title: Beta-adrenergic stimulation of adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate (c-AMP) accumulation and of prolactin and growth hormone secretion in rat anterior pituitary cell cultures.
abstract: The beta-adrenergic agonist 1-isoproterenol (ISO) (10(-9)-10(-7) M) provoked a prompt and profound increase of intracellular c-AMP accumulation in monolayer cultures of rat anterior pituitary. In superfused reaggregate cell cultures ISO also stimulated c-AMP outflow. The effect was blocked by propranolol and the highly selective beta 2-receptor blocker ICI 118.551. Epinephrine (E), norepinephrine (NE) and the highly selective beta 2-agonist zinterol (ZIN) also stimulated c-AMP accumulation. The order of potency ZIN greater than or equal to ISO greater than E much greater than NE together with the high potency of ICI 118.551 suggests the beta-effect is mainly through the beta 2-receptor subtype. The same concentrations of ISO strongly stimulated growth hormone (GH) release and, as previously shown, prolactin (PRL) release from superfused reaggregate cell cultures, but not luteinizing hormone or thyroid stimulating hormone release. Stimulation of PRL and GH release from these cultures was also induced by the adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin. Since interference of beta-adrenergic effects on contaminating fibroblasts or endothelial cells could be reasonably excluded, the present data suggest that beta-adrenergic stimulation of c-AMP accumulation in anterior pituitary cells elicits GH and PRL release.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Swennen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denef
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D005576:Colforsin; D003907:Dexamethasone; D011388:Prolactin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol; D003000:Clonidine