title: Calcitonin gene-related peptide and calcitonin secretion from a human medullary thyroid carcinoma cell line: effects of ionomycin, phorbol ester and forskolin.
abstract: Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and calcitonin are secreted together from medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) cells. Interactions of cytosolic free calcium concentration (Cai2+) and the protein kinase C and A pathways on the secretion of immunoreactive CGRP and calcitonin have been investigated in a human MTC cell line. Ionomycin (10 mumol/l) raised the concentration of Cai2+, concomitant with a transient stimulation of the secretion of CGRP and calcitonin. 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA; 16 nmol/l) did not affect the concentration of Cai2+, but caused a gradual rise of the secretion of CGRP and calcitonin. Combined addition of 10 mumol ionomycin/l and 16 nmol TPA/l resulted in additive stimulation of CGRP and calcitonin secretory responses. Forskolin (10 mumol/l) alone did not change the concentration of Cai2+, marginally enhanced (P greater than 0.1) the release of CGRP and calcitonin and increased by 23-fold the cellular levels of cyclic AMP (cAMP). Ionomycin and TPA did not change cellular cAMP. Forskolin synergistically enhanced (P less than 0.01) the ionomycin-induced early phase as well as the TPA-induced late phase of the CGRP and calcitonin secretory responses. In conclusion, increased concentrations of Cai2+ together with protein kinase C and A activation mediate the secretion of CGRP and calcitonin in MTC cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Balgrist), Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haller-Brem
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muff
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D002116:Calcitonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004987:Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015759:Ionomycin; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004987:Ethers; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D005576:Colforsin; D015759:Ionomycin; D002116:Calcitonin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium