Endocrinology, Vol 131, 1883-1888, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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U-73122, an aminosteroid phospholipase C antagonist, noncompetitively inhibits thyrotropin-releasing hormone effects in GH3 rat pituitary cells

RC Smallridge, JG Kiang, ID Gist, HG Fein and RJ Galloway
Department of Clinical Physiology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20307-5100.

TRH increases cytosolic-free calcium ([Ca2+]i) by activating phospholipase C(PL-C), which induces phosphoinositol hydrolysis, leading to Ca2+ mobilization from inositol trisphosphate (IP3) sensitive stores, and by increasing Ca2+ influx. Increases in [Ca2+]i stimulate PRL secretion. We investigated the effects of U-73122, an aminosteroid inhibitor of PL-C dependent processes, on TRH-stimulated second messenger pathways and on PRL secretion in GH3 rat pituitary cells. [Ca2+]i was monitored by Indo-1 fluorescence, and IP3 and metabolites separated on ion exchange columns. In Ca(2+)-free buffer, [Ca2+]i was 96 +/- 6 nM and increased to 323 +/- 23 nM (P less than 0.001) after TRH (100 nM). U-73122 dose dependently inhibited the TRH effect (IC50 = 967 nM; complete inhibition at 3-5 microM). Subsequent addition of monensin (100 microM) increased [Ca2+]i from 107 +/- 4 to 142 +/- 4 nM (P < 0.001), confirming our previous findings of a non-TRH regulated Ca2+ pool in GH3 cells. Pretreatment (15 sec) with U-73122 partly inhibited the TRH effect on [Ca2+]i; complete suppression occurred with 70 sec of pretreatment. An inactive analog (U-73343) had no inhibitory effect at 5 microM. U-73122 acted noncompetitively, as the mean maximum velocity (expressed as percent increase in [Ca2+]i after TRH) was reduced from 225 to 91 while the Michaelis-Menten constant for TRH was unchanged (15.4 vs. 13.8 nM, n = 3). Of note, U- 73122, at 3-5 microM, increased basal [Ca2+]i from 109 +/- 5 to 120 +/- 5 nM (P less than 0.001). In 1.3 mM Ca2+ buffer containing nifedipine (1 microM) and verapamil (50 microM), similar effects of U-73122 (5 microM) were observed on basal and TRH-stimulated [Ca2+]i. IP3, IP2, and IP1 increased to 241 +/- 12%, 148 +/- 23%, and 167 +/- 39% of control, 30 sec after TRH (100 nM); these responses were prevented by 1 microM U-73122. At 5 microM, U-73122 also significantly increased IP3 levels. TRH (100 nM) increased 4-h PRL secretion from 16.3 +/- 1.4 to 27.6 +/- 3.2 ng/well (P less than 0.05). U-73122 (5 microM) increased basal PRL secretion to 35.9 +/- 3.2 ng/well (P less than 0.05), but abolished the TRH effect. In contrast, U-73343 (with Ca2+ channel blockers) did not inhibit the TRH effect on PRL (control: 24.3 +/- 2.1; TRH: 51.0 +/- 6.3 ng/well).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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