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Second messenger pathways mediating chicken luteinizing hormone secretion from dispersed pituitary cells.

Abstract
A series of studies was conducted to evaluate the ability of several second messengers/second messenger systems to stimulate LH secretion from dispersed chicken pituitary cells. [Gln8]-LHRH-(cLHRH) stimulated LH secretion in a dose-dependent fashion; this effect was potentiated in the presence of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, and was mimicked by the cAMP analog, 8-bromo-cAMP. These data indicate that the production of cAMP in response to cLHRH can stimulate LH secretion, but do not necessarily provide evidence that such production is prerequisite. The tumor-promoting phorbol ester, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), and diacylglycerol analogs, 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG) and 1,2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol (DOG), also stimulated LH release; however, only PMA (and not cLHRH or DOG) promoted an accumulation of cAMP. The putative protein kinase C inhibitor, staurosporine, completely blocked LH release stimulated by PMA, but failed to block cLHRH-induced LH secretion. Such results indicate that protein kinase C activation can promote LH secretion, but also suggest that additional second messengers may exist to fully mediate the effects of cLHRH. Both the calcium ionophore, A23187, and the intracellular calcium mobilizing agent, thapsigargin, caused a dose-dependent increase in LH secretion; furthermore, thapsigargin augmented the stimulatory effects of PMA. These data are consistent with a role for calcium in the regulation of LH release, and indicate that the mobilization of intracellular calcium alone can affect such an action.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
AuthorsA L Johnson, J L Tilly
JournalBiology of reproduction (Biol Reprod) Vol. 45 Issue 1 Pg. 64-72 (Jul 1991) ISSN: 0006-3363 [Print] United States
PMID1715194 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Alkaloids
  • Arachidonic Acids
  • Carcinogens
  • Diglycerides
  • Terpenes
  • Transforming Growth Factor alpha
  • 1,2-dioctanoylglycerol
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Calcimycin
  • Epidermal Growth Factor
  • Thapsigargin
  • 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Cyclic AMP
  • Protein Kinase C
  • Staurosporine
  • Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
  • Calcium
  • 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine
Topics
  • 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine (pharmacology)
  • Alkaloids (pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Arachidonic Acids (pharmacology)
  • Calcimycin (pharmacology)
  • Calcium (physiology)
  • Carcinogens (pharmacology)
  • Chickens
  • Cyclic AMP (metabolism, physiology)
  • Diglycerides (pharmacology)
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Epidermal Growth Factor (pharmacology)
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (pharmacology)
  • Luteinizing Hormone (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Pituitary Gland (cytology, metabolism, physiology)
  • Protein Kinase C (antagonists & inhibitors, physiology)
  • Second Messenger Systems (physiology)
  • Staurosporine
  • Terpenes (pharmacology)
  • Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate (pharmacology)
  • Thapsigargin
  • Transforming Growth Factor alpha (pharmacology)

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