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These studies were undertaken to characterize the exocytotic changes in purified gonadotropes by three-dimensional imaging using scanning electron microscopy. Rat gonadotropes were purified using a fluorescence-activated cell sorter and an argon laser treatment system. The purified gonadotropes were stimulated with GnRH under various conditions and fixed for scanning electron microscopy. After the GnRH stimulation, many 'hole' structures (diameter 0·1–0·5 μm) were observed on the cell surface, and notably the population of cells with 10 or more holes was clearly increased. The pattern of the time-course of the changes in this population was perfectly consistent with the LH secretory profile of pituitary cells, and their formation of the cells with 10 or more holes was completely inhibited by pretreatment with a GnRH antagonist. Our data suggest that the hole structure represents an exocytotic opening site and that regulated exocytosis in purified gonadotropes can be evaluated by scanning electron microscopy. This method may be widely applicable to other endocrine cells.
Journal of Endocrinology (1995) 144, 193–200
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The synaptic membrane protein synaptosomal-associated protein (SNAP-25) has recently been implicated as one of the key proteins involved in exocytotic membrane fusion in neurons. However, the role of SNAP-25 in pituitary hormone release is not known. In this study, we determined that SNAP-25 is involved in regulated exocytosis in the clonal pituitary cell line GH4C1. SNAP-25 messenger RNA and protein were detected in GH4C1 cells by RT-PCR and immunoblot analysis, respectively. Immunofluorescence analysis indicated that SNAP-25 protein was localized in the plasma membrane. Next, to determine the function of SNAP-25 in GH4C1 cells, specific inhibitors of SNAP-25, botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) /A or /E, and antisense SNAP-25 oligonucleotide were used. Neither BoNT/A nor BoNT/E affected thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)-induced cytosolic Ca2+ increase, but both inhibited TRH-induced exocytosis. Moreover, they dose-dependently inhibited TRH-induced prolactin release. The introduction of antisense oligonucleotide into the cells also inhibited TRH-induced prolactin release. These results suggest that SNAP-25 is involved in regulated exocytosis in GH4C1 cells.
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Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) induces the release of gonadotrophins via an increase in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]). Rab3B, a member of the small GTP-binding protein Rab family, is known to be involved in Ca(2+)-regulated exocytosis in pituitary cells. However, it is not known whether Rab3B functions in the physiological process regulated by GnRH in gonadotrophs. In this study using antisense oligonucleotide against Rab3B (AS-Rab3B) we determined that Rab3B is involved in GnRH-induced gonadotrophin release. Rab3B immunopositive cells were reduced in 24% of pituitary cells by AS-Rab3B. This treatment did not affect the population of gonadotrophs or the intracellular contents of gonadotrophins. However, AS-Rab3B significantly inhibited the total amount of basal and GnRH-induced gonadotrophin released from pituitary cells. These results show that Rab3B is involved in basal and GnRH-induced gonadotrophins release but not the storage of gonadotrophins. Next, the changes in [Ca2+] and exocytosis in gonadotrophs treated with AS-Rab3B were compared among Rab3B-positive and -negative cells. The change in [Ca2+] was not different in the two groups, but exocytosis was significantly inhibited in Rab3B-negative cells. These results suggest that Rab3B is essential for GnRH-regulated exocytosis downstream of cytosolic Ca2+ in gonadotrophs.
