Abstract
We investigated the effects of CINC/gro on hormone secretion using normal rat anterior pituitary cells. In normal anterior pituitary cells, 10-100 ng/ml of CINC/gro significantly increased the secretion of PRL within 3 h of incubation, and two-fold enhancement of PRL secretion was induced by 100 ng/ml of CINC/gro within 24-h incubation, while the response of GH and ACTH secretions to CINC/gro was weak. On the other hand, CINC/gro suppressed basal LH and FSH secretions in a concentration-dependent manner. The percent inhibition of basal secretion by CINC/gro (50 ng/ml) within 24-h incubation was 70% for LH and 43% for FSH. Twenty-four-hour incubation with 100 ng/ml of IAP completely blocked the CINC/gro-stimulated PRL and GH secretions and CINC/gro′s suppression of both basal LH and FSH secretions. These data demonstrate a new biological activity for CINC/gro and provide evidence for immune system regulation of anterior pituitary hormone secretion.
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