Linked Life Data

6298828

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/6298828

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Between 14 and 27 days of lactation, female rats excrete a pheromone in their feces that is cholic-acid dependent and that strongly attracts young. Previous research has shown that high circulating levels of prolactin are necessary before the pheromone can be emitted. However, during the time of pheromonal emission prolactin in serum conspicuously declines, while in hepatic cytosol the hormone reaches peak levels. We were interested in the question of how the liver can show peak cytosolic concentrations of prolactin at a time of falling blood levels of prolactin. Accordingly, we examined the prolactin binding capacity of liver membrane fractions during selected periods of lactation. We also studied the livers of virgin and pregnant females for comparison. Three membrane fractions were separated: the cell membrane, the nuclear membrane and a fraction consisting of the cell membrane and large non-nuclear organelles. In all three fractions, there was an increase in available and total prolactin binding in the liver when pregnant females were compared with nulliparous females. However, during the time of pheromonal emission, when prolactin in hepatic cytosol was elevated, there was a significant reduction in the prolactin binding capacity of the liver. How such a reduction increases the cytosolic concentration of the hormone and in turn heightens cholic acid output and pheromonal emission remains unsolved.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0091-3057
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1149-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduced prolactin binding to liver membranes during pheromonal emission in the rat.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.