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Morooka, Yoshiaki
Oomizu, Souichi
Abstract
Suckling- and estrogen-induced prolactin release from the anterior pituitary is mediated by alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (a-MSH) secreted by the intermediate lobe of the pituitary in the rat. Melanocortin 5-receptors are expressed in the anterior pituitary and probably mediate the alpha-MSH function. In contrast, the mouse anterior pituitary does not express the receptor. To examine whether or not alpha-MSH regulates prolactin release in mice, we performed cell immunoblot assay using anterior pituitary cells from adult female mice. We found that alpha-MSH acted on mammotrophs (prolactin-secreting cells) and stimulated prolactin release in a dose dependent manner. A series of RT-PCR using oligonucleotide primer pairs specific for each subtypes of melanocortin receptors revealed that the melanocortin 3-receptor is the sole receptor expressed in the mouse anterior pituitary. These results suggest that alpha-MSH-induced prolactin release is mediated by melanocortin 3-receptors in female mice.
Published Date
1998-08
Publication Title
Zoological Science
Volume
volume15
Issue
issue4
Publisher
Zoological Society of Japan
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日本動物学会
Start Page
567
End Page
572
ISSN
0289-0003
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AA10545874
Content Type
Journal Article
language
English
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© 1998 Zoological Society of Japan
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