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The precise roles of GH-releasing factor (GRF) and somatostatin (SRIF) in the orchestration of pulsatile GH secretion have not yet been fully determined. We examined the interactions of rat GRF and SRIF, in the concentration ranges present in rat hypophysialportal blood, on the secretion of GH from dispersed male rat anterior pituitary cells in monolayer culture. The effects of exposing cells to GRF and/or SRIF (0·01–1·nmol/l) for 1 h were compared with the effects of preincubation of cells with SRIF before experimental incubations. As anticipated, the stimulatory effects of 0·1–1 nmol GRF/l were abolished by concurrent incubation with SRIF at an equimolar concentration, although SRIF, at these concentrations, did not significantly inhibit basal GH secretion. Conversely, pre-exposure to 0·1 nmol SRIF/l for 30 or 60 min, resulted in an increase in GH secretion during a subsequent 60-min incubation period, both in the absence or in the presence of GRF (0·01–1 nmol/l). Pretreatment with GRF caused increased responsivity to GRF rather than significant sensitization of the GH response to GRF.

These observations demonstrate actions of SRIF, at low and probably physiological concentrations, which are more complex than those of a pure inhibitor of GH secretion. Pre-exposure of the pituitary to SRIF enhances subsequent GH secretion, suggesting that SRIF may play an additional physiological role in amplifying the GRF signal.

Journal of Endocrinology (1991) 128, 91–95

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