Stimulation of the secretion of dehydroepiandrosterone by melatonin in mouse adrenals in vitro.

Abstract:

:Adrenals of young adult male mice kept on a LD 12:12 lighting regimen for three weeks prior to study and harvested at four different circadian stages were incubated for 2 hours with 0.4 IU synthetic ACTH in 2 ml Krebs-Ringer buffer (KR), or with 50, 150, and 450 microM of melatonin in KR containing 0.4 IU ACTH. The addition of melatonin to ACTH leads to a dose dependent stimulation of production and/or secretion of DHEA into the incubation medium irrespective of the circadian stage of harvesting of the adrenals. This relationship is of interest in view of the simultaneous decrease of dehydroepiandrosterone and melatonin in the course of aging, and the effects of these compounds upon aging related changes.

journal_name

Life Sci

journal_title

Life sciences

authors

Haus E,Nicolau GY,Ghinea E,Dumitriu L,Petrescu E,Sackett-Lundeen L

doi

10.1016/0024-3205(96)00079-3

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-01-01 00:00:00

pages

PL263-7

issue

14

eissn

0024-3205

issn

1879-0631

pii

0024320596000793

journal_volume

58

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