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  • Title: In vitro effects of somatostatin and urotensin II on prolactin and growth hormone secretion in tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus.
    Author: Rivas RJ, Nishioka RS, Bern HA.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 1986 Aug; 63(2):245-51. PubMed ID: 2877918.
    Abstract:
    The control of release of two recently characterized forms of prolactin (PRL) of molecular mass 24 and 20 kDa was investigated. The rostral pars distalis of male tilapia was incubated singly in a hypotonic modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate medium in order to stimulate PRL release; for comparison, the proximal pars distalis containing growth hormone (GH) cells was incubated in isotonic medium with or without 1 microgram/ml cortisol to stimulate GH release. The release of both PRLs and GH into the medium was measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)--polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by densitometry. Both somatostatin and synthetic (Gillichthys) urotensin II, a partial somatostatin homolog and analog from the teleost caudal neurosecretory system, significantly inhibited the release of both PRLs. Somatostatin significantly inhibited GH release, but urotensin II had no significant effect.
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