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Anderson LL, Jeftinija S, Scanes CG. Growth Hormone Secretion: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms and In Vivo Approaches. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 229:291-302. [PMID: 15044712 DOI: 10.1177/153537020422900403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Growth hormone (GH) release is under the direct control of hypothalamic releasing hormones, some being also produced peripherally. The role of these hypothalamic factors has been understood by in vitro studies together with such in vivo approaches as stalk sectioning. Secretion of GH is stimulated by GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) and ghrelin (acting via the GH secretagogue [GHS] receptor [GHSR]), and inhibited by somatostatin (SRIF). Other peptides/proteins influence GH secretion, at least in some species. The cellular mechanism by which the releasing hormones affect GH secretion from the somatotrope requires specific signal transduction systems (cAMP and/or calcium influx and/or mobilization of intracellular calcium) and/or tyrosine kinase(s) and/or nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP. At the subcellular level, GH release (at least in response to GHS) is accomplished by the following. The GH-containing secretory granules are moved close to the cell surface. There is then transient fusion of the secretory granules with the fusion pores in the multiple secretory pits in the somatotrope cell surface.
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- Lloyd L Anderson
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
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Fraser SP, Ozerlat-Gunduz I, Brackenbury WJ, Fitzgerald EM, Campbell TM, Coombes RC, Djamgoz MBA. Regulation of voltage-gated sodium channel expression in cancer: hormones, growth factors and auto-regulation. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2014; 369:20130105. [PMID: 24493753 PMCID: PMC3917359 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Although ion channels are increasingly being discovered in cancer cells in vitro and in vivo, and shown to contribute to different aspects and stages of the cancer process, much less is known about the mechanisms controlling their expression. Here, we focus on voltage-gated Na+ channels (VGSCs) which are upregulated in many types of carcinomas where their activity potentiates cell behaviours integral to the metastatic cascade. Regulation of VGSCs occurs at a hierarchy of levels from transcription to post-translation. Importantly, mainstream cancer mechanisms, especially hormones and growth factors, play a significant role in the regulation. On the whole, in major hormone-sensitive cancers, such as breast and prostate cancer, there is a negative association between genomic steroid hormone sensitivity and functional VGSC expression. Activity-dependent regulation by positive feedback has been demonstrated in strongly metastatic cells whereby the VGSC is self-sustaining, with its activity promoting further functional channel expression. Such auto-regulation is unlike normal cells in which activity-dependent regulation occurs mostly via negative feedback. Throughout, we highlight the possible clinical implications of functional VGSC expression and regulation in cancer.
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- Scott P Fraser
- Neuroscience Solutions to Cancer Research Group, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, , South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Stojilkovic SS, Kretschmannova K, Tomić M, Stratakis CA. Dependence of the excitability of pituitary cells on cyclic nucleotides. J Neuroendocrinol 2012; 24:1183-200. [PMID: 22564128 PMCID: PMC3421050 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02335.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate and cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate are intracellular (second) messengers that are produced from the nucleotide triphosphates by a family of enzymes consisting of adenylyl and guanylyl cyclases. These enzymes are involved in a broad array of signal transduction pathways mediated by the cyclic nucleotide monophosphates and their kinases, which control multiple aspects of cell function through the phosphorylation of protein substrates. We review the findings and working hypotheses on the role of the cyclic nucleotides and their kinases in the control of electrical activity of the endocrine pituitary cells and the plasma membrane channels involved in this process.
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- S S Stojilkovic
- Sections on Cellular Signalling and Endocrinology and Genetics, The Eunice Kennedy Shiver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Chang JP, Habibi HR, Yu Y, Moussavi M, Grey CL, Pemberton JG. Calcium and other signalling pathways in neuroendocrine regulation of somatotroph functions. Cell Calcium 2011; 51:240-52. [PMID: 22137240 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2011.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Revised: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Relative to mammals, the neuroendocrine control of pituitary growth hormone (GH) secretion and synthesis in teleost fish involves numerous stimulatory and inhibitory regulators, many of which are delivered to the somatotrophs via direct innervation. Among teleosts, how multifactorial regulation of somatotroph functions are mediated at the level of post-receptor signalling is best characterized in goldfish. Supplemented with recent findings, this review focuses on the known intracellular signal transduction mechanisms mediating the ligand- and function-specific actions in multifactorial control of GH release and synthesis, as well as basal GH secretion, in goldfish somatotrophs. These include membrane voltage-sensitive ion channels, Na(+)/H(+) antiport, Ca(2+) signalling, multiple pharmacologically distinct intracellular Ca(2+) stores, cAMP/PKA, PKC, nitric oxide, cGMP, MEK/ERK and PI3K. Signalling pathways mediating the major neuroendocrine regulators of mammalian somatotrophs, as well as those in other major teleost study model systems are also briefly highlighted. Interestingly, unlike mammals, spontaneous action potential firings are not observed in goldfish somatotrophs in culture. Furthermore, three goldfish brain somatostatin forms directly affect pituitary GH secretion via ligand-specific actions on membrane ion channels and intracellular Ca(2+) levels, as well as exert isoform-specific action on basal and stimulated GH mRNA expression, suggesting the importance of somatostatins other than somatostatin-14.
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- John P Chang
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Yu Y, Ali DW, Chang JP. Three native somatostatin isoforms differentially affect membrane voltage-sensitive ion currents in goldfish somatotrophs. J Neuroendocrinol 2011; 23:82-93. [PMID: 20874777 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Message encoding for three isoforms of somatostatin (SS) peptides, SS-14, goldfish brain (gb)SS-28 and [Pro²]SS-14, are expressed in goldfish hypothalamus and pituitary tissues. All three native goldfish SSs are active in reducing basal and stimulated growth hormone (GH) responses in cultured goldfish pituitary cells, although with different potencies and efficacies. In the present study, we examined the effects of these three endogenous SSs on electrophysiological properties of goldfish somatotrophs and their physiological relevance. Voltage-sensitive K+ , Ca²+ and Na+ channels in identified goldfish somatotrophs in primary culture were isolated using whole-cell, amphotericin B-perforated patch-clamp techniques. None of the three SSs affected Na+ currents but all three SSs increased maximal K+ current magnitude, with SS-14 being the most effective. [Pro²]SS14 did not affect Ba²+ currents through voltage-sensitive Ca²+ channels but SS14 decreased the magnitude of early and late Ba²+ currents, whereas gbSS-28 reduced that of the late Ba²+ current. Under current-clamp conditions, SS14 and gbSS28 attenuated evoked action potential magnitudes by 34% and 18%, respectively, although [Pro²]SS14 had no effects. However, all three SSs decreased basal intracellular Ca²+ levels ([Ca²+ ](i)) and suppressed basal GH release. These data suggest that, although the ability of SS-14 and gbSS-28 to decrease basal [Ca²+](i) and GH release can be explained, at least in part, by their attenuating effects on cell excitability and current flow through voltage-sensitive Ca²+ channels, [Pro²]SS14-induced reduction in GH responses and [Ca²+](i) cannot be explained by changes in Ca²+ channel properties.
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- Y Yu
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Endocrine pituitary cells are neuronlike; they express numerous voltage-gated sodium, calcium, potassium, and chloride channels and fire action potentials spontaneously, accompanied by a rise in intracellular calcium. In some cells, spontaneous electrical activity is sufficient to drive the intracellular calcium concentration above the threshold for stimulus-secretion and stimulus-transcription coupling. In others, the function of these action potentials is to maintain the cells in a responsive state with cytosolic calcium near, but below, the threshold level. Some pituitary cells also express gap junction channels, which could be used for intercellular Ca(2+) signaling in these cells. Endocrine cells also express extracellular ligand-gated ion channels, and their activation by hypothalamic and intrapituitary hormones leads to amplification of the pacemaking activity and facilitation of calcium influx and hormone release. These cells also express numerous G protein-coupled receptors, which can stimulate or silence electrical activity and action potential-dependent calcium influx and hormone release. Other members of this receptor family can activate calcium channels in the endoplasmic reticulum, leading to a cell type-specific modulation of electrical activity. This review summarizes recent findings in this field and our current understanding of the complex relationship between voltage-gated ion channels, ligand-gated ion channels, gap junction channels, and G protein-coupled receptors in pituitary cells.
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- Stanko S Stojilkovic
- Program in Developmental Neuroscience, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Building 49, Room 6A-36, 49 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4510, USA.
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Protein kinase A and regulation of neonatal Nav1.5 expression in human breast cancer cells: Activity-dependent positive feedback and cellular migration. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 42:346-58. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2009] [Revised: 10/30/2009] [Accepted: 11/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Krasowska M, Grzywna ZJ, Mycielska ME, Djamgoz MBA. Fractal analysis and ionic dependence of endocytotic membrane activity of human breast cancer cells. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2009; 38:1115-25. [PMID: 19618177 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0516-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2009] [Revised: 06/24/2009] [Accepted: 06/29/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The endocytic membrane activities of two human breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7) of strong and weak metastatic potential, respectively, were studied in a comparative approach. Uptake of horseradish peroxidase was used to follow endocytosis. Dependence on ionic conditions and voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) activity were characterized. Fractal methods were used to analyze quantitative differences in vesicular patterning. Digital quantification showed that MDA-MB-231 cells took up more tracer (i.e., were more endocytic) than MCF-7 cells. For the former, uptake was totally dependent on extracellular Na(+) and partially dependent on extracellular and intracellular Ca(2+) and protein kinase activity. Analyzing the generalized fractal dimension (D(q )) and its Legendre transform f(alpha) revealed that under control conditions, all multifractal parameters determined had values greater for MDA-MB-231 compared with MCF-7 cells, consistent with endocytic/vesicular activity being more developed in the strongly metastatic cells. All fractal parameters studied were sensitive to the VGSC blocker tetrodotoxin (TTX). Some of the parameters had a "simple" dependence on VGSC activity, if present, whereby pretreatment with TTX reduced the values for the MDA-MB-231 cells and eliminated the differences between the two cell lines. For other parameters, however, there was a "complex" dependence on VGSC activity. The possible physical/physiological meaning of the mathematical parameters studied and the nature of involvement of VGSC activity in control of endocytosis/secretion are discussed.
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- Monika Krasowska
- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience Solutions to Cancer Research Group, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Alternative splicing of Nav1.5: An electrophysiological comparison of ‘neonatal’ and ‘adult’ isoforms and critical involvement of a lysine residue. J Cell Physiol 2008; 216:716-26. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Brackenbury WJ, Djamgoz MBA. Activity-dependent regulation of voltage-gated Na+ channel expression in Mat-LyLu rat prostate cancer cell line. J Physiol 2006; 573:343-56. [PMID: 16543264 PMCID: PMC1779734 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.106906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We have shown previously that voltage-gated Na(+) channels (VGSCs) are up-regulated in human metastatic disease (prostate, breast and small-cell lung cancers), and that VGSC activity potentiates metastatic cell behaviours. However, the mechanism(s) regulating functional VGSC expression in cancer cells remains unknown. We investigated the possibility of activity-dependent (auto)regulation of VGSC functional expression in the strongly metastatic Mat-LyLu model of rat prostate cancer. Pretreatment with tetrodotoxin (TTX) for 24-72 h subsequently suppressed peak VGSC current density without affecting voltage dependence. The hypothesis was tested that the VGSC auto-regulation occurred via VGSC-mediated Na(+) influx and subsequent activation of protein kinase A (PKA). Indeed, TTX pretreatment reduced the level of phosphorylated PKA, and the PKA inhibitor KT5720 decreased, whilst the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin and the Na(+) ionophore monensin both increased the peak VGSC current density. TTX reduced the mRNA level of Nav1.7, predominant in these cells, and VGSC protein expression at the plasma membrane, although the total VGSC protein level remained unchanged. TTX pretreatment eliminated the VGSC-dependent component of the cells' migration in Transwell assays. We concluded that the VGSC activity in Mat-LyLu rat prostate cancer cells was up-regulated in steady-state via a positive feedback mechanism involving PKA, and this enhanced the cells' migratory potential.
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- William J Brackenbury
- Neuroscience Solutions to Cancer Research Group, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Krasowska M, Grzywna ZJ, Mycielska ME, Djamgoz MBA. Patterning of endocytic vesicles and its control by voltage-gated Na+ channel activity in rat prostate cancer cells: fractal analyses. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2004; 33:535-42. [PMID: 15024523 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-004-0394-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2003] [Revised: 06/02/2003] [Accepted: 01/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fractal methods were used to analyze quantitative differences in secretory membrane activities of two rat prostate cancer cell lines (Mat-LyLu and AT-2) of strong and weak metastatic potential, respectively. Each cell's endocytic activity was determined by horseradish peroxidase uptake. Digital images of the patterns of vesicular staining were evaluated by multifractal analyses: generalized fractal dimension (Dq) and its Legendre transform f(alpha), as well as partitioned iterated function system -- semifractal (PIFS-SF) analysis. These approaches revealed consistently that, under control conditions, all multifractal parameters and PIFS-SF codes determined had values greater for Mat-LyLu compared with AT-2 cells. This would agree generally with the endocytic/vesicular activity of the strongly metastatic Mat-LyLu cells being more developed than the corresponding weakly metastatic AT-2 cells. All the parameters studied were sensitive to tetrodotoxin (TTX) pre-treatment of the cells, which blocked voltage-gated Na+ channels (VGSCs). Some of the parameters had a "simple" dependence on VGSC activity, whereby pre-treatment with TTX reduced the values for the MAT-LyLu cells and eliminated the differences between the two cell lines. For other parameters, however, there was a "complex" dependence on VGSC activity. The possible physical/physiological meaning of the mathematical parameters studied and the nature of involvement of VGSC activity in control of endocytosis/secretion are discussed.
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- Monika Krasowska
- Neuroscience Solutions to Cancer Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Mycielska ME, Fraser SP, Szatkowski M, Djamgoz MBA. Contribution of functional voltage-gated Na+ channel expression to cell behaviors involved in the metastatic cascade in rat prostate cancer: II. Secretory membrane activity. J Cell Physiol 2003; 195:461-9. [PMID: 12704656 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The secretory membrane activities of two rat prostate cancer cell lines of markedly different metastatic potential, and corresponding electrophysiological characteristics, were studied in a comparative approach. In particular, voltage-gated Na(+) channels (VGSCs) were expressed in the strongly metastatic MAT-LyLu but not in the closely related, but weakly metastatic, AT-2 cells. Uptake and release of the non-cytotoxic marker horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were used as indices of general endocytotic and exocytotic membrane activity, respectively. The amount of tracer present in a given experimental condition was quantified by light microscopic digital imaging. The uptake of HRP was an active process, abolished completely by incubating the cells at low temperature (5 degrees C) and suppressed by disrupting the cytoskeleton. Interestingly, the extent of HRP uptake into the strongly metastatic MAT-LyLu cells was almost twice that into the weakly metastatic AT-2 cells. Vesicular uptake of HRP occurred in a fast followed by a slow phase; these appeared to correspond to cytoplasmic and perinuclear pools, respectively. Importantly, the overall quantitative difference in the uptake disappeared in the presence of 1 microM tetrodotoxin which significantly reduced the uptake of HRP into the MAT-LyLu cells. There was no effect on the AT-2 cells, consistent with functional VGSC expression occurring selectively in the former. A similar effect was observed in Na(+)-free medium. The uptake was partially dependent upon extracellular Ca(2+) but was not affected by raising the extracellular K(+) concentration. We suggest that functional VGSC expression could potentiate prostate cancer cells' metastatic ability by enhancing their secretory membrane activity.
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- M E Mycielska
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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