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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 276, Issue 27, 25136-25142, July 6, 2001

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Signal Transduction in Eclosion Hormone-induced Secretion of Ecdysis-triggering Hormone^*

Timothy G. Kingan^§¶, Richard A. Cardullo, and Michael E. Adams^§

From the Departments of  Cell Biology/Neuroscience, ^§ Entomology, and  Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521

Inka cells of insect epitracheal glands (EGs) secrete preecdysis and ecdysis-triggering hormones (PETH and ETH) at the end of each developmental stage. Both peptides act in the central nervous system to evoke the ecdysis behavioral sequence, a stereotype behavior during which old cuticle is shed. Secretion of ETH is stimulated by a brain neuropeptide, eclosion hormone (EH). EH evokes accumulation of cGMP followed by release of ETH from Inka cells, and exogenous cGMP evokes secretion of ETH. The secretory responses to EH and cGMP are inhibited by the broad-spectrum kinase inhibitor staurosporine, and the response to EH is potentiated by the phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A. Staurosporine did not inhibit EH-evoked accumulation of cGMP. Changes in cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ in Inka cells during EH signaling were monitored via fluorescence ratioing with fura-2-loaded EGs. Cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ increases within 30-120 s after addition of EH to EGs, and it remains elevated for at least 10 min, corresponding with the time course of secretion. Secretion is increased in dose-dependent manner by the Ca²⁺-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin, a treatment that does not elevate glandular cGMP above basal levels. The secretory response to EH is partially inhibited in glands loaded with EGTA, while cGMP levels are unaffected. These findings suggest that EH activates second messenger cascades leading to cGMP accumulation and Ca²⁺ mobilization and/or influx and that both pathways are required for a full secretory response. cGMP activates a staurosporine-inhibitable protein kinase. We propose that Ca²⁺ acts via a parallel cascade with a time course that is similar to that for cGMP activation of a cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

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