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      Bromocriptine increasingly suppresses the in vitro gonadotropin and alpha-subunit release from pituitary adenomas during long term culture.

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          Prolonged treatment with bromocriptine may lead to a decrease in tumor size in patients with a gonadotroph, alpha-subunit-secreting, or clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma. The effectiveness of the treatment, however, may depend on its duration. We investigated the effects of prolonged incubation with bromocriptine on the release and intracellular hormone and alpha-subunit concentrations in 10 such adenomas in vitro. The release of FSH, LH, alpha-subunit, or a combination of these was demonstrated in 7 tumors. Bromocriptine significantly suppressed this release in 6 tumors. In 5 tumors bromocriptine had an inhibitory effect on gonadotropin and/or alpha-subunit release which increased with duration of culture. Withdrawal of bromocriptine during the culture period led to a recovery of gonadotropin or alpha-subunit release in the 2 tumors in which it was tested. Intracellular hormone and alpha-subunit concentrations in 3 of 4 tumors cultured for 4 or more weeks were significantly lower in bromocriptine-treated than in untreated cells. We conclude that 1) bromocriptine can suppress the in vitro release of gonadotropins and alpha-subunit from the majority of clinically nonfunctioning, gonadotroph, and alpha-subunit-secreting pituitary adenomas; 2) during prolonged incubation of these tumors with bromocriptine, this drug has a time-dependent increasing inhibitory effect on the release and synthesis of gonadotropins and alpha-subunit, which eventually may lead to decreased intracellular concentrations of these glycoproteins.

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          Journal
          J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.
          The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
          The Endocrine Society
          0021-972X
          0021-972X
          Sep 1990
          : 71
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Medicine, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
          Article
          10.1210/jcem-71-3-718
          2394776
          733f37bc-0eff-4955-bef4-abf3528fbaac
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