Impaired calcium mobilisation in the 7315a prolactin-secreting pituitary tumour |
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Authors: | A M Judd I S Login W D Jarvis R M MacLeod |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA;2. Department of Neurology University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA |
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Abstract: | The 7315a tumour secretes prolactin, but is refractory to enhancement of prolactin release by thyrotrophin-releasing hormone (TRH). In order to investigate further this refractoriness of the 7315a tumour cell, we compared cells from the tumour and from the normal pituitary with regard to TRH-enhanced fractional 45Ca2+ efflux and inositol phosphate production. TRH caused a large efflux of calcium from normal pituitary cells, but only mildly enhanced calcium efflux from the tumour cells. In contrast, TRH enhanced total inositol phosphate generation in both groups of cells to a similar degree. We therefore conclude that prolactin release from 7315a tumour cells is refractory to TRH due, at least in part, to impaired mobilisation of intracellular calcium by inositol phosphates. |
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