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Physiological regulation of thyrotropin
Authors:G Brabant  K Ocran  U Ranft  A von zur Mühlen  R D Hesch
Affiliation:Department of Clinical Endocrinology, Med. Hochschule, Hannover, F.R.G.
Abstract:The pattern of TSH secretion in man in pulsatile in addition to the well known circadian variation. The mechanism triggering TSH pulses remains unclear to date. Infusions of somatostatin or dopamine rapidly lowering basal TSH levels without suppressing the pulsatile pattern suggest that an episodic disinhibition exerted by a physiological inhibitor is not a likely cause. On the same basis, thyroid hormones do not appear to be candidates, since they similarly inhibit basal TSH levels after a time lag of several hours but again do not suppress pulsatile release of the hormone. In contrast, bolus injections of dexamethasone completely abolish pulsatile release of TSH for several hours despite a normal sensitivity of the pituitary to exogenous TRH, suggesting a hypothalamic action of the drug. The hypothesis that pulsatile TSH release might be governed by a pulsatile mode of a hypothalamic stimulator is supported by the observation that an infusion of nifedipine, a calcium channel blocker, which in vitro selectively inhibits the TRH effect on TSH but not prolactin secretion, exerts a comparable effect when it is infused in vivo.
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