Immortalized hypothalamic neurons express metabotropic glutamate receptors positively coupled to cyclic AMP formation

The European Journal of Neuroscience
M A SortinoP L Canonico

Abstract

We have characterized the expression pattern and pharmacological profile of activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) in immortalized, gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH)-secreting GT1-7 cells, which represent a homogeneous cellular population of hypothalamic origin. These cells are known to respond to the mGluR agonist (1S,3R)-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid (1S,3R-ACPD) with increased GnRH release. To establish which specific mGluR subtypes are expressed by GT1-7 cells, we used polyclonal antibodies raised against non-conserved regions of the carboxy-terminal domains of individual subtypes. The selectivity of these antibodies was tested in HEK 293 cells transiently transfected with each mGluR subtype. GT1-7 cells stained positively for the subtypes mGluR1a, -1b and -5 (belonging to group I mGluR2/3 (group II) and mGluR7 (group III). Agonists of group I mGluRs, including 1S,3R-ACPD, activated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in GT1-7 cells. This effect, however, was manifested only when cell density was low, and it disappeared when cells reached confluence. Stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis could not therefore have been related to hormone secretion because 1S,3R-ACPD effectively released GnRH in confluent cul...Continue Reading

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