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Differential transduction of dopamine signal in different subtypes of human growth hormone-secreting adenomas.

This article reports the effect of dopamine (DA) on adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity and intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in 20 GH-secreting pituitary adenomas exclusively composed of somatotrophs (GH-omas) and 3 tumors largely constituted by mammosomatotrophs (MS-omas). DA (between 10 nmol/L and 100 mumol/L) did not reduce AC activity in any GH-omas, whereas the amine caused a significant inhibition in membranes from all MS-omas. The effect was detectable at DA concentrations higher than 0.1 mumol/L, and maximal inhibition (ranging from 24-30%) was reached at 10 mumol/L. The ergot derivative CH 29717 and l-sulpiride demonstrated potent agonist and antagonist activities, respectively. Somatostatin reduced AC activity in all tumors; the percent inhibition values (between 17-34%) were similar in GH-omas and MS-omas. In both GH-omas and MS-omas, DA (1 mumol/L) caused a significant [Ca2+]i reduction (between 17-44%) that was essentially due to the block of Ca2+ influx from the extracellular spaces. The receptors involved in this effect showed the pharmacological properties of D2 receptors. In conclusion, the DA effect in tumoral somatotrophs is defective; DA fails to exert an inhibitory action on AC activity. In mammosomatotrophs, the typical D2 receptor-effector coupling is retained, resulting in decreased AC activity in these cells.[1]

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  1. Differential transduction of dopamine signal in different subtypes of human growth hormone-secreting adenomas. Spada, A., Bassetti, M., Reza-Elahi, F., Arosio, M., Gil-Del-Alamo, P., Vallar, L. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (1994) [Pubmed]
 
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