title: Prostaglandins have no effect on spontaneous and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone stimulated luteinizing hormone release in cultured rat pituitary cells.
abstract: Primary cultures of pituitary cells from adult female rats were exposed to increasing concentrations (10(-13) to 10(-6)M) of selected prostaglandins (PGE2, PGF2 alpha, PGI2, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, and sulproston). The release of luteinizing hormone (LH) by the pituicytes was monitored. In a second series of experiments, pituitary cells were treated with prostaglandins as described above and additionally challenged with a submaximal stimulus of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH; 10(-9) M). The spontaneous LH-release in all prostaglandin treated cultures did not differ from the controls. When stimulated with 10(-9) M GnRH, the LH-release increased approx. six-fold in all cultures, with no difference between prostaglandin treated cells and the respective controls. Thus, the prostaglandins tested - at least at concentrations less than or equal to 10(-6) M - have neither a direct positive or negative effect on pituitary LH-release, nor do they enhance or decrease the LH-releasing effect of GnRH. These prostaglandins are probably not involved in the cellular regulation of LH-release by the pituicyte.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000187:drug effects*; D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones; D011453:Prostaglandins; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone