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Melatonin inhibits cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP accumulation in the rat pituitary
1Department of Anatomy, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz F.R.G.
Brain Research
|December 25, 1989
Abstract:
Subnanomolar concentrations of melatonin inhibit cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP accumulation in neonatal rat anterior pituitary stimulated in vitro with luteinizing-hormone releasing-hormone. Melatonin also inhibited forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation in pars tuberalis. Inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation is specific for melatonin, since its analogs N-acetylserotonin and 5-methoxytryptamine are 1000 times less potent. Cyclic nucleotides may thus serve as second messengers transducing the effect of melatonin on cellular level.