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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 3, 1166-1171, Jan, 1987

Novel aspects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone action on inositol polyphosphate metabolism in cultured pituitary gonadotrophs

RO Morgan, JP Chang and KJ Catt

The hypothalamic neuropeptide gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) stimulates luteinizing hormone secretion via receptor-mediated activation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis to yield inositol phosphates and diacylglycerol. Application of anion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography together with absorbance and radiochemical flow detection has enabled both the characterization and quantitative estimation of pituitary cell inositol phosphates and phosphoinositides. In cultured pituitary cells, GnRH caused a rapid and progressive rise in the formation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and of higher polyphosphoinositols corresponding to inositol tetrakisphosphate, pentakisphosphate, and hexakisphosphate. The inositol 1,4,5- trisphosphate formed during GnRH action was dephosphorylated predominantly via inositol 4-monophosphate rather than the expected metabolite, inositol 1-monophosphate. The catabolism of inositol 4- monophosphate, like that of inositol 1-monophosphate, was inhibited by lithium. For these reasons and because it was the major metabolite of [3H] inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in permeabilized gonadotrophs, inositol 4-monophosphate appears to represent a specific marker for ligand-stimulated inositol polyphosphate formation and metabolism. The marked and sustained elevations of inositol 4-monophosphate and inositol 1,4-bisphosphate in GnRH-stimulated gonadotrophs indicate that polyphosphoinositides rather than phosphatidylinositol are the preferred substrates of phospholipase C during GnRH action.
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