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Arq. bras. endocrinol. metab ; 44(4): 314-22, ago. 2000. graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-268992

ABSTRACT

A neuromedina B (NB) e o peptídeo liberador de gastrina são peptídeos bombesina-símiles encontrados em mamíferos, inclusive em seres humanos. Ambos inibem a secreção hipofisária de tireotrofina (TSH); entretanto, somente a NB tem importância fisiológica demonstrada. A NB é produzida em abundância em tireotrofos e parece inibir a secreção de TSH por via autócrina, uma vez que o bloqueio do peptídeo endógeno causa aumento na liberação do TSH, tanto in vivo quanto in vitro. A NB é positivamente regulada pelos hormônios tireóideos (HT). Os HT aumentam o conteúdo de neuromedina B e do seu RNAm em adeno-hipófises de ratos hipotireóideos, poucas horas após sua administração, o que coincide com diminuição do TSH sérico. Isto nos levou a sugerir que a NB possa ser um intermediário protéico envolvido na inibição aguda da liberação de TSH induzida pelos HT. O TRH também altera rapidamente a expressão da NB. Quinze e 30 minutos após a administração do TRH em ratos normais já há diminuição do conteúdo hipofisário de NB e dos níveis do seu RNAm. No jejum e diabetes experimental, que se caracterizam por diminuição de HT séricos com níveis inadequadamente normais ou diminuídos de TSH, ocorre aumento do conteúdo de NB e de seu RNAm. O análogo de somatostatina, octreotide, também é capaz de aumentar o conteúdo de NB. Assim, a neuromedina B é um importante inibidor local da secreção de TSH, podendo ser uma via final comum de hormônios e neuro-hormônios que determinam variações na secreção de TSH.


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Humans , Animals , Bombesin/physiology , Gastrin-Releasing Peptide/physiology , Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/metabolism , Bombesin/analogs & derivatives , Tissue Distribution/physiology , Mammals , Receptors, Bombesin/physiology , Thyrotropin/antagonists & inhibitors , Thyrotropin/metabolism
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 32(9): 1155-1160, Sept. 1999.
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-241611

ABSTRACT

The effect of substance P (SP) on thyrotropin (TSH) secretion is controversial. In this study we evaluated the effect of SP on TSH secretion by hemipituitaries of 3-month-old Wistar rats in vitro and its interaction with gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) at equimolar concentrations (1 µM and 10 µM). TSH release was measured under basal conditions and 30 min after incubation in the absence or presence of SP, GRP or both peptides. Pituitary TSH content was also measured in the pituitary homogenate after incubation. SP at both concentrations caused a significant (P<0.05) increase in TSH secretion compared with all other groups, which was approximately 60 percent (1 µM) and 85 percent (10 µM) higher than that of the control group (23.3 + or - 3.0 ng/ml). GRP at the lower concentration did not produce a statistically significant change in TSH secretion, whereas at the concentration of 10 µM it produced a 50 percent reduction in TSH. GRP co-incubated with substance P completely blocked the stimulatory effect of SP at both concentrations. Pituitary TSH content decreased in the SP-treated group compared to controls (0.75 + or - 0.03 µg/hemipituitary) at the same proportion as the increase in TSH secretion, and this effect was also blocked when GRP and SP were co-incubated. In conclusion, in an in vitro system, SP increased TSH secretion acting directly at the pituitary level and this effect was blocked by GRP, suggesting that GRP is more potent than SP on TSH secretion, and that this inhibitory effect could be the predominant effect in vivo


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Rats , Animals , Gastrin-Releasing Peptide/physiology , In Vitro Techniques , Substance P/pharmacology , Thyrotropin/drug effects , Thyrotropin/metabolism , Analysis of Variance , Gastrin-Releasing Peptide/metabolism , Rats, Wistar , Receptors, Bombesin/metabolism , Substance P/metabolism
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