Bromocriptine induces parapoptosis as the main type of cell death responsible for experimental pituitary tumor shrinkage.

Abstract:

:Bromocriptine (Bc) produces pituitary tumoral mass regression which induces the cellular death that was classically described as apoptosis. However, recent works have related that other mechanisms of cell death could also be involved in the maintenance of physiological and pathological pituitary homeostasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate and characterize the different types of cell death in the involution induced by Bc in experimental rat pituitary tumors. The current study demonstrated that Bc induced an effective regression of estrogen induced pituitary tumors by a mechanism identified as parapoptosis. This alternative cell death was ultrastructurally recognized by extensive cytoplasmic vacuolization and an increased cell electron density, represented around 25% of the total pituitary cells counted. Furthermore, the results obtained from biochemical assays did not correspond to the criteria of apoptosis or necrosis. We also investigated the participation of p38, ERK1/2 and PKC delta in the parapoptotic pathway. An important observation was the significant increase in phosphorylated forms of these MAPKs, the holoenzyme and catalytic fragments of PKC delta in nuclear fractions after Bc administration compared to control and estrogen treated rats. Furthermore, the immunolocalization at ultrastructural level of these kinases showed a similar distribution pattern, with a prevalent localization at nuclear level in lactotrophs from Bc treated rats. In summary, we determined that parapoptosis is the predominant cell death type involved in the regression of pituitary tumors in response to Bc treatment, and may cause the activation of PKC delta, ERK1/2 and p38.

journal_name

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol

authors

Palmeri CM,Petiti JP,Sosa Ldel V,Gutiérrez S,De Paul AL,Mukdsi JH,Torres AI

doi

10.1016/j.taap.2009.07.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-10-01 00:00:00

pages

55-65

issue

1

eissn

0041-008X

issn

1096-0333

pii

S0041-008X(09)00275-0

journal_volume

240

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