Subunit profiling and functional characteristics of acetylcholine receptors in GT1-7 cells

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• 作者：Yuki Arai ; Hirotaka Ishii ; Makito Kobayashi…
• 关键词：Acetylcholine ; Acetylcholine receptors ; Gonadotropin ; releasing hormone ; GnRH neurons ; GT1 ; 7
• 刊名：The Journal of Physiological Sciences
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：67
• 期：2
• 页码：313-323
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• 刊物主题：Human Physiology; Neurosciences; Animal Biochemistry; Animal Physiology; Cell Physiology; Neurobiology;
• 出版者：Springer Japan
• ISSN：1880-6562
• 卷排序：67

文摘

GnRH neurons form a final common pathway for the central regulation of reproduction. Although the involvement of acetylcholine in GnRH secretion has been reported, direct effects of acetylcholine and expression profiles of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) still remain to be studied. Using immortalized GnRH neurons (GT1-7 cells), we analyzed molecular expression and functionality of AChRs. Expression of the mRNAs were identified in the order α7 > β2 = β1 ≧ α4 ≧ α5 = β4 = δ > α3 for nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunits and m4 > m2 for muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) subtypes. Furthermore, this study revealed that α7 nAChRs contributed to Ca2+ influx and GnRH release and that m2 and m4 mAChRs inhibited forskolin-induced cAMP production and isobutylmethylxanthine-induced GnRH secretion. These findings demonstrate the molecular profiles of AChRs, which directly contribute to GnRH secretion in GT1-7 cells, and provide one possible regulatory action of acetylcholine in GnRH neurons.