Elevation of Plasma Neurophysin in Women on Oral Contraceptives
Open Access
- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Clinical Investigation in JCI Insight
- Vol. 54 (1), 209-212
- https://doi.org/10.1172/jci107745
Abstract
The effect of oral contraceptives on the neurohypophysis was demonstrated by changes in the plasma level of a posterior pituitary protein. neurophysin. Neurophysins are intraneuronal proteins associated with oxytocin and vasopressin. They have been shown to be released into the bloodstream. The resting plasma level of neurophysin in normal nonpregnant women is 0.69 ng/ml±0.7 SD. In women on oral contraceptives, the plasma level is 6.4 ng/ml±4.2 SD (P<0.001). Estrogen rather than progesterone causes the elevated neurophysin. The effect is observed within 12-24 h of estrogen administration and disappears 3-11 days after estrogen is discontinued. The results indicate that oral contraceptives act on the neurohypophysis and that estrogen is a potent pharmacologic stimulus useful in studying synthesis and release of neurophysin.Keywords
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