title: Involvement of protein kinase C and protein tyrosine kinase in thyrotropin-releasing hormone-induced stimulation of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone secretion in frog melanotrope cells.
abstract: We have previously shown that the stimulatory effect of TRH on alpha-MSH secretion from the frog pars intermedia is associated with Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, activation of a phospholipase C and mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of protein kinase C (PKC), adenylyl cyclase (AC), Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CAM KII), phospholipase A2, and protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) in TRH-induced alpha-MSH release. Incubation of frog neurointermediate lobes (NILs) with phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (24 h), which causes desensitization of PKC, or with the PKC inhibitor NPC-15437, reduced by approximately 50% of the effect of TRH on alpha-MSH release. In most melanotrope cells, TRH induces a sustained and biphasic increase in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). Preincubation with phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate or NPC-15437 suppressed the plateau phase of the Ca2+ response. Incubation of NILs with TRH (10(-6) M; 20 min) had no effect on cAMP production. In addition, the AC inhibitor SQ 22,536 did not affect the secretory response of NILs to TRH. These data indicate that the phospholipase C/PKC pathway, but not the AC/protein kinase A pathway, is involved in TRH-induced alpha-MSH release. The calmodulin inhibitor W-7 and the CAM KII inhibitor KN-93 did not significantly reduce the response to TRH. Similarly, the phospholipase A2 inhibitors quinacrine and 7-7'-DEA did not impair the effect of TRH on alpha-MSH secretion. The PTK inhibitors ST638 and Tyr-A23 had no effect on TRH-induced [Ca2+]i increase but inhibited in a dose-dependent manner TRH-evoked alpha-MSH release (ED50 = 1.22x10(-5) M and ED50 = 1.47x10(-5) M, respectively). Taken together, these data indicate that, in frog melanotrope cells, PKC and PTK are involved in TRH-induced alpha-MSH secretion. Activation of PKC is responsible for the sustained phase of the increase in [Ca2+]i, whereas activation of PTK does not affect Ca2+ mobilization.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM U 413), University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamacz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Roubos
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tonon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vaudry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D011895:Rana ridibunda; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000521:alpha-MSH / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D000521:alpha-MSH; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D002118:Calcium