Abstract

TRH was administered as a 5-h constant rate iv infusion (5 micrograms/min) to seven healthy adult men. Serum samples were collected at regular intervals for measurement of PRL, TSH, and T3. Serum levels of PRL during TRH infusion increased sharply to maximum level by 40 min, and then, despite continued TRH stimulation, PRL levels declined gradually to a plateau value after 100 min. No further rise in serum PRL was observed when a bolus of 200 micrograms TRH was administered to three subjects after 240 min of infusion. Conversely, an iv bolus of sulpiride (25 mg), a dopaminergic antagonist, given to four subjects after 240 min, brought about a marked increase in serum PRL values above the plateau level. These results are consistent with the interpretation that down-regulation in PRL secretion which follows the initial peak of response most likely represents pituitary desensitization to TRH. During the infusion serum TSH increases in two phases. A first phase of secretion was observed by 40 min followed by a plateau, with a second phase of increase occurring between 80-180 min.

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