title: U-73122, an aminosteroid phospholipase C antagonist, noncompetitively inhibits thyrotropin-releasing hormone effects in GH3 rat pituitary cells.
abstract: TRH increases cytosolic-free calcium ([Ca2+]i) by activating phospholipase C(PL-C), which induces phosphoinositol hydrolysis, leading to Ca2+ mobilization from inositol trisphosphate (IP3) sensitive stores, and by increasing Ca2+ influx. Increases in [Ca2+]i stimulate PRL secretion. We investigated the effects of U-73122, an aminosteroid inhibitor of PL-C dependent processes, on TRH-stimulated second messenger pathways and on PRL secretion in GH3 rat pituitary cells. [Ca2+]i was monitored by Indo-1 fluorescence, and IP3 and metabolites separated on ion exchange columns. In Ca(2+)-free buffer, [Ca2+]i was 96 +/- 6 nM and increased to 323 +/- 23 nM (P less than 0.001) after TRH (100 nM). U-73122 dose dependently inhibited the TRH effect (IC50 = 967 nM; complete inhibition at 3-5 microM). Subsequent addition of monensin (100 microM) increased [Ca2+]i from 107 +/- 4 to 142 +/- 4 nM (P < 0.001), confirming our previous findings of a non-TRH regulated Ca2+ pool in GH3 cells. Pretreatment (15 sec) with U-73122 partly inhibited the TRH effect on [Ca2+]i; complete suppression occurred with 70 sec of pretreatment. An inactive analog (U-73343) had no inhibitory effect at 5 microM. U-73122 acted noncompetitively, as the mean maximum velocity (expressed as percent increase in [Ca2+]i after TRH) was reduced from 225 to 91 while the Michaelis-Menten constant for TRH was unchanged (15.4 vs. 13.8 nM, n = 3). Of note, U-73122, at 3-5 microM, increased basal [Ca2+]i from 109 +/- 5 to 120 +/- 5 nM (P less than 0.001). In 1.3 mM Ca2+ buffer containing nifedipine (1 microM) and verapamil (50 microM), similar effects of U-73122 (5 microM) were observed on basal and TRH-stimulated [Ca2+]i. IP3, IP2, and IP1 increased to 241 +/- 12%, 148 +/- 23%, and 167 +/- 39% of control, 30 sec after TRH (100 nM); these responses were prevented by 1 microM U-73122. At 5 microM, U-73122 also significantly increased IP3 levels. TRH (100 nM) increased 4-h PRL secretion from 16.3 +/- 1.4 to 27.6 +/- 3.2 ng/well (P less than 0.05). U-73122 (5 microM) increased basal PRL secretion to 35.9 +/- 3.2 ng/well (P less than 0.05), but abolished the TRH effect. In contrast, U-73343 (with Ca2+ channel blockers) did not inhibit the TRH effect on PRL (control: 24.3 +/- 2.1; TRH: 51.0 +/- 6.3 ng/well).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20307-5100.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Smallridge
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kiang
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Gist
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Fein
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Galloway
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004963:Estrenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D004963:Estrenes; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; C060229:1-(6-((3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium