title: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide directly stimulates LH and FSH secretion by human pituitary gonadotrophinomas.
abstract: The effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) on LH and FSH secretion by human pituitary gonadotrophinomas in cell culture was studied. PACAP (1-38 peptide, 0.2-20 nmol/L) dose-dependently stimulated both LH and FSH secretion after 24 hours incubation. Of 11 tumours studied, PACAP (20 nmol/L) stimulated LH and/or FSH secretion by 1.7-4 fold in 9 cases. Two tumours did not respond to PACAP, although LHRH was stimulatory in these. None of the 11 tumours contained gsp mutations, excluding the possibility that these were the cause of the occassionally observed non-responsiveness to PACAP. A combination of PACAP (20 nmol/L) together with TRH (25 nmol/L) resulted in greater stimulatory effects on LH and FSH secretion than exerted by either peptide alone, but this was not observed with LHRH. In 3 tumours tested, PACAP stimulated cAMP production 2-3 fold by cultured human pituitary gonadotrophinomas but had no effect on rate of phosphatidylinositol (PI) turnover. These results indicate that PACAP can directly stimulate LH and FSH secretion by human pituitary gonadotrophs and that PACAP-receptors in gonadotrophin-secreting tumours are coupled with adenylate cyclase but not the PI second messenger system. We conclude that PACAP may play a role in controlling gonadotroph function in the human pituitary gland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buchfelder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fahlbusch
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D051236:Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D011979:Receptors, Pituitary Hormone / Q000502:physiology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C495401:ADCYAP1 protein, human; D009479:Neuropeptides; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D051236:Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D011979:Receptors, Pituitary Hormone; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP