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This study set out to elucidate the mechanism by which H2O2 generation is regulated in cultured porcine thyroid cells. We monitored continuously the effects of the calcium ionophore A23187 and the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) on H2O2 generation, using homovanillic acid and horseradish peroxidase. A23187 and TPA stimulated H2O2 generation. A23187 increased cytoplasmic free calcium and TPA activated protein kinase C. Generation of H2O2 is therefore regulated by cytoplasmic free calcium and protein kinase C. Exposure to A23187 or TPA augmented further the stimulation of H2O2 generation by TPA or A23187 respectively. Thus A23187 and TPA, by increasing cytoplasmic free calcium and activating protein kinase C respectively, synergistically activate H2O2 generation.
Journal of Endocrinology (1989) 120, 503–508
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Synthetic porcine calcitonin (α-calcitonin) and its methionine-sulphoxide derivative (β-calcitonin) were given by intravenous infusion to conscious male rats. α-Calcitonin inactivated by performic acid oxidation was used as a control.
Microgram doses of α-calcitonin produced a dose-dependent decrease in the renal excretion of magnesium. The effect was not due to a secondary release of parathyroid hormone since it was also seen in parathyroidectomized animals.
A marked increase in the renal excretion of inorganic phosphate, sodium and potassium preceded the change in magnesium excretion in parathyroidectomized rats. It is concluded that the phosphaturia and natriuresis previously described after administration of extracted calcitonin preparations are true effects of the hormone.
The effect of β-calcitonin was indistinguishable from that of α-calcitonin.
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The insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs) in sera of growing pigs were partially characterized with respect to their size, immunological relationships to other known IGFBPs and their regulation by porcine (p) GH. Castrated male pigs (14–16 weeks of age) were treated with either vehicle or pGH (up to 100 μg/kg body weight per day) by daily i.m. injection for 7 days. Blood samples were collected by jugular venepuncture at the time of injection. Five IGFBPs of 43, 40, 34, 30 and 26 kDa were identified on ligand blots of porcine sera. A 30 kDa IGFBP, in addition to the 43 and 40 kDa IGFBPs, was immunoprecipitated by antiserum to pIGFBP-3 and found to contain N-linked carbohydrate suggesting that it is a fragment of pIGFBP-3 as has been noted for a 29 kDa N-glycosylated IGFBP in rat sera. The 34 kDa IGFBP in pig sera was precipitated by antisera to rat IGFBP-2 and contained no N-linked carbohydrate. Administration of pGH to normal growing pigs not only increased pIGFBP-3 levels but elicited a dose-dependent suppression of levels of the 34 kDa IGFBP as well. In summary, the M r pattern of IGFBPs in the sera of growing pigs is similar to that observed in fetal and maternal pig sera and in other species. Furthermore, we report that administration of pGH to normal pigs suppresses the expression of an IGFBP-2-like IGFBP in pig sera while increasing expression of pIGFBP-3.
Journal of Endocrinology (1991) 128, 175–180
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Although the uterus is a target tissue for LH and its homologue hCG the second messenger system responding to LH/hCG in myometrial cells is not established. In this study we investigated the involvement of protein kinase A and protein kinase C in the action of hCG on porcine myometrial smooth muscle cells in vitro. Myometrium was obtained from ovariectomized gilts given 2·5 mg oestradiol benzoate plus 50 mg progesterone for five consecutive days. Myometrial cells were cultured for 48 h and different doses of hCG were then added. Increasing doses of hCG stimulated concentration-dependent increases in [3H]inositol phosphates (IPs) accumulation in incubations lasting 24 h. The highest dose of hCG (1000 mU/ml) increased turnover of IPs by 2·4-fold as reflected in elevations in IP1, IP2 and IP3, and similar effects were observed with noradrenaline. The time- and concentration-dependent effects of hCG on IPs accumulation occurred between 16 and 24 h of incubation. Incubation of myocytes with the lowest doses of hCG (0·1 and 1 mU/ml) caused a significant increase in cAMP accumulation but the highest doses (10–1000 mU/ml) had no effect on cAMP concentrations. This is the first demonstration that LH/hCG receptor signalling leads to increased inositol phosphate turnover in myometrial cells as well as cAMP generation and it leads to the conclusion that both protein kinase A and protein kinase C signalling mechanisms are involved in gonadotrophin action in porcine myometrial smooth muscle cells.
Journal of Endocrinology (1996) 148, 175–180
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The release of latent transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFβ1), and conversion to the biologically active peptide, has been investigated in porcine thyroid follicular cells maintained in primary monolayer culture. Analysis by radioreceptor assay of medium conditioned for 72 h by subconfluent thyroid monolayers showed that a high proportion of the expressed TGF-β1 peptide was in the active form. Medium conditioned by iodide (10 aμmol/l)treated follicular cells contained higher levels of both active and total TGF-β1 than were present in medium conditioned by untreated cells. Exposure of cells to iodide also led to a marked decrease in [methyl-3H]thymidine incorporation that was relieved by immunoadsorption with a neutralizing antiserum against the active form of TGFβ1. Inclusion of a low dose (80 units/l) of porcine plasmin led to a small increase in incorporation of [methyl 3H]thymidine, while higher doses of plasmin (1250–5000 units/l) or plasminogen (100 mg/l) significantly reduced [methyl-3H]thymidine incorporation. This inhibition was effectively reversed by immunoadsorption of TGF-β1 from the medium during the test incubations. The study therefore provides direct evidence for a stimulatory role of thyroidal iodide in enhancing the release of latent TGF-β1 peptide, and suggests that in normal thyroid follicular cells, as in other TGF-β1 producing epithelia, post-secretory processing to the biologically active molecule occurs through an endogenous cellular mechanism. It appears likely that plasmin, generated locally within the thyroid follicular microenvironment, may play a fundamental role in effecting this conversion.
Journal of Endocrinology (1995) 144, 67–73
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The effects of various hormones commonly added to hepatocyte culture media upon the expression of the GH receptor (GHR) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) genes in cultured porcine hepatocytes were investigated. Preliminary investigations indicated that there was an absolute requirement only for insulin, with high losses of cell viability upon long term exclusion of insulin from the culture medium. The decline in GHR expression with time in culture was found to be less when high levels of glucose were included in the medium. Therefore the basal culture medium used in these studies was Williams' medium E supplemented with 0·2% (w/v) BSA, 5000 mg glucose/l and 100 nmol porcine insulin/l. The addition of dexamethasone (100 nmol/l) increased the expression of both GHR and IGF-I (class 1 transcripts only) mRNA (P<0·001 and P<0·05 respectively), and resulted in an increased responsiveness of IGF-I mRNA expression to GH (1 μg/ml), when the two were added in combination (although only class 1 transcripts were shown to be statistically significant, P<0·01). The addition of either thyroid hormone (1 nmol/l T3 or T4) alone also increased the expression of GHR mRNA (P<0·01) in addition to the dexamethasone stimulated expression, with T4 appearing to decrease IGF-I expression slightly (P<0·05) (either on its own or with T3). As with dexamethasone, the thyroid hormones increased the response of IGF-I mRNA expression to GH (1 μg/ml) when added in combination with GH (P<0·001). These observations demonstrate one possible mechanism for the interactions of glucocorticoids and thyroid hormones with the GH–IGF axis.
Journal of Endocrinology (1995) 146, 239–245
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The response to the long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS) but not to bovine thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) was reduced by soluble fractions from human, ovine, bovine and porcine thyroids. A significant increase in the capacities of human, ovine and bovine thyroidal soluble fractions to reduce the response to LATS occurred upon freezing and thawing of thyroidal homogenates. In human thyroids this change took place predominantly in the 4 S peak, which was the most active of the soluble fractions from frozen human thyroid tissue. However, in ovine and bovine thyroids, the change could be accounted for mainly by components of the 19 S peak, this being also the most active of the soluble fractions of frozen animal thyroids in reducing the response to LATS.
Whereas human LATS-binding activity (LAA) was destroyed by heating at 56 °C for 1 h the capacities of ovine, bovine and porcine thyroidal soluble fractions (or their 19 S components) to reduce the response to LATS were not affected by this treatment.
The interaction between human LAA and LATS can be reversed by 2 m-NaSCN, which also destroys LAA. However, NaSCN had no detectable effect on the capacities of soluble fractions (or their 19 S components) from ovine, bovine and porcine thyroids to reduce the response to LATS. The reduction of the response to LATS by very high concentrations of 4 S components, from frozen ovine thyroidal homogenate, was partially reversed by 2 m-NaSCN. Thus ovine thyroids may be a source of a substance with the properties of human LAA, but with a yield of approximately 10% of that obtained from human thyroid tissue.
It was concluded that ovine, bovine and porcine thyroidal soluble fractions reduced the response to LATS mainly by mechanisms other than binding to LAA.
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The bioactivity of a synthetic peptide fragment which mimics the N-terminal sequence of the 134-amino-acid porcine Inhibin α-subunit (pl- α1-26-Gly27Tyr28-OH) was tested and compared with the bioactivity of GnRH in rat granulosa cell cultures. Granulosa cells from immature female rat ovaries were cultured with hFSH and testosterone to stimulate the production of cyclic AMP, progesterone and oestradiol. Addition of pl- α1-26-Gly27Tyr28-OH to the culture medium caused a dose-dependent suppression of all three parameters (ID50 700-1,000 nmol/l). GnRH caused similar but higher-potency inhibition (ID50 2-4 nmol/l). Suppression of granulosa cell function by both peptides was fully reversible by a synthetic GnRH antagonist. Moreover, specific binding of the porcine inhibin fragment to ovarian GnRH receptors was demonstrated by radioreceptor assay. This is evidence that the porcine inhibin α-subunit fragment suppresses FSH-induced rat granulosa cell function via a mechanism of action similar to that of GnRH.
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The present experiments were designed to study whether exogenous LH could elicit acute cyclic AMP-mediated activation of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and phosphorylation of cellular protein in intact porcine granulosa cells.
Incubation of porcine granulosa cells (from 3 to 5 mm diameter follicles) with 2 μg luteinizing hormone/ml (LH) caused a significant rise of cellular cyclic AMP content within 2 min of the addition of LH. The increase was dose-dependent and occurred between doses of 0·2 and 2·0 μg LH/ml. Luteinizing hormone also caused a time- and dose-dependent dissociation of the type II cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase isozyme in porcine granulosa cells. Luteinizing hormone (0·05–2 μg/ml) significantly dissociated the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase between 2 and 30 min after stimulation. The protein kinase dissociation was a specific effect of LH and was not elicited by either adrenocorticotrophic hormone or prolactin. During the period of LH-induced protein kinase activation, several soluble granulosa cell proteins, ranging in molecular weights from about 43 000 to 99 000, became phosphorylated in a time-dependent and hormone-specific manner.
The results suggest that cyclic AMP-mediated activation of granulosa cell type II cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase may be a prerequisite in the short-term molecular action of LH leading to LH-specific phosphorylation of several soluble granulosa cell proteins of an as yet unidentified function.
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This study investigated the biochemical effects of administration of three types of recombinant growth hormone (GH; somatotropin) to the Thoroughbred horse. Equine or bovine or porcine GH was administered at a recommended dosage to 3-5-year old Thoroughbred geldings, for up to 21 days. It was shown that, in addition to equine GH, bovine and porcine GH were active in the horse; however, porcine GH caused injection-site reactions that were so serious that administration had to be terminated. The concentrations of a range of GH-related serum protein markers were determined before, during and after the administration period. Because of the short half-life of GH itself, the objective was to identify GH-related markers that showed changes in concentration and which could be used as indicators of the abuse of these hormones. Among the possible markers identified, serum total insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I was shown to be the most promising, increasing to 270% of the basal concentration for equine GH administration. After GH administration, IGF-I took longer to attain baseline concentrations than the time required for GH concentrations to recover to normal. The concentration obtained from the administration significantly exceeded natural concentrations for IGF-I, as was determined from a population of more than 2000 Thoroughbred horses in three continents. The concentrations of serum free IGF-I and IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) were also shown to be significantly affected by equine and bovine GH.
