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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of cyproheptadine, desmethylcyproheptadine, serotonin, gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) and sodium valproate were studied on ACTH secretion by cultured nonenzymatically dispersed pituitary tumour cells from three patients with Nelson's syndrome. Cyproheptadine (1-10 mumol/l) and desmethylcyproheptadine (1-10 mumol/l) suppressed ACTH secretion significantly (P less than 0.01), while serotonin (10 mumol/l) did not have a direct effect. Serotonin was also not able to reverse the (desmethyl)cyproheptadine-mediated inhibition of ACTH release. Sodium valproate and GABA did not exert a direct effect on hormone release by these cultured pituitary tumour cells. It is suggested that cyproheptadine-mediated inhibition of ACTH release in Nelson's syndrome might be effected by a direct non-serotonin-related effect on the pituitary tumour, while sodium valproate suppresses ACTH release by a suprahypophysial action.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-0795
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
401-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of cyproheptadine, desmethylcyproheptadine, gamma-amino-butyric acid and sodium valproate on adrenocorticotrophin secretion by cultured pituitary tumour cells from three patients with Nelson's syndrome.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't