title: Hyposmolar stimulation of secretion of thyrotropin, prolactin, and luteinizing hormone does not require extracellular calcium and is not inhibited by colchicine, cytochalasin B, ouabain, or tetrodotoxin.
abstract: Hyposmolar stimulation of thyroid-stimulating hormone, prolactin, and luteinizing hormone secretion by dispersed perifused rat pituitary cells was not depressed by removal of Ca2+ from the perifusion medium or by 0.1 mM colchicine, 20 microM cytochalasin B, 0.1 mM ouabain, or 3 microM tetrodotoxin. The secretory response induced by medium hyposmolarity or by thyrotropin-releasing hormone was not appreciably different at 23, 37, or 43 degrees C, but was markedly reduced or abolished when the experiments were performed at 1 degree C. These data indicate that microtubules or microfilaments, transport of extracellular Ca2+ into the cytoplasm, and plasmalemma ion transport mechanisms sensitive to ouabain or tetrodotoxin are not essential components of the mechanism by which extracellular hyposmolarity induces secretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D003078:Colchicine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013696:Temperature; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003571:Cytochalasin B; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D010042:Ouabain; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D013972:Thyrotropin; D003078:Colchicine; D002118:Calcium