title: Activation of LH receptors expressed in GnRH neurons stimulates cyclic AMP production and inhibits pulsatile neuropeptide release.
abstract: The GT1-7 cell line of immortalized GnRH neurons has been shown to express receptors for GnRH, LH, and prolactin, as well as a variety of other hormones and transmitters. Treatment of GT1-7 cells with hCG caused a dose-dependent increase in cAMP production, with a rapid increase during the first 15 min and a subsequent decrease that was prevented by pre-treatment with pertussis toxin. Furthermore, the stimulatory effect of cholera toxin on cAMP production was inhibited by hCG in a dose-dependent manner. These data indicate that the LH receptors expressed in GT1-7 cells are coupled to adenylyl cyclase both stimulatory (Gs) and inhibitory (Gi) proteins. In perifused cell cultures, treatment with forskolin and 8-bromo cAMP increased the amplitude of spontaneous GnRH release. However, treatment with nanomolar concentrations of hCG abolished pulsatile GnRH release from both GT1-7 cells and rat hypothalamic cells. The similarity of hCG action on pulsatile GnRH release to that of extracellular Ca2+ depletion and calcium channel antagonists, and its partial resistance to potassium-induced depolarization, suggest that it results from inhibition of plasma-membrane ion channel activity. It is probable that the inhibitory action of hCG on pulsatile GnRH release is responsible for initiation of the suppression of pituitary LH secretion during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mores
authors.forename: L Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Krsmanovic
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Catt
mesh_terms: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002460:Cell Line; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D051381:Rats; D011974:Receptors, LH / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D009479:Neuropeptides; D011974:Receptors, LH; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D005576:Colforsin; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin