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Homologous and heterologous in vitro regulation of pig pituitary somatostatin receptor subtypes, sst1, sst2 and sst5 mRNA.

Abstract：

:Somatostatin (SRIF) is commonly regarded as an inhibitor of GH release in rodents and humans. However, in pigs, SRIF can stimulate the release of GH at low (picomolar) doses, while inhibiting GHRH-stimulated GH release at high (nanomolar) doses in primary pituitary cell cultures. One possible mechanism by which pig cells respond differently to the actions of SRIF is by differential expression and regulation of SRIF receptor subtypes. As no information is available on the homologous regulation of SRIF receptors in pigs, we examined the acute (4 h) in vitro effects of SRIF on mRNA levels of SRIF receptors sst1, sst2 and sst5 by multiplex RT-PCR. These particular sst subtypes were selected because all three have been implicated in the inhibitory effects of SRIF on GH release in both rodents and humans. At a high dose (10(-7) M), SRIF stimulated the expression of sst1, sst2 and sst5 in pig pituitary cell cultures. At a low dose (10(-13) M), SRIF markedly increased sst1, without affecting sst2 or sst5. Given that our laboratory has shown SRIF at high and low doses stimulates cAMP production in a subpopulation of pig somatotropes, we sought to determine if this signaling pathway may be responsible for the stimulatory effect of SRIF on its own receptor expression. The receptor-independent cAMP activator forskolin elevated sst1 and sst2 mRNA levels but did not affect sst5 expression, suggesting the stimulatory actions of high- and low-dose SRIF on sst1 and high-dose SRIF on sst2 mRNA levels can be mediated by activation of cAMP, whereas the stimulatory effect of high-dose SRIF on sst5 mRNA is elicited by a cAMP-independent pathway. Interestingly, both GHRH (10(-8) M) and ghrelin (10(-6) M), which release GH in pig pituitary cell cultures via cAMP-dependent mechanisms, decreased sst5 without altering sst1 or sst2 mRNA levels. Since the actions of GHRH and ghrelin on sst expression markedly contrasted with that observed for SRIF and forskolin these results clearly indicate GHRH and ghrelin are regulating sst5 mRNA levels by a cAMP-independent signaling pathway. Taken together, our results demonstrate that expression of pig SRIF receptors is under a complex, receptor subtype-selective regulation, wherein the concerted actions of key regulators of somatotrope function would play divergent and dose-dependent effects.

journal_name

J Mol Endocrinol

journal_title

Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors

Luque RM,Park S,Peng XD,Delgado E,Gracia-Navarro F,Kineman RD,Malagón MM,Castaño JP

doi

10.1677/jme.0.0320437

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-04-01 00:00:00

pages

437-48

issue

eissn

0952-5041

issn

1479-6813

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Homologous and heterologous in vitro regulation of pig pituitary somatostatin receptor subtypes, sst1, sst2 and sst5 mRNA.