Regulation of glycoprotein hormone free alpha-subunit secretion and intracellular alpha-subunit content in primary pituitary cells.
Regulation of glycoprotein hormone free alpha-subunit secretion and intracellular alpha-subunit content in primary pituitary cells.
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原代垂体细胞中糖蛋白激素游离α亚基分泌和细胞内α亚基含量的调节。
作者:
J. Holdstock;J. Burrin
The effects and interactions of GnRH, TRH, a cAMP analog, a protein kinase-C (PKC) activator, a calcium ionophore, and a calcium channel blocker on pituitary glycoprotein hormone free alpha-subunit secretion and intracellular free alpha-subunit content were investigated. Treatment of dispersed rat pituitary cells with GnRH (100 nM) effected a time-dependent release of alpha-subunit, reaching a 4.5-fold increase (P < 0.05) at 24 h. Smaller effects were observed with TRH (10 nM). A rapid and progressive fall in intracellular alpha-subunit content was observed for 8 h after stimulation with GnRH (61% decrease; P < 0.05) or TRH (55% decrease; P < 0.05), which then remained constant at 24 h. The cAMP analogue 8-bromo-cAMP augmented a late release of alpha-subunit (4.5-fold increase at 24 h; P < 0.05) without affecting levels of alpha-subunit within the cells. Co-addition of 8-bromo-cAMP with GnRH or TRH arrested the marked fall in intracellular alpha-subunit seen with GnRH or TRH alone. These results suggest that although cAMP is capable of stimulating alpha-subunit secretion and maintaining cell content in the face of GnRH- and TRH-stimulated secretion, it does not mediate their effects on alpha-subunit. Like GnRH, the PKC activator 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) rapidly stimulated alpha-subunit secretion (1.7-fold increase at 4 h; P < 0.05) and progressively lowered cell content over 24h (73% decrease; P < 0.01). This similarity of action and the lack of demonstration of additive effects of TPA with GnRH or TRH imply a role for PKC as a mediator of GnRH and TRH action on alpha-subunit. Using verapamil (50 microM) to block L-type calcium channels had no effect on either basal or GnRH-stimulated alpha-secretion over 24 h. The calcium ionophore A23187 (3 microM) blocked the stimulatory effects of GnRH on alpha-subunit release and alone inhibited free alpha-subunit secretion (28% decrease at 24 h; P < 0.05). Our results suggest that neither cAMP nor an influx of extracellular calcium mediates the effects of GnRH or TRH on free alpha-subunit secretion. Accordingly, we postulate that PKC is involved in the actions of GnRH and TRH on alpha-subunit in rat pituitary cells, although further studies are required in PKC-depleted cells to confirm this hypothesis.
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DOI:
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发表时间:
1984
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
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作者:
Albert,PR;TashjianJr,AH
通讯作者:
TashjianJr,AH
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Huckle,WR;Conn,PM
通讯作者:
Conn,PM
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Merelli,F;Stojilković,SS;Iida,T;Krsmanovic,LZ;Zheng,L;Mellon,PL;Catt,KJ
通讯作者:
Catt,KJ
影响因子:
9.3
作者:
Hawes,BE;Conn,PM
通讯作者:
Conn,PM
DOI:
10.1210/mend-4-4-557
发表时间:
1990
期刊:
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.)
影响因子:
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作者:
Weiss,J;Jameson,JL;Burrin,JM;CrowleyJr,WF
通讯作者:
CrowleyJr,WF