Publikationsdatum:
1987-10-23
Beschreibung:
Exposure to bacterial endotoxins has long been known to stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; administration of endotoxin was at one time a common clinical test of anterior pituitary function. Endotoxin is a potent stimulus for production of the endogenous pyrogenic protein, interleukin-1 (IL-1), by macrophages and monocytes. The possibility that IL-1 has a direct effect on the secretion of hormones by rat pituitary cells in a monolayer culture was investigated. Recombinant human IL-1 beta stimulated the secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone, luteinizing hormone, growth hormone, and thyroid-stimulating hormone. Increased hormone secretion into culture supernatants was found with IL-1 concentrations ranging from 10(-9) M to 10(-12) M. Prolactin secretion by the monolayers was inhibited by similar doses. These concentrations of IL-1 are within the range reported for IL-1 in serum, suggesting that IL-1 generated peripherally by mononuclear immune cells may act directly on anterior pituitary cells to modulate hormone secretion in vivo. Incubation of IL-1 solutions with antibody to IL-1 neutralized these actions. These pituitary effects of IL-1 suggest that this monokine may be an important regulator of the metabolic adaptations to infectious stressors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bernton, E W -- Beach, J E -- Holaday, J W -- Smallridge, R C -- Fein, H G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Oct 23;238(4826):519-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Neuropsychiatry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20307-5100.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2821620" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Schlagwort(e):
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/secretion
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Animals
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Cells, Cultured
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Dinoprostone
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Female
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Growth Hormone/secretion
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Humans
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Infection/physiopathology
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Inflammation/physiopathology
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Interleukin-1/*physiology
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Luteinizing Hormone/secretion
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Pituitary Gland, Anterior/*secretion
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Pituitary Hormones, Anterior/*secretion
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Prolactin/secretion
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Prostaglandins E/secretion
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Rats
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Rats, Inbred Strains
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Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
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Thyrotropin/secretion
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Digitale ISSN:
1095-9203
Thema:
Biologie
,
Chemie und Pharmazie
,
Informatik
,
Medizin
,
Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
,
Physik
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