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  • Title: In vivo and in vitro effect of naloxone on prolactin response to TRH in rat.
    Author: Velkeniers B, Buydens P, Baldys A, De Boel S, Finné E, Golstein J, Vanhaelst L.
    Journal: Life Sci; 1987 Jun 22; 40(25):2415-20. PubMed ID: 3108600.
    Abstract:
    In adult male Wistar rats submitted to a standardized noise stress, intravenous TRH induced a prolactin (PRL) secretory response. Prior IV naloxone administration not only lowered plasma PRL levels in those stressed rats but abolished also the stimulatory action of TRH. This effect was further studied by superfusion experiments on enriched PRL cell suspensions (70% lactotrophs) from female adult Wistar rats. Naloxone kept unaffected the basal PRL secretion but lowered significantly that induced by TRH. These experiments suggest a dual effect of naloxone on rat PRL secretion, one exerted on central opioid receptors lowering stress-related increased basal PRL levels, the other inhibiting the TRH-dependent PRL secretion exerted at the lactotroph level itself.
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