| Abstract: | The effects of serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline on RNA synthesis, estimated by the incorporation of 3H]orotic acid, were studied on regenerating fragments of planarians. Serotonin was observed to inhibit, whereas dopamine and noradrenaline had no apparent action. These three neurohormones and their antagonists were also tested on planarian cell cultures, using 3H]-uridine as tracer. RNA synthesis, inhibited by serotonin, methiothepine (serotonin antagonist) and fluphenazine (dopamine antagonist), was shown to be restored by dopamine. The effects of serotonin, dopamine and their antagonists, are discussed in relation to the adenylate cyclase system. |
