The Effect of Ghrelin on Ca2+ Concentration in Thyroid FRTL-5 Cells.
- Author:
Byung Joo KIM
1
;
Young Joo PARK
;
Do Joon PARK
;
Insuk SO
;
Ki Whan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea. insuk@ plaza.snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Ghrelin;
Thyroid FRTL-5 cell;
Endoplasmic reticulum
- MeSH:
Arcuate Nucleus;
Eating;
Egtazic Acid;
Endoplasmic Reticulum;
Ghrelin*;
Growth Hormone;
Neurons;
Nickel;
Nifedipine;
Stomach;
Thyroid Gland*
- From:The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
2004;8(4):195-200
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Ghrelin is a newly discovered peptide, which is released from the stomach and neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC), and potently stimulates growth hormone release and food intake. In the present study, we investigated the effect of ghrelin on [Ca2+]i in thyroid FRTL-5 cells. Ghrelin (5 nM) increased [Ca2+]i and TSH (1 unit/l) had an additive effect on [Ca2+]i when extracellular normal solution was 1.1mM Ca2+ containing Coon's modified Ham's F12 medium. When Ca2+-free medium containing 2 mM EGTA replaced the above normal solution, ghrelin also induced a similar rise in [Ca2+]i. In the middle of [Ca2+]i increment by ghrelin, nifedipine (1 micrometer), nickel (100micrometer) and La3+ (100micrometer) had no effect on [Ca2+]i. After endoplasmic reticulum was depleted by cyclopiazonic acid (CPA; 10micrometer), ghrelin caused no visible change on [Ca2+]i in Ca2+-free/2 mM EGTA solution. These results suggest that ghrelin can increase [Ca2+]i through endoplasmic reticulum in thyroid FRTL-5 cells.
