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Endocrinology, Vol 136, 1103-1110, Copyright © 1995 by Endocrine Society

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Deprenyl reinitiates estrous cycles, reduces serum prolactin, and decreases the incidence of mammary and pituitary tumors in old acyclic rats

S Thyagarajan, J Meites and SK Quadri
Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of long term treatment with deprenyl, a monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor, on estrous cyclicity, serum PRL, incidence of mammary and pituitary tumors, and monoamine metabolism in the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH) and striatum (ST) of old female rats. Acyclic female Sprague-Dawley rats (15-16 months old) were treated sc with 0, 0.25, or 2.5 mg deprenyl/kg BW.day for more than 8 months. Body weight and food intake were measured every week, and the estrous cycles and development of mammary tumors were monitored throughout the treatment period. At the end of the treatment period, the concentrations of catecholamines, serotonin, and their metabolites in the MBH and ST were determined by HPLC with electrochemical detection. The wet weights of the pituitary, heart, liver, lung, kidney, adrenals, uterus, and ovaries were recorded. Trunk blood was collected for measurement of serum PRL concentrations by RIA. Deprenyl treatment temporarily reestablished estrous cycles in most of the rats. The incidence of pituitary and mammary tumors was markedly reduced in the deprenyl-treated rats compared with that in the saline- treated control rats. Deprenyl had no significant effect on the weights of internal organs. The high dose of deprenyl (2.5 mg/kg) decreased serum PRL concentrations significantly. There were no significant differences in body weight or food intake between the control and deprenyl-treated groups. Deprenyl decreased the concentrations of the monoamine metabolites, dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, homovanillic acid, and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, in both the MBH and ST. It had no effect on the concentrations of norepinephrine and dopamine in the MBH, but significantly increased norepinephrine concentrations in the ST and serotonin concentrations in both the MBH and ST (P < 0.05). It is concluded that deprenyl treatment exerted these effects via suppression of monoamine metabolism.


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