Role of obestatin on growth hormone secretion: An in vitro approach
- Area de Endocrinologia Molecular y Celular, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria (IDIS), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS), Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Obestatin, the ghrelin-associated peptide, showed to activate MAPK signaling with no effect on Akt nor cell proliferating activity in rat tumor somatotroph cells (growth cells, GC). A sequential analysis of the obestatin transmembrane signaling pathway indicated a route involving the consecutive activation of G{sub i}, PI3k, novel PKC{epsilon}, and Src for ERK1/2 activation. Furthermore, obestatin treatment triggers growth hormone (GH) release in the first 30 min, being more acute at 15 min. At 1 h, obestatin treated cells showed the same levels in GH secretion than controls. Added to this functionality, obestatin was secreted by GC cells. Based on the capacity to stimulate GH release from somatotroph cells, obestatin may act directly in the pituitary through an autocrine/paracrine mechanism.
- OSTI ID:
- 22199948
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 390, Issue 4; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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