Effect of serotonin on basal and TRH-induced release of prolactin from rat pituitary glands in vitro

Author:

Apfelbaum Marta E.

Abstract

Abstract. The effect of serotonin on the release of prolactin (PRL) was studied in vitro. Anterior hemipituitary glands from ovariectomized rats were incubated for 1 h in the presence of different doses of serotonin. Serotonin added into the culture medium caused a significant increase in basal PRL release. The effect was dose-related between 10 and 30 nmol/l serotonin, but responsiveness declined towards basal levels with higher concentrations. When studied as a function of incubation time, basal release of PRL was significantly increased up to 1 h but decreased thereafter. Serotonin also enhanced the release of prolactin induced by 30 nmol/l thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), at all doses tested. A serotonin concentration of as little as 30 nmol/l was already effective. A significant response was seen at 15 min and further increases occurred during the following incubation periods. Serotonin (approximately EC50 4.6 × 10−8 mol/l) was less potent than TRH (EC50 about 1.2 × 10−8 mol/l) to increase basal PRL release. On the other hand, the indole amine appeared to act with similar potency in stimulating PRL release both basal and TRH-induced. In addition, the combined effect of the releasing agents was found to be additive. These results suggest that serotonin and TRH could act through separate mechanisms. Methysergide, a serotoninergic blocking agent, had no effect on the in vitro PRL release either basal or TRH-induced, but it completely blocked that evoked by serotonin suggesting that serotonin may interact with specific receptors on the lactotropes. These findings clearly demonstrate that serotonin may stimulate the release of PRL by acting directly at the pituitary gland level.

Publisher

Bioscientifica

Subject

Endocrinology,General Medicine,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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