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. 1991 Nov 15;88(22):10262–10266. doi: 10.1073/pnas.88.22.10262

Thyrotropin-releasing hormone induces opposite effects on Ca2+ channel currents in pituitary cells by two pathways.

M Gollasch 1, H Haller 1, G Schultz 1, J Hescheler 1
PMCID: PMC52908  PMID: 1719553

Abstract

Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) stimulates pituitary secretion by steps involving a cytosolic Ca2+ rise. We examined various pathways of Ca2+ elevation in pituitary GH3 cells. By using the patch clamp technique in the whole-cell configuration and Ba2+ as divalent charge carrier through Ca2+ channels, TRH (1 microM) reversibly reduced the current by about 55%. This hormonal effect was prevented by infusing guanine 5'-[beta-thio]diphosphate (GDP[beta S]) intracellularly but not by pretreating the cell with pertussis toxin (PT). Since PT-insensitive guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory (G) proteins are known to mediate a hormone-stimulated inositol trisphosphate-mediated Ca2+ release from intracellular stores, we assume that the inhibitory effect of TRH on Ba2+ currents through Ca2+ channels is caused by the increased intracellular Ca2+. To prevent a Ca(2+)-release-dependent inhibition of Ca2+ channels, we preincubated GH3 cells in a medium free of divalent charge carriers and measured the Na+ current through Ca2+ channels. When fura-2 was used as indicator for the cytosolic Ca2+, TRH induced a release from intracellular stores only once and had no effect on the intracellular Ca2+ concentration during further applications. In line with this observation, TRH initially reduced the Na+ current through Ca2+ channels but stimulated it during subsequent applications. The stimulation was sensitive to GDP[beta S] and was abolished by pretreatment with PT, suggesting that the stimulatory action of TRH is mediated by a G protein different from the one that functionally couples the receptor to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis. In conclusion, the present data suggest that TRH increases the intracellular Ca2+ concentration by two interacting pathways, that release from intracellular stores causes a secondary blockage of Ca2+ channels, and that, especially with empty intracellular Ca2+ stores, Ca2+ channels are stimulated by a PT-sensitive G protein.

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