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. 1974 Aug;142(2):295–300. doi: 10.1042/bj1420295

Increase in pituitary adenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate content and potentiation of growth-hormone release from heifer anterior pituitary slices incubated in the presence of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine

J George Schofield 1, Margaret McPherson 1,*
PMCID: PMC1168280  PMID: 4374194

Abstract

The release of growth hormone from heifer anterior pituitary slices and the cyclic AMP content of the slices were increased by the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, both increases being related to inhibitor concentration over the range 0.1–1.0mm. Neither Ba2+ (6.9 or 2.3mm), K+ (72mm), nor p-chloromercuribenzoate (20μm) had any effect on pituitary cyclic AMP content over a 20min period. 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine potentiated the release of growth hormone in response to Ba2+ (2.3mm) and K+ (24mm), but the degree of potentiation did not depend on inhibitor concentration in the same way as did tissue cyclic AMP content. 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine decreased the concentration of K+ required to give maximum stimulation of growth-hormone release, but did not significantly increase the maximum response to Ba2+. Growth-hormone release in the presence of prostaglandin E2 (1μm) was increased by 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and was inhibited by the prostaglandin antagonist, 7-oxa-13-prostynoic acid, although this antagonist increased the pituitary cyclic AMP concentration and potentiated the prostaglandin E2-induced rise in cyclic AMP content. The stimulation of growth-hormone release by p-chloromercuribenzoate was not potentiated by 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. The data suggest that Ba+ and K+ act at the same point in the secretory process as 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, although by a different mechanism, and that p-chloromercuribenzoate has a different point of action.

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