Studies on the Role of the Pineal Gland in the Regulation of TSH Secretion in Postpuberal Male Rats
作者:
Jyrki Mattila,
Pekka T. Männistö,
期刊:
Hormone Research in Paediatrics
(Karger Available online 1981)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 1
页码: 24-35
ISSN:1663-2818
年代: 1981
DOI:10.1159/000179354
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Pineal;TSH;TRH;Melatonin;Arginine vasotocin
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
The role of the pineal gland in the regulation of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) secretion was studied in postpuberal male rats using 12:12 h light:dark cycles. Pinealectomy, performed 3–4 days before decapitation, had no effect on the basal or thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulated TSH secretion, but significantly decreased the cold-induced TSH response both at noon and at midnight. Neither hypothalamic thyrotropin-releasing hormone concentrations nor serum thyroid hormone levels were affected by pinealectomy. Melatonin injected intravenously (1 and 10 mg/kg) or intracerebroventricularly (5 and 50 µg/rat) had no effect on the basal or cold-stimulated TSH levels, neither was the thyrotropin-releasing hormone induced (50 and 125 ng/rat i.p.) TSH response modified by melatonin (1 mg/kg i.v.). Arginine vasotocin (1 and 100 ng/rat) given intracerebroventricularly had no effect on the basal or cold-stimulated TSH secretion. These results suggest that the pineal has no influence on the basal activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid system, but it seems that the cold-induced TSH response depends to a considerable degree on the intact pineal gla
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