Endocrinology, Vol 136, 1079-1088, Copyright © 1995 by Endocrine Society

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Effects of the phospholipase-C inhibitor, U73122, on signaling and secretion in pituitary gonadotrophs

L Zheng, WY Paik, M Cesnjaj, T Balla, M Tomic, KJ Catt and SS Stojilkovic
Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

The effects of inhibition of phosphoinositide hydrolysis by U73122 [1- (6-[17 beta-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5- (10) triene-17-yl] amino/hexyl) 1H- pyrroledione] and neomycin on agonist-stimulated intracellular signaling and secretory responses were analyzed in cultured pituitary cells and alpha T3-1 gonadotrophs. GnRH (100 nM)- and endothelin-1 (ET- 1; 100 nM)-induced inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol formation in normal cells and immortalized gonadotrophs were reduced by U73122 in a concentration-dependent manner, with IC50 values of about 2 microM and complete inhibition at 10 microM U73122. Neomycin also reduced GnRH- and ET-induced inositol phosphate production in both cell types. Agonist-induced intracellular Ca2+ responses were also inhibited in both cell types by U73122 and neomycin at the same concentrations that inhibited their inositol phosphate responses. In cultured pituitary cells, agonist-induced LH release was inhibited by U73122 and neomycin in a dose-dependent manner. In perifused pituitary cells, U73122 completely inhibited GnRH- and ET-1-induced LH release, but after 10 min caused a progressive and substantial increase in basal LH release. In static cultures, U73122 inhibited agonist-induced LH response at low concentrations (up to 3 microM), but stimulated LH release at higher concentrations due to direct activation of exocytosis by the compound. When added alone, U73122 caused a concentration- dependent increase in LH release with an EC50 of about 7 microM and a maximum response similar that that elicited by GnRH. The stimulatory action of U73122 on LH release was not reduced in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. In contrast to cultured pituitary cells, alpha T3-1 gonadotrophs showed only constitutive exocytosis that was not affected by either neomycin or U73122. These results demonstrate that GnRH and ET(A) receptors are coupled to the phosphoinositide/Ca2+ transduction system in pituitary gonadotrophs, and provide evidence for the dependence of agonist-regulated exocytosis on this signaling pathway. The ability of U73122 to stimulate LH release could reflect an additional action of the compound at late steps in the exocytic pathway.

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