XB-ART-23432
Gen Comp Endocrinol
1992 Sep 01;873:394-401. doi: 10.1016/0016-6480(92)90046-m.
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Analysis of autofeedback mechanisms in the secretion of pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides by melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis.
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The secretion of most pituitary hormones is under the control of feedback mechanisms. The feedback control of alpha-melanophore-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) from melanotrope cells is controversial. The possible existence of an autofeedback exerted by alpha-MSH or other POMC-derived peptides on melanotrope cells of the amphibian Xenopus laevis has been investigated. alpha-MSH or its potent agonist 4-norleucine,7-D-phenylalanine-alpha-MSH has no effect on the release of radiolabeled POMC-derived peptides or immunoreactive beta-endorphin from superfused neurointermediate pituitary lobes. Melanin concentrating hormone, previously reported to have an alpha-MSH-like effect on melanophores, did not affect alpha-MSH secretion. Neurointermediate lobe superfusate, which contains a mixture of POMC-derived peptides, failed to affect the secretory activity of melanotropes. It is concluded that in X. laevis the secretory activity of melanotropes is not under the control of short-term autofeedback mechanisms involving alpha-MSH or other POMC-derived peptides.
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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: pomc