Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide affect levels of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) subunits in the clonal gonadotrope alphaT3-1 cells: evidence for cross-talk between PKA and protein kinase C pathways

Endocrinology
Ghislaine GarrelRaymond Counis

Abstract

We have shown previously that protein kinase A (PKA) subunit levels are regulated by activation of PKA or protein kinase C (PKC) in anterior pituitary cells. GnRH also influenced PKA subunit levels, suggesting that hormonal regulation occurs in gonadotrophs, and therefore, we have reexamined this question using the clonal gonadotrope-derived cell line (alphaT3-1 cells). Western blot analysis, using specific immunoaffinity purified immunoglobulins, revealed expression of catalytic (Cat) and regulatory type I (RI) and type II (RII) subunits of PKA in these cells. Activation of adenylyl cyclase (AC) with forskolin, or of PKC with tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate (TPA), caused a rapid (detectable at 0.5-1 h) and concentration-dependent loss of all PKA subunits. Forskolin (10-100 microM) reduced Cat and RI by 60% and RII by 30%, whereas TPA (0.1-1 microM) reduced Cat and RII by 50% and RI by 40%. Simultaneous activation of PKA and PKC caused the expected dose-dependent reductions in Cat, and the effects of forskolin or TPA were nearly additive. RI and RII were reduced similarly by 10 nM TPA, whereas 100 nM TPA tended to prevent the reduction of RI or RII caused by forskolin. GnRH, which activates phosphoinositidase C and not AC in thes...Continue Reading

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Dec 31, 1997·The American Journal of Physiology·M HezarehS R Rawlings
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