Endocrinology, Vol 130, 3475-3483, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated intracellular Ca2+ fluctuations and luteinizing hormone release can be uncoupled from inositol phosphate production

BE Hawes, SB Waters, JA Janovick, JE Bleasdale and PM Conn
Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242-1109.

In order to study the dependence of GnRH-stimulated LH release on inositol phosphate (IP) turnover, this study used an inhibitor of phospholipase C activity, 1-[6-[[17 beta-3- methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)- triene-17-yl]amino]hexyl]-1H-pyrrole-dione (U-73122) and an inactive analog 1-[6[[17 beta-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)- triene-17- yl]amino]hexyl]2,5-pyrrolidine-dione (U-73343). U-73122 (10 microM) decreased GnRH-provoked (1 microM, 45 min) IP accumulation from 873 +/- 61 dpm to 365 +/- 50 dpm (basal accumulation also was decreased from 420 +/- 18 dpm to 207 +/- 16 dpm) while LH release was not inhibited (30.2 +/- 1.4% of cellular LH in control compared to 30.3 +/- 1.1% in U- 73122 pretreated cells). GnRH provoked increased IP3 accumulation (123% of basal) after 15 sec of stimulation, IP2 accumulation (131% of basal) after 30 sec, and IP1 (121% of basal) after 1 min. Pretreatment with U- 73122 blocked accumulation of IPs at these early timepoints. Sodium fluoride (NaF)-stimulated IP accumulation was also inhibited by U-73122 (from 1539 +/- 132 dpm to 414 +/- 21 dpm) while LH release increased from 22.9 +/- 1.4% total cellular LH to 28.0 +/- 2.2%. In contrast, GnRH- and NaF-stimulated IP accumulation were not significantly decreased in U-73343 pretreated cells (GnRH: 817 +/- 43 dpm compared to 873 +/- 61 dpm in control; NaF: 1133 +/- 74 dpm compared to 1539 +/- 132 dpm in control cells). Results of a perifusion study showed that U- 73122 did not block the initial phase of GnRH-stimulated LH release or interfere with the development of desensitization to the releasing hormone. In addition, GnRH-stimulated intracellular Ca2+ fluctuations were similar in magnitude and duration in U-73122-pretreated compared to U-73343-pretreated cells. These results demonstrate that GnRH- as well as NaF-stimulated LH release can be uncoupled from IP production calling to question the role of IP3 as a second messenger for GnRH- stimulated LH release.

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