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Endocrinology, Vol 131, 1207-1211, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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Evidence for protein kinase-C mediation of the neurotensin-induced activation of tyrosine hydroxylase in tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neurons

SA Berry and GA Gudelsky
Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether neurotensin acts within the arcuate nucleus/median eminence to activate tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) within tuberoinfundibular dopamine neurons. The role of Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase-C) in the regulation of TH and its involvement in the neurotensin-induced activation of TH within tuberoinfundibular dopamine (TIDA) neurons also was investigated. The activity of TH within TIDA neurons was assessed by quantification of the formation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine in the arcuate nucleus/median eminence after inhibition of 3,4- dihydroxyphenylalanine decarboxylase. Neurotensin (0.1-10 nM) increased the activity of TH within the arcuate nucleus/median eminence under in vitro conditions by approximately 80%. The activity of TH in the arcuate nucleus/median eminence also was increased approximately 55% by the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoyl(phorbol-13-acetate) (1-100 nM), which activates protein kinase-C. Sphingosine (10 microM), an inhibitor of protein kinase-C, attenuated the activation of TH within TIDA neurons that was induced by both 12-O-tetradecanoyl(phorbol-13-acetate) and neurotensin. Sphingosine alone did not alter the activity of TH, nor did it alter the (Bu)2cAMP-induced activation of TH in the arcuate nucleus/median eminence. It is concluded that neurotensin acts directly within the arcuate nucleus/median eminence to activate TIDA neurons. Furthermore, it is suggested that the activity of TH within these neurons is enhanced after the activation of protein kinase-C and that protein kinase-C may mediate the neurotensin-induced activation of TH within these hypothalamic dopamine neurons.


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