Prolactin Control of Growth and Prolactin Autoregulation in Cultured Human Pituitary Cells

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Abstract

A human pituitary cell line (18-54, SF) grows in serum-free medium and secretes prolactin (PRL). Autoregulation of pituitary cell growth and PRL production by exogenously supplied ovine PRL (oPRL) was investigated. Human PRL (hPRL) and oPRL stimulated pituitary cell growth up to 92% and 85%, respectively, at hPRL and oPRL additions of 100-1,000 ng/ml. Short-term (1 h) incubation of the cells with oPRL decreased hPRL secretion from the cells by 72% at 10 ng/ml addition. Intracellular hPRL was stimulated under the same conditions by 50-275% at oPRL concentrations of 10-1,000 ng/ml. Long-term (10 days) incubation of the cells with oPRL had no significant effect on extracellular or intracellular hPRL production. These data suggest that the pituitary gland can serve as a primary feedback site and that PRL can autoregulate its own production as well as affect the growth of pituitary cells.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): HRE

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Horm Res Paediatr

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1663-2818

Title: Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1663-2818

ISSN (Electronic): 1663-2826

Publication date Subscription-year: 1985

Publication date (Print): 1985

Publication date (Electronic): 26 November 2008

Volume: 21

Issue: 4

Pages: 240-245

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Departments of Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., USA, Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College of CUNY, New York, N.Y., USA

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Publisher ID: 180056 Other ID: Horm Res 1985;21:240–245

DOI: 10.1159/000180056

PubMed ID: 4007784

SO-VID: 7b6c936b-9c3e-43ef-8013-5d658f8dfcc8

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Date received : 24 January 1984

Date accepted : 15 October 1984

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Pages: 6

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