Expression of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) type 1 receptor (PAC1R) potentiates the effects of GnRH on gonadotropin subunit gene expression
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2011
We examined the effect of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) type 1 r... more We examined the effect of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) type 1 receptor (PAC1R) on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-induced gonadotropin subunit promoter activities using the LβT2 gonadotroph cell line. In mock transfected cells, GnRH-increased LHβ and FSHβ promoters up to 2.74 ± 0.15-fold and 1.6 ± 0.05-fold respectively. When cells were transfected with PAC1R, both LHβ and FSHβ promoter activities were further increased up to 6.1 ± 0.87-fold and 2.22 ± 0.43-fold following GnRH stimulation. ERK phosphorylation, serum response element (SRE) promoters, and cAMP response element (CRE) promoters stimulated by GnRH were also potentiated in the presence of increasing amounts of PAC1R. The EC50 values for LHβ and FSHβ gene transcription by GnRH were significantly decreased by overexpression of PAC1R. PACAP 6-38, a PACAP receptor antagonist, failed to reduce the effect of GnRH on gonadotropin promoter activities in PAC1R overexpressing cells, suggesting that the potentiation of the effects of GnRH by PAC1R expression was not related to an autocrine mechanism of PACAP produced in the gonadotrophs. Our current results show that the action of GnRH in the regulation of gonadotropin subunit expression is enhanced by the presence of PAC1Rs.
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of four G protein–coupled receptors that are widely distributed
in the CNS and involved in neural cell proliferation,
differentiation and survival. The olfactory system undergoes
continuous neurogenesis throughout life and may represent
a critical target of PAR cellular actions. In the present study
we investigated the functional activity of PAR1 and PAR2 in
microdissected tissue preparations of olfactory nerve–glomerular
layer (ON–GL), external plexiform layer (EPL) and
granule cell layer (GRL) of the rat main olfactory bulb and in
primary cultures of olfactory neuroepithelial cells. Activation
of either PAR1 or PAR2 regulated multiple signaling pathways,
including activation of pertussis-toxin sensitive Gi/o
proteins, inhibition of cyclic AMP formation, stimulation of
Gq/11-mediated phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis, phosphorylation
of Ca2/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and
activation of the monomeric G protein Rho, predominantly in
ON–GL, whereas only activation of Rho was detected in the
deeper layers. Olfactory nerve lesion by nasal irrigation with
ZnSO4 induced a marked decrease of PAR signaling in ON–GL.
In primary cultures of olfactory neurons, double immunofluorescence
analysis showed the localization of PAR1 and PAR2 in
cells positive for olfactory-marker protein and neuron-specific
enolase. Cell exposure to either nanomolar concentrations of
thrombin and trypsin or PAR-activating peptides caused rapid
neurite retraction. This study provides the first characterization
of the laminar distribution of PAR1 and PAR2 signaling in rat
olfactory bulb, demonstrates the presence of the receptors
in olfactory sensory neurons and suggests a role of PARs
in olfactory sensory neuron neuritogenesis.