title: Differential regulation of GHRH-receptor and GHS-receptor expression by long-term in vitro treatment of ovine pituitary cells with GHRP-2 and GHRH.
abstract: GH secretion is regulated by GHRH and somatostatin via actions on their specific receptors in pituitary somatotropes. Ghrelin and synthetic analogs, GHRPs, also stimulate GH release via GHS-receptors (GHS-R). To examine the long-term effect of GHRH and/or GHRP on somatotropes, primary cultured ovine somatotropes were treated with GHRH (10(-9) and 10(-8) M) and GHRP-2 (10(-8) and 10(-7) M) for up to 2 d. After treatment, culture medium was collected for GH assay, and total RNA was extracted for RT-PCR analysis. To evaluate cell cultures used in this report, somatotrope-enriched pituitary cells were challenged by 6 h GHRH and dexamethasone (DEX) treatment. As expected, GHRH significantly decreased, whereas DEX increased, the levels of GHRHR mRNA. Combined low doses of GHRH (10(-9) M) and GHRP-2 (10(-8) M) treatment for 24 h increased accumulated GH secretion, significantly more than that induced by high doses of GHRH (10(-8) M) and GHRP-2 (10(-7) M). While levels of GHRH-R mRNA increased, GHS-R mRNA levels were decreased by low doses of GHRH and GHRP-2 for 24 h. High doses of GHRH and/or GHRP-2 for 2 d did not increase GH secretion in the second day of treatment and reduced the level of GHRH-R mRNA. High doses of GHRP-2 treatment decreased the levels of both GHRH-R and GHS-R mRNA. Low doses of GHRH and/or GHRP-2 for 2 d increased the level of GHS-R mRNA without changing GHRH-R mRNA levels. Such treatment also increased ghrelin- (10(-9) M) or ghrelin/GHRH (10(-9) M)-induced GH secretion. These results suggest that low doses of GHRP-2 and GHRH prime somatotropes for stimulation by GHRH and ghrelin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Production Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Nagano-ken 5399-4598, Japan.
authors.forename: Sang-Gun
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doconto
authors.forename: Dan Dan
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D054439:Ghrelin; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D036361:Peptide Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D054440:Receptors, Ghrelin; D018013:Receptors, Neuropeptide / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D018017:Receptors, Pituitary Hormone-Regulating Hormone / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012756:Sheep; D052683:Somatotrophs / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D054439:Ghrelin; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D009842:Oligopeptides; D036361:Peptide Hormones; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D054440:Receptors, Ghrelin; D018013:Receptors, Neuropeptide; D018017:Receptors, Pituitary Hormone-Regulating Hormone; C039542:somatocrinin receptor; D003907:Dexamethasone; D013006:Growth Hormone; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone; C091874:growth hormone-releasing peptide-2; C048250:somatotropin releasing hormone receptor