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We examined effects of sodium valproate, a gamma amino butyric acid (GABA)-transaminase inhibitor, on the secretion of immunoreactive (IR)-ACTH and IR-beta-endorphin/LPH from cultured rat anterior pituitary cells to determine whether sodium valproate has a direct action on the secretion of ACTH and its related peptides from the cultured rat anterior pituitary gland. During the 3 h incubation, the basal secretion of IR-ACTH and IR-beta-endorphin/LPH decreased to 50.8% and 58.3%, respectively, of the control concentration after adding 10(-7) M sodium valproate into the incubation media and to 67.7% and 69.3%, respectively, of the control levels with 10(-8) M sodium valproate. However, sodium valproate at a concentration of 10(-6) M or 10(-9) M did not affect the basal concentration of IR-ACTH and IR-beta-endorphin/LPH. Sodium valproate at a concentration of 10(-7) M significantly attenuated the stimulated release of IR-ACTH and IR-beta-endorphin/LPH by 10(-9) or 10(-10) M of ovine corticotrophin releasing factor. These results indicate that sodium valproate could directly effect rat anterior pituitary cells to suppress both basal and stimulated release of proopiomelanocortin derived peptides and this supports the hypothesis that sodium valproate has a direct effect at the pituitary corticotroph in reducing plasma ACTH.

Effect of Sodium Valproate on the Secretion of Proopiomelanocortin Derived Peptides form Cultured Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells.