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6247216

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
The evidence that prolactin is a fluid and electrolyte regulator in mammals is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the renal actions of prolactin. Prolactin receptors are found in mammalian kidneys. Prolactin modulates renal formation of cyclic AMP and polyamines and it leads to demonstrable histological changes in the proximal tubules. The renal actions of prolactin primarily involve modulation of the effects of other hormones and are therefore critically dependent on the background physiological situation. Prolactin seems able to cause a prolonged reduction in water, sodium, and potassium excretion, a pattern that is imitated by no other hormone with the possible exception of growth hormone. Prolactin preparations can cause an acute antidiuresis, which may in part be related to contamination of prolactin preparations with vasopressin. However, most of the described effects cannot be explained by vasopressin contamination. This is particularly so with the effects of prolactin on water movements across fetal skin, the amniotic membrane, and in the eye where prolactin and vasopressin have diametrically opposite effects. It is concluded that prolactin is a regulator of fluid and electrolyte metabolism in mammals but that it is a modulator rather than a primary controlling factor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-9446
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2567-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Prolactin as a regulator of fluid and electrolyte metabolism in mammals.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review