Hypothalamic peptides influencing growth hormone secretion in the goldfish,Carassius auratus |
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| Authors: | Tracy A Marchant Richard E Peter |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada;(2) Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada;(3) Present address: Department of Physiology-Anatomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA |
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| Abstract: | In vivo andin vitro techniques were used to examine the influence of various vertebrate peptides on growth hormone (GH) secretion in the goldfish.
Tetradecapeptide somatostatin (SRIF-14) was found to inhibit GH secretionin vitro from perifused pituitary fragments, whereas similar concentrations of a salmonid SRIF peptide (sSRIF-25) did not affect GH
secretion from the goldfish pituitary fragments. This indicates that SRIF receptors on the goldfish pituitary are very specific
for SRIF-14-like peptides. Salmon gonadotropin (GTH)-releasing hormone (sGnRH) was found to elevate serum GH levels in male
goldfish. The dopamine antagonist pimozide alone or injected in combination with sGnRH did not influence serum GH levels,
although injection of pimozide alone significantly elevated serum GTH levels, in addition to potentiating the effects of sGnRH
on GTH secretion. sGnRH stimulated GH secretion from goldfish pituitary fragmentsin vitro, indicating that sGnRH acts directly at the level of the pituitary to stimulate GH secretion in the goldfish. These results
suggest that GnRH may also function as a GH-releasing factor in the goldfish, although the release-inhibitory factors for
GH and GTH secretion do appear to be separate and distinct. Two human GH-releasing hormone (hGHRH) peptides were found to
be ineffective in altering GH secretionin vitro from the perifused pituitary fragments. Consequently, a role for a mammalian GHRH-like peptide in the hypothalamic regulation
of GH secretion in the goldfish remains questionable. |
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| Keywords: | goldfish growth hormone growth hormone-releasing hormone gonadotropin-releasing hormone in vitro in vivo somatostatin |
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