title: Effects of suramin on hormone release by cultured rat anterior pituitary cells.
abstract: Suramin is a polyanionic compound which has been used in the treatment of trypanosomiasis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), while preliminary success has been reported in the treatment of cancer. However, suramin also causes adrenal insufficiency. We have previously reported that suramin selectively inhibited corticotropin (ACTH)-stimulated corticosterone release by dispersed adrenal cells in a dose-dependent manner via a direct interaction with the ACTH molecule. The present study was undertaken in order to investigate the effect of suramin on hormone release by dispersed rat anterior pituitary cells. Suramin at a concentration of 100 microM inhibited both basal and secretagogue-stimulated ACTH release by cells cultured in minimal essential medium (MEM) only, while it had no effect on ACTH release by cells cultured in MEM + 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) or MEM + 0.1% bovine serum albumin (BSA). In addition, suramin also caused a parallel decrease of prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) release by cells cultured in MEM only, suggesting a toxic, rather than a selective effect of suramin on anterior pituitary cells cultured in MEM only. In addition, suramin potentiated the effect of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) on PRL release by cells cultured in MEM + 10% FCS and suppressed the inhibitory effect of dopamine (DA) on PRL release by cells cultured in MEM + 10% FCS and in MEM + 0.1% BSA. Comparable suppressive effects of suramin on growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)-stimulated and somatostatin (SRIH)-inhibited GH release were found in cells cultured in MEM + 0.1% BSA but not in cells cultured in MEM + 10% FCS.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Marzouk
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Hofland
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: den Holder
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: van Koetsveld
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steenbergen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zuiderwijk
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Abou-Hashim
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: el-Kannishy
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lamberts
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D003470:Culture Media; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013498:Suramin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior; D013004:Somatostatin; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013498:Suramin; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D013006:Growth Hormone; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone