Comparative studies were performed to verify the effect of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) or clonidine (CLON), a compound thought to act via release of endogenous GHRH, in stimulating GH biosynthesis in the pituitary from neonatal and adult rats. In vitro preincubation for 1 h with GHRH (hpGRF-40, 10-8M) increased the incorporation of L-[3H]leucine in the electrophoretic band of GH in the pituitary from 10-day-old rats, but not in the gland from adult rats. Ex-vivo treatment with GHRH or CLON for 5 days was effective in stimulating GH biosynthesis only in the pituitary from neonatal rats. These data demonstrate that neonatal somatotropes are particularly sensitive to the GH-synthesizing activity of GHRH or a GHRH-releasing stimulus.
Growth hormone-releasing hormone and clonidine stimulate biosynthesis of growth hormone in neonatal pituitaries / M. Cozzi, A. Zanini, V. Locatelli, S. Cella, E. Müller. - In: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 0006-291X. - 138:3(1986), pp. 1223-1230. [10.1016/S0006-291X(86)80413-2]
Growth hormone-releasing hormone and clonidine stimulate biosynthesis of growth hormone in neonatal pituitaries
S. CellaPenultimo
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1986
Abstract
Comparative studies were performed to verify the effect of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) or clonidine (CLON), a compound thought to act via release of endogenous GHRH, in stimulating GH biosynthesis in the pituitary from neonatal and adult rats. In vitro preincubation for 1 h with GHRH (hpGRF-40, 10-8M) increased the incorporation of L-[3H]leucine in the electrophoretic band of GH in the pituitary from 10-day-old rats, but not in the gland from adult rats. Ex-vivo treatment with GHRH or CLON for 5 days was effective in stimulating GH biosynthesis only in the pituitary from neonatal rats. These data demonstrate that neonatal somatotropes are particularly sensitive to the GH-synthesizing activity of GHRH or a GHRH-releasing stimulus.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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