title: Changes in cytosolic free calcium ion concentrations in individual rat granulosa cells: effect of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone.
abstract: Changes in the cytosolic free calcium ion concentrations ([Ca2+]i) induced by LHRH were studied in individual rat granulosa cells using fura-2 microspectrofluorimetry. The resting [Ca2+]i concentration was 96.7 +/- 2.9 nM (n = 115). The majority of the granulosa cells responded to LHRH at doses between 10(-7) and 10(-5) M; the latter dose was the highest concentration required to initiate alterations in [Ca2+]i in these cells. The alterations in [Ca2+]i induced by LHRH were transient and returned to resting levels within 84 +/- 3 sec (n = 64). A potent LHRH antagonist completely blocked the effect of LHRH on [Ca2+]i. Within a single granulosa cell, three consecutive injections of the same dose of LHRH, delivered 5 min apart, induced three discrete peaks of [Ca2+]i of similar amplitudes. Sustained perfusions of LHRH, however, resulted in a desensitization of the [Ca2+]i response to LHRH, but not to the calcium ionophore Br-A23187. These results, which were obtained from individual cells, provide strong support for the hypothesis that acute changes in [Ca2+]i are involved in the early cellular transduction of the LHRH signal in the ovary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Baimbridge
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001572:Benzofurans; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000032:analysis* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D016257:Fura-2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000032:analysis* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D006062:Gonadotropins; C049925:fura-2-am; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2