Effects of disodium EDTA and calcium infusion on prolactin and thyrotropin responses to thyrotropin-releasing hormone in healthy man.

To determine the impact of induced hypo- and hypercalcemia on TRH (400 micrograms)-stimulated TSH and PRL release, healthy subjects (n = 11) were infused with 5% glucose in water (n = 11), disodium EDTA (n = 11), or calcium gluconate (n = 7). TRH was given as an iv bolus 60 min (5% glucose and EDTA) and 120 min (calcium) after initiation of the respective infusion. Basal plasma concentrations of TSH remained unchanged during induced hypo- and hypercalcemia, whereas those of PRL fell during the latter (P less than 0.05). The mean sum of increments (0-90 min) in PRL and TSH was considerably greater during hypocalcemia than during hypercalcemia (PRL, P less than 0.002; TSH, P less than 0.005). The increments in the plasma hormone concentration above basal after iv TRH were increased compared to those in normocalcemia (PRL, 98.4 +/- 37.9 ng/ml; TSH, 38.9 +/- 11.8 microU/ml) during hypocalcemia [PRL, 128 +/- 47.8 ng/ml (P less than 0.002); TSH, 46.7 +/- 12.8 microU/ml; (P less than 0.005)], but were impaired during hypercalcemia [PRL, 70.1 +/- 27 ng/ml (P less than 0.002); TSH, 28.9 +/- 8.5 microU/ml (P less than 0.025)]. The mean sum of increments in PRL was related to concentrations of both serum calcium (r = -0.59; P less than 0.01) and PTH (r = 0.51; P less than 0.05). A relation was also seen between the incremental responses of TSH and serum calcium (r = -0.52; P less than 0.05), PTH (r = 0.55; P less than 0.01), and phosphorus (r = -0.55; P less than 0.01). We conclude that in healthy man, TRH-mediated release of both PRL and TSH are inversely related to serum calcium concentrations in such a manner that hormone secretion is enhanced by acute hypocalcemia, but blunted by hypercalcemia.

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