Electrical responses of cultured thyroid cells to serotonin
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ABSTRACT Cultured porcine thyroid cells, maintained in the differentiated state by dibutyryl cyclic AMP, responded to serotonin (5-HT; 10 nmol/l to 1 μmol/l) with a depolarization of the membrane potential, but did not respond to histamine (100 μmol/l) or dopamine (1 μmol/l). The resting membrane potential of these cells was about − 71 mV, maximal concentrations of 5-HT (1 μmol/l) inducing a depolarization to approximately −53 mV. Methysergide or phenoxybenzamine, but not propranolol, abolished the response to 5-HT. Sensitivity to 5-HT was reduced by previous exposure of cultures to TSH, the β-adrenoceptor agonist salbutamol or 5-HT itself. J. Endocr. (1985) 107, 397–401
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