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- Title
Kinetic Study of Melatonin Release From Rat Pineal Glands Using a Perifusion Technique.
- Authors
Simonneaux, V.; Ouichou, A.; Pévet, P.; Masson-Pévet, M.; Vivien-Roels, B.; Vaudry, H.
- Abstract
In previous studies, noradrenaline was found to elicit a rise of melatonin secretion through activation of typical P-adrenergic receptors. In the present study, a perifusion system was developed to characterize the kinetics of melatonin release from rat pineal glands. Isolated pineal glands from adult male rats were continuously perifused for 15 h in a Krebs-Ringer solution, and the concentration of melatonin in the effluent perifusate was monitored using a specific radioimmunoassay. The rate of release of melatonin declined during the first 3-4 h of perifusion and then remained fairly stable for at least 11 h. The spontaneous release of melatonin was around 20 pg per min and per gland. When pineal glands were stimulated with isoproterenol, melatonin release output linearly increased for at least 2 h after the stimulation. The increase in melatonin release depended on the isoproterenol concentration and on the duration of the stimulation. The analysis of the pattern of melatonin secretion by a single rat pineal gland showed that the secretion was irregular but did not present a clear feature of pulsatile or oscillatory release over all h-long study. The perifusion system was found useful in order to follow the characteristics of melatonin release from pineal glands and should allow investigations of neuronal or hormonal control of pineal gland activities.
- Publication
Journal of Pineal Research, 1989, Vol 7, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0742-3098
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-079X.1989.tb00443.x