Abstract
The effects of dopamine on the release of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) from the rat adrenal gland were studied in vitro. The rat adrenal glands were incubated in medium 199 with 1.0 mg/ml of bacitracin and 100 micrograms/ml of ascorbic acid (pH 7.4) (medium) for 20 min. The amount of TRH release into the medium was measured by radioimmunoassay. The immunoreactive TRH (ir-TRH) release from the rat adrenal gland was inhibited significantly in a dose-related manner with the addition of dopamine and enhanced with the addition of pimozide or domperidone to the medium. Dopamine's effects on ir-TRH release from the adrenal gland were blocked with the addition of pimozide or domperidone. The elution profile of methanol-extracted rat adrenal gland was identical to that of synthetic TRH. The findings suggest that the dopaminergic system inhibits TRH release from the rat adrenal gland.
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