Regulation of Formation and Proposed Structure of the Factor Inhibiting the Release of Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone

AUTOR(ES)

Celis, María E.

RESUMO

Microsomal preparations from the stalk median eminence of female rats are shown to contain an enzymic activity that is responsible for the formation of MSH-release-inhibiting factor (MSH-R-IF). The amount of this activity remains constant throughout the estrous cycle. The corresponding mitochondrial preparations from the stalk median eminence contain another enzymic principle, estrous cycle-dependent, which competes with the enzyme present in the microsomal preparation for the same “substrate”, and can thereby prevent the formation of MSH-R-IF.

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