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Hypergravity and estrogen effects on avian anterior pituitary growth hormone and prolactin levelsDeveloping female chicks with fractured right radii were maintained for 14 d at either earth gravity (1 g) or a hypergravity state (2 g). The birds at 1 g were divided into groups which received daily injections of (1) saline, (2) 200 micrograms estrone, and (3) 400 micrograms estrone for 14 d. The 2-g birds were divided into three similarly treated groups. All 2-g birds showed significantly lower body weights than did 1-g birds. Anterior pituitary (AP) glands were excised and analyzed for growth hormone and prolactin content by analytical electrophoresis. The 1-g chicks receiving either dose of daily estrogen showed increased AP growth hormone levels, whereas hypergravity alone did not affect growth hormone content. Chicks exposed to daily estrogen and hypergravity displayed reduced growth hormone levels. AP prolactin levels were slightly increased by the lower daily estrogen dose in 1-g birds, but markedly reduced in birds exposed only to hypergravity. Doubly-treated chicks displayed normal prolactin levels. Reduced growth in 2-g birds might be due, in part, to reduced AP levels of prolactin and/or growth hormone.
Document ID
19800036277
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fiorindo, R. P.
(Ohio State Univ. Columbus, OH, United States)
Negulesco, J. A.
(Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1980
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
80A20447
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-6634
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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