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Effects of Growth Hormone-releasing Hormone-related Peptide on Stem Cell Factor Expression in Cultured Rat Sertoli Cells

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Journal Endocrine
Specialty Endocrinology
Date 2000 Aug 30
PMID 10963054
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The growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) gene produces a precursor molecule that contains GHRH and a carboxyl-terminal peptide that we have named GHRH-related peptide (GHRH-RP). This peptide, like GHRH, stimulates the expression of stem cell factor (SCF), an important reproductive and hematopoietic cytokine, in vitro and in vivo. In the present study, using primary cultures of rat Sertoli cells, we compared the time course of action and the level of SCF stimulation seen following treatment with GHRH-RP and GHRH. Additionally, we investigated the activity of a truncated peptide, p75-92NH2, whose sequence is contained within GHRH-RP. All three of these peptides were shown to stimulate the steady-state levels of SCF mRNA to a comparable degree. However, the time course of action for GHRH-RP differed markedly from that of GHRH. GHRH-RP and p75-92NH2, similar to GHRH, induce SCF expression, at least in part, via the activation of the protein kinase A/cyclic adenosine monophosphate intracellular signaling pathway.

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