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Dopaminergic and serotoninergic systems are involved in regulation of
prolactin
(
PRL
) and TSH secretion. About 10% of patients presented because of an galactorrhea and hyperprolactinemia (HP) have uncompensated primary hypothyroidism (PH). Two groups of patients were investigated using metoclopramide (
MCP
, DA antagonist, 10 mg i.v.), cyproheptadine (serotonin antagonist, 4 mg per os) and TRH tests. Group A consisted of 12 females with PH and hyperprolactinemia (HP). Group B presented 4 females with PH, HP and pituitary microadenoma on CT-scan. In control group of healthy euthyroid women basal
PRL
and TSH levels were in the normal range and statistically significant increase of both hormones was observed after
MCP
and TRH injections. Marked increase of basal TSH and
PRL
levels was found in both clinical groups. In contrast to control group no TSH reaction in
MCP
test was observed.
PRL
response to
MCP
was declined in group B versus group A. Cyproheptadine inhibited TSH secretion in patients with HP and PH, while this effect was absent in control group. TRH stimulated TSH and
PRL
response in group B was declined. Presented data shows that HP in PH may be due to the presence of subclinical microadenoma made manifest by hypothyroid state and/or due to disturbances in monamine control of
PRL
and TSH secretion.
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PMID:Monoamine regulation of prolactin and TSH secretion in hypothyroidism. 151 63
Of 210 women with galactorrhea 66.2% had normal
prolactin
serum levels. Only in 33.4% elevated
prolactin
levels could be found, 0.4% were hypoprolactinemic. The TRH-stimulation test detected latent hyperprolactinemia in 13.5% of the cases, showed a normal thyroid function in 81.5%, hypothyroidism in 13.9% and hyperthyroidism in 4.6% and this is considered to be a more valuable diagnostic tool than the
MCP
-test. Galactorrhea was associated with the following conditions: hyperprolactinemia (34.8%), menstrual disturbances (67.4%), post-pill amenorrhea (30.2%), mastalgia (30.2%), prolactinoma (18.6%), fibrocystic disease (11.6%), hirsutism (4.6%), diabetes mellitus (2.3%).
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PMID:[The value of hyperprolactinemia determination within the scope of galactorrhea]. 249 8
The pituitary and corpus luteum responses to acute gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) administration at the mid-luteal phase (LP) were studied in 24 infertile women. Patients were randomly divided into two groups. In one group (n = 12) metoclopramide (
MCP
, 10 mg orally 3 times daily) was administered from day 0 or 1 of the LP for 7 days. On day 7 or 8 of LP blood samples were taken every 15 min for 180 min; then 25 micrograms GnRH were acutely administered intravenously and blood samples taken at 185, 195, 210, 225, 240, 255, 270, 285 and 300 min. In the other 12 patients the same experimental design was performed on day 7 or 8 of an untreated LP. Plasma
prolactin
(
PRL
), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), progesterone and estradiol (E2) were assayed. The responsiveness of the different hormones to GnRH was evaluated as the integrated secretory area for 120 min after injection (sISA = stimulated integrated secretory area) and as the percentage increase (delta A) with respect to the area under basal conditions before GnRH administration (bISA = basal integrated secretory area).
MCP
-treated women showed higher basal
PRL
levels (p less than 0.01) and lower basal plasma concentrations and bISA (p less than 0.01) values of LH than controls. After GnRH a more marked response of LH secretion was observed in the treated group (p less than 0.01), so that the absolute values of sISA were superimposable in both groups. Basal and stimulated FSH secretion did not differ significantly in the study groups. Basal plasma and bISA values of progesterone were also decreased in
MCP
-treated subjects. After GnRH injection the absolute values of progesterone sISA were greater in controls (p less than 0.01), but delta A values were similar in both groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Effect of luteal metoclopramide-induced hyperprolactinemia on pituitary and luteal responsiveness to gonadotropin-releasing hormone. 250 35
This study was carried out using a dopaminergic agonist (carbidopa plus levodopa, CD + LD) and antagonist (metoclopramide,
MCP
) respectively for dynamic tests to observe the variations of serum
prolactin
(
PRL
), thyrotropin (TSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels in 7 normal women and 11 women with pituitary prolactinoma. It was shown that CD + LD resulted in minimal suppression of serum
PRL
(18.4 +/- 3.4%) in tumor patients, with this being significantly less than that in normal women (80.7 +/- 4.6%). However, similar degrees of TSH and LH suppression were observed after CD + LD in patients (23.8 +/- 4.2% and 28.2 +/- 2.1%, respectively) and in normal women (27.9 +/- 2.4% and 34.7 +/- 9.0%, respectively).
MCP
greatly increased
PRL
levels in the normal women as compared with the patients (892.1 +/- 195.3%, 16.4 +/- 6.5%), but increased TSH and LH levels were much higher in the patients than in the normal women (291.4 +/- 36.1% vs 19.9 +/- 3.3% and 96.9 +/- 7.4% vs 24.9 +/- 5.5%, respectively). It was also found that the levels of TSH or LH after
MCP
strongly correlated with basal
PRL
levels in the patients (r = 0.858, P less than 0.001 and r = 0.737, P less than 0.01, respectively). These results indicate that synthesis, turnover and release of hypothalamic dopamine are normal and the hypothalamic tone is relatively high in patients with
PRL
-secreting pituitary tumors.
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PMID:Evaluation of hypothalamic dopaminergic function in patients with pituitary prolactinoma. 259 32
To investigate the effects of dietary sodium on the peripheral dopaminergic mechanism, changes of unconjugated plasma dopamine(DA) and its related humoral factors were studied in 8 patients with essential hypertension(EH) and 8 age-matched normal controls(N) while they were receiving ordinary meals (Na, 130-180 mEq daily) followed by higher sodium (250-300 mEq daily) diets for a week. Plasma and urinary DA, norepinephrine(NE) and epinephrine(E) were measured by the highly sensitive COMT-mediated radioenzymatic procedure, which permits an accurate estimation of plasma DA as low as 5-6 pg/ml. Under high sodium diets, blood pressure and heart rate were not changed significantly in N and EH subjects. Urinary NE and E tended to decrease, while urinary DA increased significantly in both groups of subjects (p less than 0.05). There was a significant correlation between urinary sodium and DA (r = 0.590, p less than 0.001), but plasma DA failed to correlate significantly to urinary sodium or DA in all subjects. Plasma NE and E tended to decrease in both N and EH subjects, while plasma DA increased significantly (p less than 0.05) in EH from 7.2 +/- 0.8 pg/ml [mean +/- SEM] to 9.3 +/- 1.0 and slightly in N from 9.1 +/- 1.8 to 11.2 +/- 1.3. Plasma renin activity(PRA) and plasma aldosterone(PAC) were invariably decreased in all subjects, while plasma
prolactin
(PRL) remained unchanged. A significant correlation was observed between plasma DA and NE under ordinary meals (r = 0.733, p less than 0.01), but this correlation disappeared under high sodium diets. Plasma DA showed an inverse correlation to PAC (r = 0.351, p less than 0.05) under both dietary conditions. Upright posture induced a significant rise (p less than 0.05) in NE, E, DA, PRA and PAC with ordinary meals, but the responses of NE and PAC were apparently attenuated with high sodium diets. An intravenous injection of metoclopramide (
MCP
, 10 mg), a DA receptor antagonist, provoked a slight rise in plasma NE and DA with ordinary meals, of which responses were further enhanced with high sodium diets.
MCP
induced a definite rise in PAC and PRL in all subjects under both dietary conditions (p less than 0.01), while plasma E and PRA remained unchanged after
MCP
challenge. The results lend support to the view that unconjugated plasma DA could be a useful marker of peripheral dopaminergic activity, which might be a physiological regulator responsible for the suppression of aldosterone secretion and sympathetic nerve activity observed during high sodium intake.
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PMID:[Effects of high sodium diet on dopaminergic mechanism in normal and hypertensive subjects]. 306 95
In order to investigate the DA activity in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) we studied the response of LH, FSH and PRL to a dopamine receptor antagonist metoclopramide (
MCP
-10 mg iv) in 12 PCO subjects (7 with normal and 5 with elevated levels of
prolactin
). The
prolactin
and LH responses to metoclopramide were compared to those obtained in 6 normal cycling women. Although a significant increase in PRL levels was documented after
MCP
administration in all PCO patients and normal cycling women (p less than 0.01), the highest increment in PRL levels was observed in normoprolactinemic PCO subjects. In contrast a blunted PRL response was observed in hyperprolactinemic PCO patients. There was a negative correlation between basal PRL levels and the maximum net increase in PRL after
MCP
. In both groups of PCO subjects
MCP
administration caused initial decrease in LH levels followed by an increase after 4 h. In hyperprolactinemic PCO patients this observed
MCP
effect on LH was more pronounced and significantly different in comparison with normoprolactinemic PCO patients (p less than 0.01).
MCP
administration did not cause significant acute alterations in LH levels in normal cycling women and no significant FSH changes in either PCO or control subjects. A relative dopamine deficiency might cause hypersecretion of PRL and LH in patients with PCOS and hyperprolactinemia.
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PMID:Metoclopramide effect on serum prolactin LH and FSH in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. 313 53
A method is described for isolation of relatively large quantities of large and small hormone storage granules from the beef adenohypophysis. The hormone storage granules are highly purified, as indicated by ultrastructural and biochemical criteria. The average size of large granules is 400 mmicro and of small granules is 220 mmicro. The large granules contain growth hormone and
prolactin
; the small granules contain high concentrations of follicle-stimulating, luteinizing, and thyroid-stimulating hormones. An
alkaline protease
with a pH optimum of 8.3 is associated with the small granule fraction.
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PMID:Hormone storage granules in the beef anterior pituitary. I. Isolation, ultrastructure, and some biochemical properties. 578 47
The aim of the study was to evaluate the hormonal pattern in men with idiopathic oligozoospermia and azoospermia. Material consisted of 13 sterile men, 21-34 years old (the mean - 27 years). Three of 13 patients had the third degree oligozoospermia, 3 - extreme oligozoospermia and 7 - azoospermia. The control group consisted of 11 healthy men who were found to have normozoospermia. In all patients and in control subjects the estimation of LH, FSH,
prolactin
(
PRL
), testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in basal conditions and also
PRL
determination at 15, 30, 60 min after stimulation with metoclopramide (
MCP
10 mg i.v.) were performed by radioimmunoassay. The results indicate that men with idiopathic oligo- or azoospermia have significantly higher
prolactin
level in response to dopaminergic receptor blockade with metoclopramide and significantly lower serum testosterone and DHT concentrations.
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PMID:Enhanced serum prolactin concentration after metoclopramide stimulation in idiopathic oligozoospermia and azoospermia. 642 Nov 92
Angus x Hereford multiparous cows were assigned to four treatments: 1) mastectomized+calf weaned at birth (MCW; n = 7); 2) mastectomized+calf presence restricted to noninguinal contact (MCR; n = 7); 3) mastectomized+unrestricted calf presence (
MCP
; n = 7); and 4) udder-intact cows+unrestricted calf presence (UICP; n = 8). Except for MCW cows, cow-calf pairs were penned together individually from parturition (d 0) until d 35 when calves were weaned. On d 7, calves in
MCP
and UICP treatments were separated overnight from their dams, and before and upon reunion, blood samples were collected from the cows to assess changes in oxytocin, cortisol, and
prolactin
. Calves in the
MCP
and UICP treatments attempted to or suckled their dams for a similar duration upon reunion, respectively. Concentrations of cortisol and percentage of change in oxytoxin and
prolactin
were increased (P < .05) for up to 12 min in
MCP
cows after reunion with their calves. Average concentrations of serum LH in samples collected on d 14, 21, 28, and 35 did not differ in noncyclic cows among treatments within day postpartum (except for greater [P < .05] LH in MCW cows on d 21). However,
MCP
cows had more (P < .05) LH pulses (d 21), greater (P < .05) variability in LH pulses (d 21), greater (P < .05) variability in LH concentrations, and greater (P < .05) average maximum concentrations of LH than UICP cows after d 14. Intervals to first ovulation were similar in MCW and MCR cows but shorter (P < .01) than those in
MCP
and UICP cows. Attempted suckling of mastectomized dams by their calves was associated with increased serum cortisol and percentage of increase in serum oxytocin and
prolactin
. Despite increased LH in
MCP
cows, intervals to first ovulation did not differ from those of UICP cows.
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PMID:Estrus, ovulation, luteinizing hormone, and suckling-induced hormones in mastectomized cows with and without unrestricted presence of the calf. 818 86
To evaluate the acute effect of human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) on basal and stimulated
prolactin
(
PRL
) secretion, 18 normal subjects (12 females, 6 males) were studied. The
PRL
response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH; 200 micrograms intravenously, n = 7), metoclopramide (
MCP
, 20 mg intravenously, n = 5) and fenfluramine (FF, 60 mg os, n = 6) was tested in presence of saline or r-HuEPO (30 U/kg intravenously). The drug neither modified basal
PRL
levels nor affected the normal
PRL
release to TRH,
MCP
and FF. Our results indicate that, in normal subjects, the acute administration of therapeutic doses of r-HuEPO does not interfere with
PRL
secretion both after a direct pituitary stimulus and after stimuli involving dopaminergic and serotoninergic pathways.
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PMID:Effects of erythropoietin administration on prolactin secretion in normal subjects. 830 3
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