Differential effects of dopamine antagonists on prolactin secretion from cultured rat pituitary cells. |
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Authors: | C Denef J J Follebouckt |
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Institution: | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Fakulteit der Geneeskunde Afdeling Farmakologie B-3000 Leuven, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Various dopamine antagonists, including two novel non-neuroleptic drugs domperidone and halopemide, stimulated apomorphine-suppressed prolactin secretion from cultured rat pituitary cells. The potency of these drugs closely paralleled their rank-order in displacing H3-haloperidol binding in rat striatum reported by others (10). Concentration-effect curves were parallel except those of pimozide and clopimozide which were biphasic : prolactin secretion was stimulated at low concentrations but depressed at concentrations above 25nM. When added alone, pimozide and clopimozide, but none of the other drugs tested, also depressed prolactin secretion. The present findings indicate that prolactin secretion from cultured pituitary cells may provide an test system suitable to differentiate antagonists of dopamine receptors and possibly to distinguish pure from partial antagonists. |
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