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The effects of 2-hydroxyoestradiol (2OH-OE2), dopamine, oestradiol-17β and 2OH-OE2 plus dopamine on prolactin and LH release from the male rat pituitary gland were examined in vitro.
2-Hydroxyoestradiol reduced prolactin secretion by 51% at 10−10 mol/l and by 34% at 10−7 mol/l, while oestradiol-17β had no effect at these doses. Dopamine alone (5 × 10−7 mol/l) decreased prolactin released by 58%, 2OH-OE2 plus dopamine produced a similar inhibition of 60%.
No significant effect on LH release was observed throughout.
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Changes in the rate of in-vitro degradation of thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH) in serum as related to age have been investigated in the rat and man. In rats, no inactivation was found up to the age of 15 days but thereafter an age-related increase in inactivation was detected with approximately 75% inactivation in 60 min at 40 days and reaching a maximum of 88–93% inactivation in adult male and female animals. The human serum samples studied (both male and female) showed a similar but less clear-cut pattern of inactivation of TRH compared with that found in the rat. A physiological role for these age-related changes in the degradation of TRH remains to be established but it has been concluded that the changes observed in both rat and man may be associated with growth and development, possibly by facilitating feedback control of thyrotrophin secretion through the degradation of TRH.
