title: Mechanisms involved in the effects of TRH on GHRH-stimulated growth hormone release from ovine and bovine pituitary cells.
abstract: Incubation of cultured ovine pituitary cells with growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) (10(-12)-10(-7) M) stimulated growth hormone secretion up to 3-fold. At a maximal stimulatory concentration of GHRH (10(-10) M), thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) (10(-7) M) caused an inhibition of growth hormone release to approx. 50% of the response obtained with GHRH alone (during a 15 min incubation period). TRH also caused a small inhibition of the GHRH-stimulated cellular cyclic AMP level but this effect was only significant at a relatively high concentration of GHRH (10(-9) M). Incubation of cultured bovine pituitary cells with GHRH (10(-11)-10(-8) M) plus TRH (10(-7) M) caused a significant stimulation of growth hormone release by up to 40%, compared with the response obtained with GHRH alone (at all concentrations of GHRH). TRH (10(-7) M) had no effect on GHRH (10(-8) M)-stimulated cellular cyclic AMP levels in a partially purified bovine pituitary cell preparation. The effects of varying extracellular [Ca2+] (0.1-10 mM) on intracellular [Ca2+] and on the responsiveness to releasing hormones were also determined using ovine pituitary cells. GHRH (10(-10) M)-stimulated growth hormone release was inhibited when cells were incubated at both high (10 mM) and low (0.1 mM) [Ca2+] (compared with 1 mM or 3 mM Ca2+) with or without TRH (10(-7) M). At 1 mM Ca2+, TRH produced a synergistic effect with GHRH to stimulate growth hormone release. However, at 3 mM Ca2+ TRH inhibited GHRH-stimulated growth hormone release.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012756:Sheep; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013006:Growth Hormone; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone; D002118:Calcium