Neither prolactin nor growth hormone restore the nocturnal rise in pineal N-acetyltransferase activity or melatonin content in hypophysectomized rats

I. Sabry, R. J. Reiter

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Hypophysectomy in adult male rats greatly attenuated the nocturnal rise in both pineal N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity and melatonin content. High nighttime levels of NAT and melatonin were not restored by treating the animals with either prolactin or growth hormone, alone or in combination. Treating intact rats with bromocriptine, which depresses circulating prolactin levels, also was without effect on pineal melatonin synthesis. It appears that neither prolactin nor growth hormone are of major importance in determining pineal melatonin production.

Idioma originalEnglish (US)
Páginas (desde-hasta)509-511
Número de páginas3
PublicaciónExperientia
Volumen44
N.º6
DOI
EstadoPublished - jun 1988

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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