Article
Changes in molecular variants during in vitro transformation and release of prolactin by the pituitary gland of the lactating rat.
Endocrinology - 1 Jun 1992
Mena F, Hummelt G, Aguayo D, Clapp C, Martínez de la Escalera G, Morales M T
Abstract excerpt
PRL transformation involves a dopamine (DA)-controlled, thiol-mediated decrease in pituitary PRL detectability that precedes and may determine increased PRL release. The present studies were designed to determine 1) whether structural changes occur to adenohypophyseal (AP) PRL during in vitro tra...
Topics
- Animals
- Cytoplasmic Granules
- Dopamine
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- In Vitro Techniques
- Kinetics
- Lactation
- Leucine
- Molecular Weight
- Pituitary Gland, Anterior
- Pregnancy
- Prolactin
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Tritium