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Endocrinology, Vol 113, 1522-1524, Copyright © 1983 by Endocrine Society

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Calcium influx is not required for TRH to elevate free cytoplasmic calcium in GH3 cells

MC Gershengorn and C Thaw

TRH stimulation of prolactin secretion is thought to be mediated by an elevation of free cytoplasmic Ca2+. However, whether TRH-induced influx of extracellular Ca2+ is required to elevate cytoplasmic Ca2+ remains controversial. We measured cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration in GH3 cells with an intracellularly trapped fluorescent indicator, Quin 2. In unstimulated cells incubated in medium containing 1.5 mM Ca2+, cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration was 118 +/- 18 nM (mean +/- SD). TRH (1 microM) caused a rapid transient elevation of free cytoplasmic Ca2+ to a level estimated to be at least 500 nM. High extracellular K+, which induces extracellular Ca2+ influx, caused an elevation of free cytoplasmic Ca2+ which was greater and longer in duration that that caused by TRH. When cells were incubated in medium containing 3 mM EGTA, the K+ depolarization-induced increase in free cytoplasmic Ca2+ was abolished. By contrast, the TRH-induced increase was not affected by incubating cells in medium with 3 mM EGTA, or high K+, or both; incubation of cells in medium with EGTA and high K+ abolishes the electrochemical driving force for Ca2+ influx. These data demonstrate that Ca2+ influx is not required for TRH-induced elevation of free cytoplasmic Ca2+ in GH3 cells. We conclude that in GH3 cells TRH induces an elevation of free cytoplasmic Ca2+ leading to stimulated prolactin secretion by mobilizing cellular Ca2+.


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