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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
In this study we have examined the effects of TRH, thyroid hormones and dopamine on the rat anterior pituitary content of neuromedin U-like immunoreactivity. Oral administration of TRH (20 mg/100 g per day) to euthyroid animals evoked a fivefold increase in peptide content after 12 days of treatment. This effect was found to be dependent upon circulating levels of thyroid hormone, since administration of TRH to thyroidectomized animals failed to show a similar effect without simultaneous treatment with tri-iodothyronine. The possibility that the TRH-induced increase in anterior lobe neuromedin U content reflected alterations in prolactin secretion or synthetic rate was also examined. Treatment of euthyroid animals with a dopamine agonist and antagonist was, however, without effect. These results demonstrate a unique relationship between TRH and thyroid hormone levels in increasing the anterior lobe content of neuromedin U immunoreactivity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-0795
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
471-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The anterior pituitary content of neuromedin U-like immunoreactivity is altered by thyrotrophin-releasing hormone and thyroid hormone status in the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article