Thyrotropin-releasing hormone-induced intracellular calcium responses in individual rat lactotrophs and thyrotrophs

Endocrinology
R Ashworth, P M Hinkle

Abstract

Calcium responses to TRH were recorded for individual cells cultured from rat anterior pituitary tissue loaded with fura-2, and cell type was subsequently identified by immunocytochemistry. At 100 nM and 1 microM, TRH stimulated a single transient spike of intracellular free calcium ([Ca2+]i) in 95-100% of lactotrophs. At a concentration of 10 nM or less, the proportion of TRH-responsive cells decreased, and the [Ca2+]i responses became more heterogeneous, consisting of a biphasic response in which an initial [Ca2+]i spike was followed by a sustained elevation of [Ca2+]i or [Ca2+]i oscillations. Initiation of TRH-induced oscillations required the release of intracellular Ca2+ from thapsigargin-sensitive stores, whereas maintenance of the oscillations required influx of extracellular Ca2+ through nimodipine-sensitive Ca2+ channels. The amplitude of the initial [Ca2+]i rise increased from 0.1-10 nM TRH and was not significantly reduced by removal of extracellular Ca2+. The duration of the initial [Ca2+]i transient was significantly shorter at 1 microM than at 1 nM TRH. When TRH was added to cells that had been treated with thapsigargin to block the agonist-induced [Ca2+]i increase, TRH often decreased [Ca2+]i, particularly in cel...Continue Reading

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