title: Stimulatory effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide on adrenocorticotropin release from rat anterior pituitary cells.
abstract: In the present study, we examined the direct regulatory effect of rat calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) release from rat cultured anterior pituitary cells. CGRP significantly increased ACTH release at concentrations of 10(-8)-10(-11) M. The ACTH release was gradually increased by CGRP concentrations lower than 10(-10) M, and was decreased at concentrations higher than 10(-9) M, presenting a bell-shaped dose-response curve. As well as having an additive effect on corticotropin-releasing factor-induced ACTH release, CGRP stimulated the accumulation of intracellular cAMP. The CGRP-induced ACTH release was inhibited by a protein kinase A inhibitor, suggesting that its stimulatory effect on the ACTH release was mediated via an adenylate-cyclase-protein kinase system. CGRP-like immunoreactive nerve fibers have been reported to innervate the anterior pituitary, so that the stimulatory effect of CGRP on the ACTH release suggests that this peptide may be involved in neural regulation of hormone secretion in the anterior pituitary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwabuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimi
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013449:Sulfonamides
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007546:Isoquinolines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; C063509:N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide