Release of thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) from human prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma cells. Modulation by dopamine |
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| Authors: | M Le Dafniet J Blumberg-Tick J Yuan Li A M Brandi D Bression A Barret M C Feinstein F Peillon |
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| Institution: | I.N.S.E.R.M., U. n. 223, Faculté de Médecine Petié-Salpétriére, Paris. |
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| Abstract: | We found, by radioimmunoassay, that thyrotropin-releasing-hormone (TRH) was present in human prolactin (PRL)-secreting adenomas (mean: 89 +/- 45 (SEM) fmol/mg proteins) and was released by perifused adenomatous cells at levels varying from 5 to 60 fmol/10(6) cell/2 min. TRH release was increased in the presence of dopamine (DA) 10(-6) M but was not modified by the presence of somatostatin (SRIH) 10(-6) M. |
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