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The aim of this study was to establish the cellular source of ET-like peptides affecting PRL secretion. Fluorescence double label immunocytochemistry and confocal laser scanning microscopy were used to demonstrate cellular colocalization for PRL and endothelin-1 (ET1)-like immunoreactivities in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland of rats. An ET-specific reverse hemolytic plaque assay was applied to demonstrate that lactotrophs are capable of releasing ET-like peptides. A PRL-specific reverse hemolytic plaque assay was used to assess the influence of the released endogenous ETs on PRL secretion. ET(A)-specific receptor antagonists BQ123 and BQ610, and endothelin convertase enzyme inhibitory peptide, [22Val]big ET1-(16-38), increased PRL secretion, whereas the ET(B) receptor-specific antagonist BQ788 was ineffective. The ET(A) antagonist BQ123-induced increase in PRL secretion followed a bell-shaped dose-response curve in cells obtained from female rats, whereas it followed a sigmoid curve in males. Frequency distribution of PRL plaque sizes using logarithmically binned data revealed two subpopulations of lactotrophs with differential responsiveness to endogenous ETs. These data demonstrate that a large proportion of lactotrophs is capable of expressing and secreting ET-like peptides in biologically significant quantities. As low pituitary cell density in reverse hemolytic plaque assay minimizes cell to cell communications, these findings constitute direct proof of autocrine regulation of PRL secretion by ET-like peptides.

Endothelin Is an Autocrine Regulator of Prolactin Secretion**This work was supported by NIH Grants HD-11669 and DK-43200 (to M.E.F.).