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. 1987 Apr 1;243(1):305–308. doi: 10.1042/bj2430305

Subsecond and second changes in inositol polyphosphates in GH4C1 cells induced by thyrotropin-releasing hormone.

A H Tashjian Jr, J P Heslop, M J Berridge
PMCID: PMC1147851  PMID: 3111461

Abstract

It has been demonstrated previously that thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) induces changes in inositol polyphosphates in the GH3 and GH4C1 strains of rat pituitary cells within 2.5-5.0 s. TRH also causes a rapid rise in cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in these cells which is due largely to redistribution of cellular calcium stores. Therefore, it has been concluded that TRH acts to release sequestered calcium in these cells via enhanced generation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3]. If this conclusion were correct, TRH-enhanced accumulation of Ins(1,4,5)P3 should occur at least as rapidly as the increase in [Ca2+]i. We have shown previously that the rise in [Ca2+]i induced by TRH occurs within about 400 ms; thus, it was important to investigate the subsecond time-course of changes in inositol phosphates caused by TRH. Using a rapid mixing device, we have measured changes in inositol polyphosphates on a subsecond time scale in GH4C1 cells prelabelled with myo-[2-3H]inositol. Although TRH did alter inositol polyphosphate metabolism within 500 ms, the changes observed did not reveal a statistically significant increase in Ins(1,4,5)P3 within time intervals of less than 1000 ms. Thus, we have been unable to demonstrate that a TRH-induced rise in Ins(1,4,5)P3 precedes or occurs concomitantly with the rise in [Ca2+]i in GH4C1 cells. Although these results do not disprove the current view that Ins(1,4,5)P3 mediates the action of TRH on intracellular calcium redistribution, we conclude that caution should be exercised in this, and possibly other cell systems, in accepting the dogma that all of the rapid, agonist-induced redistributions of intracellular calcium are mediated by Ins(1,4,5)P3.

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