Abstract
To study the effect of human beta-endorphin (beta h-End) on pituitary response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (LH-RH) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in vitro, we used dispersed rat pituitary cells. When beta h-End (10(-7) M) was simultaneously added along with LH-RH, its stimulatory effect was blocked and naloxone (NAL, 10(-5) M) did not reverse the beta h-End inhibitory effect. NAL alone elicited an increase in LH release, but in the presence of both stimulants (LH-RH and NAL), LH secretion was lower than that observed with LH-RH alone. TRH stimulatory activity of TSH and PRL secretion was blunted by the presence of beta h-End (10(-7) M) and was not reversed by NAL (10(-5) and 10(-3) M). These data suggest that beta h-End directly blocks the LH, TSH- and PRL-secreting activity of both LH-RH and TRH at the pituitary level. This beta h-End effect is not reversed by the specific opiate receptor blocker NAL.
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