title: Tonic inhibition of adenylate cyclase in cultured hamster Sertoli cells.
abstract: Sertoli cells cultured from immature hamsters respond to FSH with a dose-related increase in cAMP accumulation. Pertussis toxin acts synergistically with FSH to stimulate cAMP accumulation. This effect of pertussis toxin indicates that Sertoli cell adenylate cyclase is under tonic inhibition due to the activity of the Ni inhibitory transducer. The acetylcholine receptor antagonists atropine or tubocurarine, or the opioid antagonist naltrexone, have no effect on the FSH-induced stimulation of cAMP accumulation, suggesting that neither acetylcholine nor opioids are responsible for the inhibition of Sertoli cell cyclase. While exogenous adenosine is inhibitory, adenosine deaminase augments the ability of FSH to stimulate cAMP accumulation, but not to the level of pertussis toxin. This indicates that the Sertoli cells produce endogenous adenosine that is at least partially responsible for the tonic inhibition of adenylate cyclase. Other possibilities for the tonic inhibition of cyclase include other Sertoli cell products, germ cell products, peritubular cell products or an action of FSH itself through both stimulatory and inhibitory transducers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Heindel
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000494:pharmacology; D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006224:Cricetinae; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000201:enzymology*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase; D000241:Adenosine