Analysis of homogeneous populations of anterior pituitary folliculostellate cells by laser capture microdissection and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

Endocrinology
L JinRicardo V Lloyd

Abstract

Pituitary folliculostellate (FS) cells are usually located between the secretory cells in the anterior pituitary, and they produce many peptides that exert a paracrine effect on hormone-producing pituitary cells. Previous approaches have been unsuccessful in obtaining homogeneous populations of FS cells. We used a combination of immunostaining with S100 protein followed by laser capture microdissection (Immuno-LCM) to obtain purified populations of rat FS cells. These cells were analyzed along with a mouse FS cell line (TtT/GF) by RT-PCR for gene expression. RT-PCR analyses showed that both FS cell populations expressed the mRNAs for glial fibrillary acidic protein, S100 protein, transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGFbeta1), TGFbeta receptor, interleukin-6, leptin, leptin receptor, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), and PACAP receptors. Both FS cell populations were negative for PRL, GH, and POMC, supporting the homogeneity of the rat FS cell population. TGFbeta1, but not PACAP-38, treatment stimulated cell proliferation in both FS cell populations. TGFbeta1 increased leptin, but not interleukin-6, mRNA expression in rat FS cells. However, TGFbeta1 inhibited leptin RNA expression in the TtT/GF cell line,...Continue Reading

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