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Endocrinology, Vol 125, 144-151, Copyright © 1989 by Endocrine Society

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The antigonadotropic action of prostaglandin F2 alpha is not mediated by elevated cytosolic calcium levels in rat luteal cells

JR Pepperell, SL Preston and HR Behrman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510-8063.

We have investigated the role of intracellular calcium in the mechanism of action of prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) in cultured rat luteal cells. PGF2 alpha (1 microM) maximally inhibited LH-stimulated cAMP accumulation and also initiated a transient release of intracellular calcium. Low doses of the calcium ionophore ionomycin also increased intracellular calcium to a similar extent as PGF2 alpha (1 microM), but did not inhibit LH-stimulated cAMP accumulation. Chelation of intracellular calcium with dimethyl bis-(o-aminophenoxy)ethane- N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) (10 microM) attenuated the transient calcium rise stimulated by PGF2 alpha, but did not affect the inhibitory characteristics of PGF2 alpha on LH-stimulated cAMP accumulation. Treatment of luteal cells with EGTA (1 mM) and ionomycin (500 nM) resulted in depletion of intracellular calcium to such an extent that a subsequent exposure of the luteal cells to PGF2 alpha (1 microM) did not elicit any change in intracellular calcium. Depletion of intracellular calcium and ablation of the calcium response to PGF2 alpha, however, did not affect either the dose response or the time course of inhibition of LH-stimulated cAMP accumulation. We conclude that although intracellular calcium is mobilized by PGF2 alpha in cultured rat luteal cells, the antigonadotropic action of PGF2 alpha on LH-stimulated cAMP accumulation is not mediated by this mechanism.


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