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Title: The phospholipase C-InsP(3) pathway is involved in calcium mobilization induced by growth hormone in hepatocytes
Authors: Marrero Arencibia, María Isabel 
Déniz Cáceres,Antonio 
UNESCO Clasification: 32 Ciencias médicas
320102 Genética clínica
2415 Biología molecular
Keywords: Isolated Rat Hepatocytes
C-Dependent Processes
Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate
Signal-Transduction, et al
Issue Date: 2004
Journal: Growth Hormone and IGF Research 
Abstract: We investigated the effects of bovine GH (bGH) on Ca2+ handling, phospholipase C (PLC) activation and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] formation in hepatocytes. bGH generates oscillations in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in single male rat hepatocytes microinjected with the photoprotein aequorin. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+ these transients persisted for more than 10 min indicating a requirement for intracellular Ca2+. Treatment of the hepatocyte with the phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) inhibitor U-73122 removed the oscillations. These results suggest bGH-induced oscillations are due to PLC activation and generation of Ins(1,4,5)P3. We measured the mass of Ins(1,4,5)P3 in freshly isolated hepatocyte suspensions in response to bGH, and vasopressin as a control. Both agonists rapidly increased the levels of Ins(1,4,5)P3. This is the first study to indicate that early events in the signal transduction pathways mediated by GH in hepatocytes involve intracellular Ca2+ mobilization via activation of a PI-PLC and subsequent Ins(1,4,5 )P3 production.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/45304
ISSN: 1096-6374
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2003.11.001
Source: Growth Hormone and IGF Research [ISSN 1096-6374], v. 14(2), p. 85-90 (Abril 2004)
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