A comparison of the concentration-dependent actions of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, angiotensin II, bradykinin, and Lys-bradykinin on cytosolic free calcium dynamics in rat anterior pituitary cells: selective effects of dopamine

Endocrinology
S I KuanR M MacLeod

Abstract

Using Indo-1 as a fluorescent probe, we studied the dynamics and the underlying mechanisms of the response of cytosolic free calcium ([Ca2+]i) to different concentrations of four prolactin secretagogues, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, angiotensin II, bradykinin, and lys-bradykinin in rat anterior pituitary cells. Low concentrations (1-100 pM) of these peptides caused a sustained increase in [Ca2+]i, whereas high concentrations (up to 100 nM) caused a large transient elevation of [Ca2+]i that was followed by a lower sustained plateau. Experiments with protein kinase C-depleted cells suggested that phorbol diester-sensitive protein kinase C was not involved in the transition of [Ca2+]i from spike to plateau seen with high concentrations of secretagogue. Specific concentrations of secretagogue mobilized different pools of [Ca2+]i, as indicated by experiments with Ca2(+)-depleted medium. Low concentrations of secretagogue induced a Ca2+ response that was abolished by Ca2(+)-depleted medium, whereas high concentrations generated a [Ca2+]i response that was refractory to Ca2(+)-depleted medium. Dopamine (100 nM) abolished the [Ca2+]i plateau response to all four agents at low concentrations and selectively reduced the plateau compone...Continue Reading

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Aug 1, 1992·Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology·N SatoM A Greer
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