title: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone regulates gonadotropin beta-subunit and chromogranin-B messenger ribonucleic acids in cultured chromogranin-A-positive pituitary adenomas.
abstract: Chromogranin-A-positive pituitary adenomas include glycoprotein hormone-producing adenomas, null cell adenomas, and a few other pituitary adenomas. We studied the effects of GnRH, CRF, dexamethasone, and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate on FSH and LH secretion and on FSH beta and chromogranin-A and -B mRNA expression in 10 chromogranin-A-positive adenomas in vitro to analyze the regulation of FSH and chromogranin-A and -B expression in these neoplasms. Most adenomas responded to GnRH stimulation during 7 days in culture with a 2- to 10-fold increase in FSH and LH secretion and a 2- to 7-fold increase in FSH beta mRNA compared to control values. CRF and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate also stimulated FSH and LH secretion 2- to 5-fold in five of seven and three of three cases, respectively, during 7 days in culture. Dexamethasone stimulated both FSH and LH secretion in two of three cases as well as FSH beta mRNA in vitro in the one case examined. GnRH treatment consistently produced a 2-fold increase in chromogranin-B mRNA, but not in chromogranin-A mRNA, after 7 days of culture. These results indicate that many chromogranin-A-positive adenomas respond to GnRH and CRF in vitro by increased hormone secretion and that GnRH stimulation leads to increased amounts of FSH beta and chromogranin-B mRNAs. The differential response of chromogranin-A and -B mRNAs after GnRH stimulation indicates that the chromogranin genes are highly regulated in these tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: England
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Landefeld
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Lloyd
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D053379:Chromogranin A; D053378:Chromogranin B; D002864:Chromogranins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D037201:Follicle Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C506150:CHGA protein, human; C506134:CHGB protein, human; D053379:Chromogranin A; D053378:Chromogranin B; D002864:Chromogranins; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D037201:Follicle Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D003907:Dexamethasone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone