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Morooka, Yoshiaki
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University
Oomizu, Souichi
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University
Takeuchi, Sakae
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University
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Takahashi, Sumio
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University
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抄録 | 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.
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発行日 | 1998-08
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出版物タイトル |
Zoological Science
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巻 | 15巻
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号 | 4号
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出版者 | Zoological Society of Japan
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出版者(別表記) | 日本動物学会
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開始ページ | 567
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終了ページ | 572
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ISSN | 0289-0003
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NCID | AA10545874
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学術雑誌論文
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英語
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著作権者 | © 1998 Zoological Society of Japan
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論文のバージョン | publisher
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