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Hyperprolactinaemia produced in rats by the transplanted prolactin-secreting tumours MtTW15 and 7315a significantly (P<0·01) inhibited by 70% the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into the pituitary DNA of the host animals. The weight and the DNA content of the glands were significantly (P<0·01) reduced by 30%. The administration of haloperidol, a dopamine receptor blocking agent, to the tumour-bearing rats increased the suppressed DNA replication in the anterior pituitary glands by approximately 560% in the MtTW15-bearing rat and by 100% in the 7315a-bearing animals. Furthermore, injection of drugs which stimulate prolactin release either by blocking the synthesis of dopamine (α-methyl-p-tyrosine) or the re-uptake of dopamine (reserpine) stimulated DNA synthesis by 800 and 100% respectively in the anterior pituitary gland of rats bearing the MtTW15 tumour. In contrast, lisuride, a dopamine agonist, significantly inhibited the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into the DNA of the pituitary gland of normal but not hyperprolactinaemic rats. Chronically administered oestrogens to hyperprolactinaemic rats increased the weight (100%), DNA content (31%), incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA (680%) and synthesis and release of prolactin (300%) in the pituitary gland.
The incorporation of [3H]thymidine into tumour DNA was several times higher than in the pituitary gland of the host animal and was not significantly modified by any of the above treatments. Likewise the hyperprolactinaemia of the tumour-bearing rats was not significantly changed.
In conclusion, we have shown that hyperprolactinaemia inhibits DNA synthesis in the anterior pituitary gland and this inhibition can be reversed completely by a dopamine receptor blocking agent and by hypothalamic dopamine depleting drugs. We propose that dopamine regulates, either directly or indirectly, DNA synthesis in the lactotrophs of the pituitary gland, which may be responsive to negative feedback mechanisms.
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Two inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis, indomethacin and aspirin, blocked the increase of oestrogen-binding sites in the nuclear subcellular fraction, an increase which occurs after the administration of oestradiol. Consequently the biological effects of oestrogens in the anterior pituitary gland of the rat (prolactin synthesis, concentration of progesteronebinding sites and cell proliferation) are diminished. The anterior pituitary gland synthesized prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α), PGE2 and PGD2 from arachidonic acid. This synthesis was blocked when indomethacin was added to the culture media. Oestrogen increased the concentration of PGE2: an increase that was partially prevented by indomethacin. Prostaglandins may have an important role on the effects of oestrogen in the anterior pituitary gland of the rat.
Journal of Endocrinology (1989) 121, 513–519
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The relationship between the release of LH and the synthesis of DNA was studied in the anterior pituitary gland of castrated rats. Cell types were characterized immunocytochemically. Castration significantly (P < 0·01) increased the concentration of LH in serum (1326%) and the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into pituitary DNA (72%). This was accompanied by an increment in the activity of the enzyme DNA polymerase-α (58%) and in the number of mitoses (from 2± 0·1/mm2 in intact rats to 21 ± 0·8/mm2 15 days after castration). Only 20% of the mitoses found in the pituitary gland of castrated rats were positively stained with the antiserum against the β-subunit of LH. The other 80% did not stain either with LH antiserum or with antisera against the other pituitary hormones. There was a significant (P < 0·01) increase in the number of LH cells in castrated rats (48%). All the changes produced in the anterior pituitary gland after castration were prevented by the administration of dihydrotestosterone. The results demonstrate that a stimulation of LH release is followed by an increase of DNA synthesis and cell proliferation of gonadotrophs in the anterior pituitary gland.
J. Endocr. (1984) 102, 13–18
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Relationships among the release of prolactin, the effect of oestrogens and the proliferation of prolactin-secreting cells were studied under several experimental conditions.
Administration of sulpiride or oestradiol released prolactin and stimulated cell proliferation in the anterior pituitary gland of adult male rats. Clomiphene completely abolished the rise in cell proliferation, but did not interfere with the sulpiride-induced release of prolactin. Treatment with oestradiol plus sulpiride significantly increased serum prolactin concentrations and the mitotic index compared with the sum of the stimulation produced by both drugs separately. Bromocriptine abolished the stimulatory effect of oestradiol on the serum prolactin concentration and on cell proliferation. In oestradiol- and/or sulpiride-treated rats, 80% of the cells in mitoses were lactotrophs. The remaining 20% did not stain with antisera against any of the pituitary hormones. The number of prolactin-secreting cells in the anterior pituitary gland significantly increased after the administration of oestradiol or sulpiride.
The results demonstrate that treatment with sulpiride and/or oestradiol increases the proliferation and the number of lactotrophs in the anterior pituitary gland of the rat.
J. Endocr. (1986) 108, 399–403
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In the anterior pituitary gland changes in prolactin synthesis and in the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA are coincident under several experimental conditions. We investigated whether these changes are obligatory, thus indicating a regulatory mechanism common to the synthesis of both macromolecules. Alternatively, the parallel changes may represent similar responses to various stimuli operating through different pathways. The administration of α-methyl-p-tyrosine (αMpT) to rats stimulated the incorporation of [3H]leucine into prolactin and [3H]thymidine into DNA. When the effectiveness of oestrogen was suppressed by ovariectomy or by blockage of oestrogen receptors by the antioestrogen clomiphene, αMpT stimulated the synthesis of prolactin but not the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into pituitary DNA. The results clearly indicate two independent mechanisms regulating the synthesis of prolactin and DNA in the anterior pituitary gland.
J. Endocr. (1984) 101, 197–201
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The effect of daily injections of sulpiride was compared with that of a single injection of the drug in male rats which had been treated with oestradiol diundecenoate for various periods of time. We studied the effect of the different treatments on weight of the pituitary gland, concentration of prolactin and incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA in the pituitary gland and on serum levels of prolactin. Administration of the oestrogen produced a marked increase in the synthesis of DNA at day 7. The stimulation diminished at day 21 and was not significant at day 45. The maximum increase in the concentration of prolactin in serum and pituitary glands was observed during the first 7 days (approximately 400 and 150% respectively) and in the weight of the anterior pituitary gland after 21 days of treatment (approximately 107%).
A single injection of sulpiride markedly stimulated the release of prolactin and the synthesis of DNA at day 7. Both these effects diminished at day 21 and disappeared by day 45. Daily injections of sulpiride also produced similar changes in the release of prolactin and in the replication of DNA. The growth of the anterior pituitary gland was greater in this group than in the rats which had been treated with oestradiol diundecenoate only. After the end of treatment with oestrogen and sulpiride the pituitary weight and the concentration of prolactin in the anterior pituitary gland diminished together with levels of prolactin and oestrogen in serum. There was a good correlation between weight of the gland and serum levels of prolactin. The results further support the idea of a mechanism which controls the proliferation of lactotrophs in which the release of the hormone is accompanied by an increase in pituitary DNA synthesis.
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Bromocriptine increased the concentration of prolactin in oestrogen-induced tumours of the rat pituitary gland. Prolactinaemia was significantly reduced and at the same time there was a considerable decrease in the weight of the tumour, in the incorporation of tritiated thymidine into DNA and in the activity of DNA polymerase a. The results suggested that the intracellular content of prolactin controls cell proliferation in this experimental tumour. A hypothalamic disorder is proposed as the primary cause of these tumours.
