BLOCKADE OF SUPEROVULATION IN IMMATURE RAT BY INCREASED BRAIN SEROTONIN

被引:73
作者
KORDON, C
JAVOY, F
VASSENT, G
GLOWINSKI, J
机构
[1] Equipe de Recherches Neuroendocrinologiques, C.N.R.S., Groupe de Neuropharmacologie Biochimique, Paris
关键词
5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP); Brain noradrenalin; Brain serotonin; Control of ovulation; dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA); p-chlorophenyl-alanine; α-methyl-p-tyrosine;
D O I
10.1016/0014-2999(68)90173-8
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
C.KORDON, F.JAVOY, G.VASSENT and J.GLOWINSKI. Blockade of superovulation in the immature rat by increased brain serotonin, European J. Pharmacol. 4 (1968) 169-174. The MAO inhibitor nialamide blocks ovulation in chorionic gonadotropin-treated immature female rats. Prior blockade of catecholamine synthesis by α-methyl-p-tyrosine (α-MT) does not interfere with this effect, whereas blockade of serotonin synthesis by p-chlorophenyl-alanine (PCPA) antagonises the action of nialamide; 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), but not dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), inhibits ovulation. Determination of serotonin and noradrenalin brain levels shows that ovulation is only affected by increased brain serotonin. It is concluded that this amine has a specific inhibitory effect on the release of pituitary ovulation hormone. © 1968.
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