decapitation. NE concentrations and turnover in the n. accumbens were low in all age groups with slightly increased values between days 20 and 35 after birth whereas DA concentrations and turnover rates were low at day 15 and 20 and at high adult values by day 25 after birth. Medial preoptic and anterior mediobasal hypothalamic catecholamines exhibited a rather unique pattern. Concentrations and turnover rates were low in 15-day-old animals and increased between days 20 and 30 to very high values. Such high values were never observed in adult diestrous animals. The same pattern was also observed in the posterior mediobasal hypothalamus for NE concentrations and turnover rates whereas the respective values for DA showed relatively large fluctuations. On the basis of catecholamine measurements 30 and 90 min after blockade of tyrosine hydroxylase an attempt was also made to differentiate turnover rates of the functional and of the storage pool. Serum LH levels in the 15-day-old animals showed large fluctuations. FSH levels were high and prolactin levels were low. At the time of increased preoptic and hypothalamic NE and DA turnover rates, serum prolactin levels were also high whereas serum LH levels were lowest between days 20 and 30 and then slightly increased. Serum FSH levels were uniformly low. The possibility is discussed that high NE turnover may stimulate pituitary LH and prolactin release by hypothalamic mechanisms. Hihgh serum prolactin levels may stimulate DA turnover which is inhibitory to pituitary LH release, thus counteracting the stimulatory effect of NE on LH-RH release. The dopaminergic inhibition of LH may be relieved at the time of puberty partially because the DA receptors become desensitized to the action of DA.
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Scanlon MF, Pourmand M, McGregor AM, Rodriguez-Arnao MD, Hall K, Gomez-Pan A, Hall R. Some current aspects of clinical and experimental neuroendocrinology with particular reference to growth hormone, thyrotropin and prolactin. J Endocrinol Invest 1979; 2:307-31. [PMID: 231066 DOI: 10.1007/bf03350424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Gibbs DM, Plotsky PM, de Greef WJ, Neill JD. Effect of histamine and acetylcholine on hypophysial stalk plasma dopamine and peripheral plasma prolactin levels. Life Sci 1979; 24:2063-70. [PMID: 459701 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(79)90079-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Garfinkel PE, Brown GM, Warsh JJ, Stancer HC. Neuroendocrine responses to carbidopa in primary affective dosorders. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1979; 4:13-20. [PMID: 482517 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(79)90036-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Shin SH. Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) is not the physiological prolactin releasing factor (PRF) in the male rat. Life Sci 1978; 23:1813-8. [PMID: 102889 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(78)90113-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Meltzer HY, Fessler RG, Simonovic M, Fang VS. The effect of mescaline, 3, 4-dimethoxyphenethylamine and 2, 5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine on rat plasma prolactin: evidence for serotonergic mediation. Life Sci 1978; 23:1185-92. [PMID: 152377 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(78)90353-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fine SA, Frohman LA. Loss of central nervous system component of dopaminergic inhibition of prolactin secretion in patients with prolactin-secreting pituitary tumors. J Clin Invest 1978; 61:973-80. [PMID: 659585 PMCID: PMC372615 DOI: 10.1172/jci109022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The administration of l-dopa suppresses prolactin (PRL) secretion in normal subjects and in patients with hyperprolactinemia, although it is not known whether this effect, which requires the conversion of dopa to dopamine, is mediated peripherally or through the central nervous system. To distinguish between these effects, 10 normal subjects (6 male, 4 female) and 8 patients with hyperprolactinemia associated with pituitary tumors were given l-dopa, 0.5 g alone, or 0.1 g after a 24-h pretreatment with carbidopa, 50 mg every 6 h, which produces peripheral dopa decarboxylase inhibition. Similar degrees of PRL suppression were observed in normal subjects (basal plasma PRL 13+/-2 ng/ml) after l-dopa alone (48+/-4%) and after l-dopa plus carbidopa (58+/-6%). In patients with pituitary tumors and elevated plasma PRL (73+/-14 ng/ml), l-dopa alone led to PRL suppression comparable with that in normal subjects (47+/-6%). However, l-dopa plus carbidopa resulted in only minimal suppression of plasma PRL (19+/-4%) which was significantly less than after l-dopa alone (P < 0.001). Urinary homovanillic acid excretion, which reflected peripheral dopa decarboxylation was similar in controls and tumor patients after l-dopa both alone and after carbidopa pretreatment. Comparable suppression of PRL levels in response to a dopamine infusion (4 mug/kg per min for 3 h) was observed in controls and tumor patients. The results indicate that although peripheral conversion of exogenous dopa to dopamine can suppress PRL secretion, in normals, the central nervous system conversion of dopa to dopamine in the presence of peripheral dopa decarboxylase inhibition is sufficient to account for its PRL-suppressive effects. In contrast, patients with tumors, while retaining peripheral dopaminergic inhibitory effects on PRL secretion, exhibit a marked reduction of central dopaminergic inhibition of PRL secretion.
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Gala RR, Peters JA, Pieper DR, Subramanian MG. Influence of serotonergic and adrenergic antagonists on TRH-induced prolactin release in the monkey. Life Sci 1978; 22:439-43. [PMID: 415195 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(78)90422-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Silvestrini F, Liuzzi A, Chiodini PG. Prolactin and pituitary tumors. CURRENT TOPICS IN EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY 1978; 3:131-72. [PMID: 26521 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-153203-1.50011-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bang S, Gautvik KM. Inhibition of prolactin secretion and synthesis by dopamine, noradrenaline and pilocarpine in cultured rat pituitary tumour cells. ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA ET TOXICOLOGICA 1977; 41:317-27. [PMID: 411328 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1977.tb02671.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Clonal strains of rat pituitary tumour cells (GH3-cells) synthesize and secrete prolactin into a chemically defined culture medium. Short time treatment (0.5-2 hrs) of cell cultures with noradrenaline (10(-3) M) and dopamine (10(-3 M) reduced the spontaneous secretion of prolactin by 50% and 30%, respectively, while pilocarpine (10(-3) M) had no effect. Long-term treatment (20 hrs) with noradrenaline (10(-3)M) or with pilocarpine (10(-3) M) inhibited prolactin synthesis by 45% and 65% of control cultures, respectively. Neither compounds affected cell growth. The inhibitory effect of noradrenaline, but not that of pilocarpine, was completely reversed 4 hrs after cessation of treatment. Adrenaline, dopamine and acetylcholine in concentrations up to 10(-3) M did not change prolactin synthesis. In contrast thyroliberin treatment (2 X 10(-8)M) caused a 45% increase in prolactin secretion, and resulted in a 40% increase in hormone synthesis after treatment for 20 hrs. It is concluded that both noradrenaline and dopamine are able to inhibit prolactin section. Prolactin synthesis could be inhibited by noradrenaline and pilocarpine. How, only the effect of noradrenaline is easily reversible on cessation of treatment.
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Healy DL, Burger HG. Review: human prolactin--recent advances in physiology and therapy. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1977; 17:61-78. [PMID: 20073 DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1977.tb02633.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Prolactin exists in man as a distinct and separate anterior pituitary hormone from growth hormone. It is important in lactation and the control of gonadal function, although it may have a much wider and basic metabolic role, similar to its role in lower forms. In clinical endocrinology it is important as an index of pituitary and hypothalamic diseases; thus prolactin levels are elevated in association with these conditions and this reflects the normal tonic inhibitory hypothalamic control of prolactin by PIF; DA is the most important PIF. Hyperprolactinaemia causes hypogonadism in both men and women; it may present in women with amenorrhoea, oligomenorrhoea, polymenorrhoea, regular cycles with anovulation or a defective luteal phase, and impotence in men. In either sex galactorrhoea is reported to occur in only 30 per cent of patients. Neurotransmitter therapy, with dopamine agonists which act as functional analogues of PIF, restores prolactin levels to normal and leads to a return of normal gonadal function. The mechanism of the hypogonadism is not clear and is discussed together with the problems associated with inducing pregnancy in these patients, who may harbour microadenomata of the pituitary.
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Frantz AG. The assay and regulation of prolactin in humans. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1977; 80:95-133. [PMID: 197813 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-6675-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hypothalamic regulation of prolactin secretion in animals (mammals) and man appears to be similar, and no significant differences have yet been demonstrated. The hypothalamus contains neurotransmitters and polypeptides that can either inhibit or stimulate prolactin release, although the predominant influence under basal conditions is to inhibit prolactin release. Thus pituitary stalk section or placement of lesions in the basal tuberal region of the hypothalamus results in increased prolactin release and sometimes in initiation of lactation. Among agents in the hypothalamus that can inhibit prolactin release, the most important appear to be an as yet unidentified polypeptide prolactin release inhibiting factor (PIF) and dopamine. There is some evidence that dopamine may account for most, if not all, of the prolactin release inhibiting activity of the hypothalamus. Agents that increase dopamine activity, i.e. L-dopa, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, etc., depress prolactin release. Acetylcholine also can inhibit prolactin release, but it appears to act via the catecholamines. Of the agents in the hypothalamus that stimulate prolactin release, the most important appear to be an as yet uncharacterized polypeptide prolactin releasing factor (PRF), thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) and serotonin. TRH is as effective in releasing prolactin as in releasing TSH, but under most physiological states, TSH and prolactin release do not occur together. Serotonin and its precursors, tryptophan and 5-hydroxytryptophan, are powerful releasors of prolactin and have been shown to be involved in some physiological states in which prolactin is released, i.e. during suckling, stress, etc. Other agents in the hypothalamus that can stimulate prolactin release include GABA and some prostaglandins, but these have not yet been shown to be involved in physiological control of prolactin secretion. Exteroceptive stimuli that alter prolactin release act through the CNS and hypothalamus, but some hormones and drugs also can act directly on the pituitary to promote or depress prolactin release.
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Meites J. Evaluation of research on control of prolactin secretion. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1977; 80:135-52. [PMID: 19945 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-6675-5_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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At least three substances have been reported to be present in the hypothalamus that can inhibit prolactin release, namely a PIF, catecholamines and acetylcholine. At least four substances have been reported to be present in the hypothalamus that can stimulate prolactin release, namely PRF, TRH, serotonin and prostaglandins. Neither the existence of a distinctive PIF or PRF in the hypothalamus can be considered as definitely established. The predominant action of the mammalian hypothalamus on prolactin release is inhibitory under most conditions, and is stimulatory in avian species. In addition to control by the hypothalamus, several hormones and drugs can act directly on the pituitary to alter prolactin release. The interrelationships of these agents within and without the hypothalamus on prolactin secretion are complex, and there are many questions about their mode of action. Studies on the regulation of prolactin secretion have resulted in development of many methods for either increasing or decreasing release of this important hormone, and thereby have provided opportunities for influencing lactation, growth of mammary and pituitary tumors and other tissues responsive to prolactin.
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Donoso AO, Bannza AM. Acute effects of histamine on plasma prolactin and luteininzing hormone levels in male rats. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1976; 39:95-101. [PMID: 978198 DOI: 10.1007/bf01248768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Histamine injected into the 3rd ventricle of normal male rats at doses of 5-60 mug (free base) caused a marked release of prolactin. Responses were prevented by the antihistamine chlorpheniramine but not by atropine, methysergide or phenoxybenzamine. It thus seems that effects of histamine on prolactin are specific and not mediated by other neurotransmitters. Plasma LH remained normal after injection of low doses but it was decreased after high doses. The results obtained indicate a facilitatory role of histamine on prolactin release.
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Kühn ER, Engelen H. Seasonal variation in prolactin and TSH releasing activity in the hypothalamus of Rana temporaria. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1976; 28:277-82. [PMID: 1084845 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(76)90179-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Thorner MO. Disorders of prolactin secretion. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY. SUPPLEMENT (ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGISTS) 1976; 7:36-41. [PMID: 1073164 PMCID: PMC1436117 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.s1-7.1.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Knight PJ, Chadwick A. The effect of in vivo administration of chicken hypothalamic extract on the crop sac and the pituitary gland of the pigeon. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1975; 27:488-94. [PMID: 1218698 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(75)90069-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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McCann SM, Moss RL. Putative neurotransmitters involved in discharging gonadotropin-releasing neurohormones and the action of LH-releasing hormone on the CNS. Life Sci 1975; 16:833-52. [PMID: 1092945 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(75)90001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Perez-Lopez FR, Robyn C. Studies on human prolactin physiology. Life Sci 1975. [DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(74)90283-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lichtensteiger W, Keller PJ. Tubero-infundibular dopamine neurons and the secretion of luteinizing hormone and prolactin: extrahypothalamic influences, interaction with cholinergic systems and the effect of urethane anesthesia. Brain Res 1974; 74:279-303. [PMID: 4836627 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(74)90584-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Gautvik KM, Tashjian AH, Kourides IA, Weintraub BD, Graeber CT, Maloof F, Suzuki K, Zuckerman JE. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone is not the sole physiologic mediator of prolactin release during suckling. N Engl J Med 1974; 290:1162-5. [PMID: 4207375 DOI: 10.1056/nejm197405232902103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Floss HG, Cassady JM, Robbers JE. Influence of ergot alkaloids on pituitary prolactin and prolactin-dependent processes. J Pharm Sci 1973; 62:699-715. [PMID: 4574586 DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600620502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Bowers CY, Friesen HG, Folkers K. Further evidence that TRH is also a physiological regulator of PRL secretion in man. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1973; 51:512-21. [PMID: 4634111 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(73)91344-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Valverde C, Chieffo V, Reichlin S. Failure of reserpine to block ether-induced release of prolactin: physiological evidence that stress induced prolactin release is not caused by acute inhibition of PIF secretion. LIFE SCIENCES. PT. 1: PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 1973; 12:327-35. [PMID: 4695125 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(73)90416-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Tolis G, Goldstein M, Friesen HG. Functional evaluation of prolactin secretion in patients with hypothalamic-pituitary disorders. J Clin Invest 1973; 52:783-8. [PMID: 4632690 PMCID: PMC302324 DOI: 10.1172/jci107241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Prolactin secretion was assessed in 23 patients with hypothalamic-pituitary disorders using L-Dopa suppression, chlorpromazine (CPZ), and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation tests. Based on the responses to these tests, three groups of patients were identified: those with panhypopituitarism (group I) and those with partial hypopituitarism either with (group II) or without (group III) evidence of hypothalamic involvement. Panhypopituitary patients (group I) consistently had low serum prolactin values and failed to respond to all tests. Patients with hypothalamic involvement (group II) exhibited (a) elevated basal prolactin values. (b) an increase in serum prolactin after TRH stimulation. (c) blunted response to L-Dopa, and (d) lack of response to chlorpromazine stimulation. Patients with partial hypopituitarism but without hypothalamic involvement (group III) had normal serum prolactin levels and suppressed normally after L-Dopa; although the magnitude of response to both stimulatory agents was significantly lower than normally found the ratio of prolactin levels post-CPZ and TRH (Delta prolactin CPZ/Delta prolactin TRH) was similar to the ratio of normal individuals suggesting that these patients (group III) had a normal hypothalamic-pituitary prolactin axis. In the 23 patients studied, the most consistent disorder of pituitary function proved to be an abnormal response to one or other of the three tests employed for the evaluation of prolactin secretion. Hence these tests have considerable potential as a sensitive screening procedure in the evaluation of patients suspected of having hypothalamic-pituitary disease.
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Currie BL, Johansson NG, Folkers K. On the chemical existence and partial purification of the hypothalamic follicle stimulating hormone releasing hormone. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1973; 50:14-9. [PMID: 4567082 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(73)91056-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Chapter 21. Peptide Hormones of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary. ANNUAL REPORTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 1973. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-7743(08)61249-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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