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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
We determined the corticotropin-releasing factor(CRF)-like immunoreactivity by radioimmunoassay in intermediate and posterior pituitary lobes of stalk-sectioned and sham-operated control rats. The antigenic determinant read by the CRF antibody used was contained within the region of amino acids 26 (Gln) to 37 (Leu) of the molecule. Intermediate and posterior lobes of control rats contained similar amounts of CRF (591 +/- 78 and 487 +/- 34 pg/mg protein, respectively). The section of the pituitary stalk produced a marked decrease in CRF-like immunoreactivity in both structures. The CRF content on the intermediate lobe after stalk section was 62 +/- 17 pg/mg protein, a decrease of 90%, and that of the posterior lobe was 90 +/- 13 pg/mg protein, an 83% decrease. Our results suggest that most of the CRF-like immunoreactivity in the rat intermediate and posterior pituitary lobes is contained in nerve fibers of brain origin and support the hypothesis of a role of CRF in the release of intermediate and posterior lobe peptides.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0028-3835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Decreased corticotropin-releasing factor-like immunoreactivity in rat intermediate and posterior pituitary after stalk section.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article