title: Possible involvement of protein kinase C in gonadotropin and growth hormone release from dispersed goldfish pituitary cells.
abstract: Static incubation with tumor-promoting 4 beta-phorbol esters, activators of the Ca2(+)- and phospholipid-dependent protein kinase C enzyme (PKC), caused dose-dependent increases in gonadotropin (GTH) and growth hormone (GH) secretion in primary cultures of dispersed goldfish pituitary cells. The estimated half-maximal effective doses (ED50) for stimulating GTH and GH release were 0.35 +/- 0.17 and 0.32 +/- 0.13 nM 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13 acetate (TPA), 3.71 +/- 1.30 and 1.37 +/- 0.76 nM 4 beta-phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate, 6.90 +/- 4.84 and 1.89 +/- 0.25 nM 4 beta-phorbol 12,13-dibenzoate, and 455 +/- 258 and 311 +/- 136 nM 4 beta-phorbol 12,13-diacetate, respectively. In contrast, treatments with up to 10 microM of the inactive 4 alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate ester did not alter GTH and GH release. Additions of the synthetic diacylglycerol, dioctanoyl glycerol, also enhanced GTH and GH secretion in a dose-dependent manner and with ED50s of 1.73 +/- 0.83 and 1.73 +/- 1.19 microM, respectively. The GTH and GH responses to stimulation by TPA were attenuated by incubation with Ca2(+)-depleted medium containing EGTA or by treatment with the Ca2+ channel blocker verapamil. Coincubation with the PKC inhibitor H7 reduced the GTH and GH responses to TPA. As in previous studies, additions of salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone (sGnRH) or chicken GnRH-II (cGnRH-II) induced GTH and GH release; these hormone responses to sGnRH and cGnRH-II were also decreased by the addition of H7. These results indicate that activation of PKC may stimulate GTH and GH release in goldfish and suggest that sGnRH and cGnRH-II actions on goldfish pituitary GTH and GH secretion are also mediated, at least partially, by PKC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Jobin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Leeuw
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006054:Goldfish / Q000502:physiology*; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000378:metabolism*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D010879:Piperazines; C008874:phorbol-12,13-diacetate; C008875:phorbol-12,13-dibenzoate; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D013006:Growth Hormone; D014700:Verapamil; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium