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Endocrinology, Vol 103, 414-419, Copyright © 1978 by Endocrine Society

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Participation of serotonin in thyrotropin release. I. Evidence for the action of serotonin on thyrotropin releasing hormone release

D Jordan, C Poncet, R Mornex and G Ponsin

Injection of serotonin (5-HT) into the third ventricle of the rat resulted in a rapid increase of serum TSH; a significant effect was observed 5 min after injection, whereas the maximal effect appeared 10 min after the injection of 1 microgram 5-HT. This stimulating effect of 5-HT was completely prevented by pretreatment with cyproheptadine, a blocker of 5-HT receptors, whereas fluphenazine, a dopamine receptor blocker, was unable to block it. Third venticle injection of 5-HT in rats bearing anterior hypothalamic lesions (which did not affect the suprachiasmatic nucleus or the medio-basal hypothalamus) also induced an increase of serum TSH similar to that observed in normal rats despite the fact that these animals show a lower basal TSH. In vitro, the addition of 5-HT to an incubation medium containing one hemi- anterior pituitary did not modify medium TSH, whereas 5-HT addition induced an increase of medium TSH in the system containing one hemi- anterior pituitary and two hypothalami. We conclude that 5-HT acts on TSH function probably through a stimulation of TRH release.




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