TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Thyroid Hormone Excess and Deficiency on Serum Thyrotropin in Rats Immunized Passively with Antiserum to Somatostatin (39537)
AU - Gordin, Ariel
AU - Arimura, Akira
AU - Schally, Andrew V.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by USPHS Research Grants AM 09094 and AM 07467, Public Health Service International Research Fellowship No. F05 TW 2242, and the Veterans Administration. 11 1976 153 2 319 323
PY - 1976/11
Y1 - 1976/11
N2 - Passive immunization of rats with antiserum to somatostatin (anti SS) caused about a 2 fold increase in the basal serum TSH levels and a 2.5 fold rise in serum TSH after TRH, as compared to rats treated with normal sheep serum (NSS). When the basal and the TRH stimulated TSH levels were suppressed to about half the control levels with 100 ng of T3/100 g BW, the neutralization of the endogenous somatostatin secretion with anti SS significantly increased the basal as well as the post TRH TSH levels. After administration of 200 ng of T3/100 g BW, the basal TSH levels in the anti SS and NSS treated animals were the same, but, in response to TRH, the TSH levels rose significantly higher in the anti SS treated group. When higher doses of T3 (1 and 10 μg/100 g BW) were given, anti SS failed to effect the basal or the post TRH TSH levels. The elevated TSH levels 1 and 3 days after thyroidectomy were further increased by treatment with anti SS as compared to NSS. The highly elevated level of TSH on the seventh day after thyroidectomy was, however, not affected by anti SS. These findings indicate that somatostatin modulates the TSH secretion rate under physiological conditions and can be considered with TRH and thyroid hormones as another regulator of TSH secretion.
AB - Passive immunization of rats with antiserum to somatostatin (anti SS) caused about a 2 fold increase in the basal serum TSH levels and a 2.5 fold rise in serum TSH after TRH, as compared to rats treated with normal sheep serum (NSS). When the basal and the TRH stimulated TSH levels were suppressed to about half the control levels with 100 ng of T3/100 g BW, the neutralization of the endogenous somatostatin secretion with anti SS significantly increased the basal as well as the post TRH TSH levels. After administration of 200 ng of T3/100 g BW, the basal TSH levels in the anti SS and NSS treated animals were the same, but, in response to TRH, the TSH levels rose significantly higher in the anti SS treated group. When higher doses of T3 (1 and 10 μg/100 g BW) were given, anti SS failed to effect the basal or the post TRH TSH levels. The elevated TSH levels 1 and 3 days after thyroidectomy were further increased by treatment with anti SS as compared to NSS. The highly elevated level of TSH on the seventh day after thyroidectomy was, however, not affected by anti SS. These findings indicate that somatostatin modulates the TSH secretion rate under physiological conditions and can be considered with TRH and thyroid hormones as another regulator of TSH secretion.
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U2 - 10.3181/00379727-153-39537
DO - 10.3181/00379727-153-39537
M3 - Article
C2 - 825870
AN - SCOPUS:0017058162
VL - 153
SP - 319
EP - 323
JO - Experimental Biology and Medicine
JF - Experimental Biology and Medicine
SN - 0037-9727
IS - 2
ER -