ReviewJournal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology2022
Seasonality of prolactin in birds and mammals.
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- Prolactin and Triiodothyronine Modulate Seasonal Variation in Brown Adipose Tissue in Djungarian Hamsters.Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2026Article
- Concerning the circadian rhythms of prolactin, its secretion timing, and regulation of the affiliative mind.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2025Review
- The fish pituitary directly responds to daylength and drives seasonality.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Prolactin Regulates Seasonal Changes in Renal Rheostasis in Djungarian Hamsters.Endocrinology · 2025Article
- cba-miR-222-3p involved in photoperiod-induced apoptosis in testes of striped hamsters by targeting TRAF7.Integrative zoology · 2025Article
- Molecular pathways affecting reproductive efficiency in seasonal breeders: prospects and implications for improving fertility in donkeys.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Impact of high-fat diet and exposure to constant light on reproductive competence of female ICR mice.Biology open · 2023Article
- Seasonality of prolactin in birds and mammals.Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2022Review
- Prolactin Expression in the Baboon (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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Abstract
In most animals, annual rhythms in environmental cues and internal programs regulate seasonal physiology and behavior. Prolactin, an evolutionarily ancient hormone, serves as a molecular correlate of seasonal timing in most species. Prolactin is highly pleiotropic with a wide variety of well-documented physiological effects; in a seasonal context prolactin is known to regulate annual changes in pelage and molt. While short-term homeostatic variation of prolactin secretion is under the control of the hypothalamus, long-term seasonal rhythms of prolactin are programmed by endogenous timers that reside in the pituitary gland. The molecular basis of these rhythms is generally understood to be melatonin dependent in mammals. Prolactin rhythmicity persists for several years in many species, in the absence of hypothalamic signaling. Such evidence in mammals has supported the hypothesis that seasonal rhythms in prolactin derive from an endogenous timer within the pituitary gland that is entrained by external photoperiod. In this review, we describe the conserved nature of prolactin signaling in birds and mammals and highlight its role in regulating multiple diverse physiological systems. The review will cover the current understanding of the molecular control of prolactin seasonality and propose a mechanism by which long-term rhythms may be generated in amniotes.
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