Abstract:
:Growth hormones (GHs) and prolactins (Prls) purified from representatives of each vertebrate class from bony fish onwards were tested for their ability to stimulate in vivo peripheral deiodination of labeled thyroxine (T4*) into triiodo-L-thyronine (T3*) in the eel. Plasma T3*/T4* ratio was used as parameter. All GHs significantly increased T3*/T4*, the magnitude of the response being unrelated to the phylogenic position of species. No significant stimulation was shown with the various Prl, with the exception of ovine Prl, suggesting a heterosomatotropic effect of this preparation in the eel. Furthermore, both tilapia and ovine GH produced a dose-related effect on plasma T3*, T4*, and T3*/T4*. The stimulation of the peripheral deiodination of T4* into T3* estimated in vivo in the eel could become a specific, sensitive, and rapid fish bioassay for GH.
journal_name
Gen Comp Endocrinoljournal_title
General and comparative endocrinologyauthors
de Luze A,Leloup J,Papkoff H,Kikuyama S,Kawauchi Hdoi
10.1016/0016-6480(89)90091-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-02-01 00:00:00pages
186-93issue
2eissn
0016-6480issn
1095-6840pii
0016-6480(89)90091-9journal_volume
73pub_type
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