The mechanisms of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) induced excitation of ACTH-secreting adenoma cells were investigated using the perforated whole-cell clamp technique and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) measurement. CRH depolarized ACTH-secreting adenoma cells by activating a nonselective cation current that showed slight inward rectification. This channel did not seem to be a member of the Ca(2+)-activated cation currents because it was activated even when the [Ca2+]i was chelated below 50 nM. The activation of the current was induced by protein kinase A-mediated pathways. By [Ca2+]i measurement, CRH increased [Ca2+]i of these cells dependently on voltage-gated Ca2+ current. This CRH-induced [Ca2+]i increase was abolished in Na(+)-free extracellular solution, but was not abolished by the addition of 5 microM tetrodotoxin to the extracellular solution. CRH-induced ACTH secretion from the cultured adenoma cells was also abolished in Na(+)-free extracellular solution, but not in tetrodotoxin-containing extracellular solution. These data indicate that a Na+ current (maybe the nonselective cation current) other than voltage-gated Na+ current plays an important role in CRH-induced [Ca2+]i increase and ACTH secretion. CRH also activated a nonselective cation current in nonadenoma human corticotrophs, suggesting that the activation of a nonselective cation current is a physiological mechanism of CRH-induced excitation in human corticotrophs.
K Takano, J Yasufuku-Takano, A Teramoto, T Fujita
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