title: Effect of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids on growth hormone release from somatotrophs.
abstract: Growth hormone secretion was stimulated in vitro by products of arachidonic acid epoxygenase, the epoxyeicosatrienoic acids. 5,6-Epoxyeicosatrienoic and 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid stimulated growth hormone release from an enriched population of somatotrophs (approximately 85%) by twofold. Inhibition of arachidonic acid metabolism by indomethacin did not affect growth hormone-releasing hormone stimulation of growth hormone release. In contrast, pretreatment of somatotrophs with an 11,12-isonitrile analogue of arachidonic acid that inhibits arachidonic acid epoxygenase, resulted in a 20-25% inhibition of growth hormone-releasing hormone-stimulated growth hormone release. 14,15-Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid stimulated a concentration-dependent increase (twofold) in the cytoplasmic concentration of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in the somatotrophs. 14,15-Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid also rapidly increased the intracellular free calcium concentration in somatotrophs from resting levels (approximately 80 nM) to greater than 250 nM. Growth hormone-releasing hormone increased the free intracellular calcium to 160-180 nM. Preincubation of somatotrophs with somatostatin inhibited growth hormone-releasing hormone-stimulated growth hormone secretion, cAMP accumulation, and 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid stimulated cAMP accumulation. These data are suggestive that the epoxyeicosatrienoic acids may have a role in the secretion of growth hormone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yadagiri
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
mesh_terms: D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D013004:Somatostatin; C046783:11,12-epoxy-5,8,14-eicosatrienoic acid; C040776:5,6-epoxy-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid; C050715:8,9-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid; C046782:14,15-epoxy-5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid; D013006:Growth Hormone; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone; D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid; D007213:Indomethacin