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The renal inner medulla is ordinarily exposed to osmolalities that are much higher and to O2 tensions that are lower than those in other tissues. The effects of media osmolality and O2 availability on basal and
arginine vasopressin
(AVP)-responsive soluble cyclic (c)AMP-dependent
protein kinase
activity were examined in slices of rat inner medulla. Increasing total media osmolality from 305 to 750 or 1,650 mosM by addition of urea plas NaCl to standard Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer significantly reduced basal cAMP content and
protein kinase
activity ratios. This occurred in the presence or absence of O2. Incubation of slices in high osmolality buffer also blunted increases in inner medullary slice cAMP and
protein kinase
activity ratios induced by O2. These changes reflected predominantly an action of the urea rather than the NaCl content of high osmolality buffers. In contrast to effects on basal activity, high media osmolality significantly enhanced activation of inner medullary
protein kinase
by AVP. Conversely, increases in media O2 content suppressed AVP stimulation of enzyme activity. This inhibitory effect of O2 was best expressed at low osmolality. Naproxen and ibuprofen, inhibitors of prostaglandin biosynthesis, reduced basal kinase activity ratios and increased AVP responsiveness in the presence, but not in the absence, of O2. Exogenous prostaglandins (PG) modestly increased (PGE2 and PGE1) or did not change (PGF2alpha) cAMP and
protein kinase
activity ratios in O2-deprived inner medullary slices. Protein kinase activation by PGE2 was not observed in oxygenated inner medulla with high basal activity ratios. The stimulatory effects of PGE2 and PGE1 on
protein kinase
activity observed in O2-deprived slices were additive with those of submaximal or maximal AVP. PGE2, PGE1, and PGF2alpha all failed to suppress AVP activation of
protein kinase
. Thus, enhanced endogenous PGE production may contribute to the higher basal
protein kinase
activity ratios induced by O2. However, the results do not support a role for PGE2, PGE1, or PGF2alpha in O2-mediated inhibition of AVP responsiveness. The present data indicate that both solute content and O2 availability can alter the expression of AVP action on
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
activity in inner medulla. AVP activation of
protein kinase
is best expressed when osmolality is high and O2 availability is low, conditions that pertain in inner medulla during hydropenia.
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PMID:Effects of osmolality and oxygen availability on soluble cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity of rat renal inner medulla. 21 25
We have investigated the interaction between hypothalamic ACTH secretagogues and adrenocortical glucocorticoids in rat anterior pituitary tissue using an in vitro perifusion system. Repeated 5 min pulses of 41-residue CRF (CRF-41) or
arginine vasopressin
(
AVP
) were applied at 1 h intervals for up to 7 h. Administration of 0.1 microM corticosterone 30 min before and during the 5 min 0.1 nM CRF-41 stimulus at 5 h resulted in a significant inhibition of CRF-41 stimulated ACTH release within 30 min. Inhibition of ACTH release also developed if no CRF-41 stimulus was applied in conjunction with steroid at 5 h. In contrast, if the exposure to corticosterone (0.1 microM, 35 min total duration) was started simultaneously with the application of CRF-41 at 5 h, no inhibition of ACTH release ensued. Similarly, no inhibition of CRF-41-stimulated ACTH release was observed when corticosterone was started simultaneously with a 5 min pulse of cyclic 8-(4-Chlorophenylthio) AMP (8-CPT-cAMP), a cell membrane permeant analog of cAMP. In contrast to CRF-41 and 8-CPT-cAMP,
AVP
failed to modify glucocorticoid-induced inhibition of
AVP
- or CRF-41-stimulated ACTH release. Moreover, CRF-41 did not prevent the glucocorticoid-induced inhibition of
AVP
-stimulated ACTH release. In summary: 1) CRF-41 inactivates early glucocorticoid inhibition of CRF-41-stimulated ACTH secretion, and this is mimicked by a cell membrane permeant analog of cAMP; 2)
AVP
does not inactivate glucocorticoid-induced inhibition of stimulated ACTH release; 3) the data point to an acute interaction between the cAMP/
protein kinase A
and glucocorticoid-responsive intracellular pathways. Such differential modulation of feedback inhibition by CRFs may be of functional importance in vivo.
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PMID:Inactivation of early glucocorticoid feedback by corticotropin-releasing factor in vitro. 131 50
These studies were undertaken to evaluate the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the regulation by
arginine vasopressin
(
AVP
) of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) secretion from the ovine anterior pituitary.
AVP
caused the rapid translocation of PKC from the cytosol to the cell membrane in ovine anterior pituitary cells that was maximal at 5 min. This phenomenon, which is a known concomitant of C-kinase activation, was produced to a greater extent by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) but not by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). To determine whether
AVP
activated corticotrope PKC, we assessed the ability of three different PKC inhibitors (H-7, sphingosine, and retinal) to modify basal,
AVP
-, PMA-, and CRF-stimulated ACTH release. In addition to inhibiting the in vitro activity of purified PKC, each compound also caused in vitro inhibition of the
protein kinase A
(
PKA
) catalytic subunit, indicating that none could be considered to be a specific inhibitor of PKC and the
PKA
catalytic subunit. As determined by the mean IC50 values required for the in vitro inhibition of PKC and the
PKA
catalytic subunit, sphingosine was judged to be the most selective and H-7 the least selective PKC inhibitor. A 4 h exposure to each inhibitor caused a dose-dependent increase in basal ACTH release and attenuation of both
AVP
- and PMA-stimulated ACTH release. H-7 and retinal, in concentrations that caused a 20-50% inhibition of
PKA
, also attenuated CRF-stimulated ACTH release; however, this effect was not observed with sphingosine in concentrations that caused only a 10-20% inhibition of
PKA
. We conclude that: (1)
AVP
causes the direct activation of PKC in the ovine anterior pituitary and that C kinase activation is important in mediating the effect of
AVP
on ACTH release; (2) the finding that inhibition of PKC elevates ACTH suggests that basal ACTH secretion is also partly regulated by PKC; (3) since CRF does not cause PKC translocation in ovine anterior pituitary cells, it is unlikely that PKC plays a physiological role in the action of CRF on the corticotrope; (4) the finding that H-7 and retinal attenuate CRF-stimulated ACTH secretion suggests that CRF activates
PKA
in corticotropes.
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PMID:Evidence that the stimulation by arginine vasopressin of the release of adrenocorticotropin from the ovine anterior pituitary involves the activation of protein kinase C. 133 7
We have analyzed the mechanism of Na(+)-dependent pHi recovery from an acid load in A6 cells (an amphibian distal nephron cell line) by using the intracellular pH indicator 2'7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)5,6 carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) and single cell microspectrofluorometry. A6 cells were found to express Na+/H(+)-exchange activity only on the basolateral membrane: Na+/H(+)-exchange activity follows simple saturation kinetics with an apparent Km for Na+ of approximately 11 mM; it is inhibited in a competitive manner by ethylisopropylamiloride (EIPA). This Na+/H(+)-exchange activity is inhibited by pharmacological activation of
protein kinase A
(
PKA
) as well as of protein kinase C (PKC). Addition of
arginine vasopressin
(
AVP
) either at low (subnanomolar) or at high (micromolar) concentrations inhibits Na+/H(+)-exchange activity;
AVP
stimulates IP3 production at low concentrations, whereas much higher concentrations are required to stimulate cAMP formation. These findings suggest that in A6 cells (i) Na+/H(+)-exchange is located in the basolateral membrane and (ii) PKC activation (heralded by IP3 turnover) is likely to be the mediator of
AVP
action at low
AVP
concentrations.
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PMID:Na+/H(+)-exchange in A6 cells: polarity and vasopressin regulation. 133 14
Relatively little is known about the regulation of secretion of hypothalamic beta-endorphin, the potent opioid that is believed to play a variety of physiological roles in brain. Previous work has shown that
arginine vasopressin
(
AVP
), which acts in brain primarily via activation of the phosphoinositol (PI) second messenger system, stimulates secretion of hypothalamic beta-endorphin. To test the hypothesis that activators of protein kinase C (PKC), which is activated following PI hydrolysis, stimulates secretion of beta-endorphins from hypothalamus, we studied the separate effects of stimulators of PKC including phorbol ester 12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) and 1-oleolyl-2-acetyl glycerol (OAG- a diacyl glycerol analogue) on secretion of immunoreactive (IR-) beta-endorphin (measured by RIA) from dissociated fetal rat hypothalamic cell cultures. We also studied
AVP
and angiotensin II (Ang II), hypothalamic peptides which activate the PI second messenger pathway, and interactions of PMA and forskolin (FSK), an activator of the cyclic AMP/
protein kinase A
(
PKA
) pathway. PMA, OAG,
AVP
, and Ang II stimulated IR-beta-endorphin secretion. The stimulatory effect of both PMA and FSK on IR-beta-endorphin secretion was greater than that of PMA or FSK alone and was essentially additive.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Protein kinase C activators stimulate beta-endorphin secretion from hypothalamic cells. 142 53
Exposure of intact LLC-PK1 cells to the phorbol ester 4-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) increases basal,
arginine vasopressin
-stimulated, and forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in LLC-PK1 membranes. This observation suggests that protein kinase C can increase adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in LLC-PK1 cells. To determine whether cAMP regulates protein kinase C activity in LLC-PK1 cells, intact cells were exposed to either forskolin or to soluble cAMP analogues. Acute (5 and 30 min) exposure to either forskolin or cAMP analogues increases protein kinase C activity as observed by two different methods for measuring protein kinase C. Acute exposure to PMA translocates protein kinase C from a soluble to a particulate cell fraction, whereas acute exposure to cAMP increases both soluble and particulate forms of protein kinase C. Longer exposure (18 h) to PMA results in a loss of protein kinase C activity, whereas 18-h exposure to cAMP results in a further increase in protein kinase C activity. The effect of cAMP but not of PMA to stimulate protein kinase C activity can be attenuated by the pro-R diastereoisomer of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate, suggesting a
protein kinase A
-mediated effect. These results suggest the presence of a monodirectional mode of signal transduction system interaction in LLC-PK1 cells in which protein kinase C and
protein kinase A
can potentiate each other.
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PMID:cAMP stimulates protein kinase C activity in cultured renal LLC-PK1 cells. 166 Oct 84
The effects of the activation of
protein kinase A
(
PKA
), protein kinase C (PKC) and corticosteroids were investigated on the release of corticotrophin-releasing factor-41 (CRF),
arginine vasopressin
(
AVP
) and oxytocin from rat fetal hypothalamic cells in culture. Both forskolin and PMA (phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate) increased CRF,
AVP
and oxytocin release, while dexamethasone and aldosterone only reduced basal secretion of CRF. Both steroids also inhibited forskolin-induced CRF,
AVP
and oxytocin responses to PMA. These data provide direct evidence for a role for both PKC- and
PKA
-mediated mechanisms in the regulation of CRF,
AVP
and oxytocin release and for differential effects of both glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids on
PKA
- and PKC-stimulated responses.
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PMID:Release of corticotrophin-releasing factor-41, arginine vasopressin and oxytocin from rat fetal hypothalamic cells in culture: response to activation of intracellular second messengers and to corticosteroids. 173 59
We determined whether tumor-promoting factor phorbol ester modulates cellular cAMP production and the cellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in response to
arginine vasopressin
(
AVP
) in rat renal papillary collecting tubule cells in culture. In the presence of 5 x 10(-4) M 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine,
AVP
increased cellular cAMP production in a dose-dependent manner. A 1-h exposure to 3 x 10(-7)-3 x 10(-6) M phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) significantly attenuated the cAMP response to
AVP
(1 x 10(-9) M
AVP
; 474.9 +/- 24.8 vs. 368.1 +/- 22.8 fmol/microgram protein; P less than 0.01). The dose-response relation with
AVP
thus shifted to the right. Such an inhibition was totally reversed in the presence of 2 x 10(-6) M 1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine dihydrochloride (H-7), an inhibitor of
protein kinase
-C. Also, 1 x 10(-7) M
AVP
produced an increase in [Ca2+]i from 99.4 +/- 3.3 to 200.0 +/- 8.6 nM. When cells were preexposed to 1 x 10(-6) M PMA, an increase in [Ca2+]i in response to 1 x 10(-7) M
AVP
was significantly diminished (75.5 +/- 4.6 to 101.4 +/- 4.3 nM). The inhibition by PMA of
AVP
-induced increment in [Ca2+]i was significantly attenuated in the presence of 2 x 10(-5) M H-7 compared to that in its absence. Prolonged exposure to PMA did not alter the
AVP
-induced increases in cAMP production and [Ca2+]i. These results indicate that phorbol ester inhibits the cellular action of
AVP
mediated through the activation of
protein kinase
-C and suggest that there is an interaction between cAMP and phosphatidylinositol systems in modulating the
AVP
action in renal papillary collecting tubule cells.
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PMID:Inhibition by phorbol ester of cellular adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate production and cellular free calcium mobilization in response to arginine vasopressin in rat renal papillary collecting tubule cells in culture. 184 89
We examined the effects of removing extracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+e), depleting intracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+i), inhibiting cAMP-dependent calmodulin, and blocking voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels on the secretion of ACTH by perifused dispersed rat anterior pituitary cells. The cells were stimulated with synthetic
arginine vasopressin
(
AVP
), oxytocin (OT), and angiotensin-II (AII), all of which are thought to act via the Ca2+/inositol phosphate-dependent
protein kinase
-C pathway, with synthetic ovine CRF, which acts via the
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
-A pathway, and with dioctanoylglycerol, which directly activates
protein kinase
-C. All three secretagogues elicited an initial spike phase ACTH secretory response that peaked within 1 or 2 min and ended within 6 min.
AVP
and OT also elicited a sustained plateau phase response that lasted for as long as the cells were exposed to the secretagogue, but AII did not. Removal of Ca2+e diminished the initial spike phase by 30-50%, but depletion of Ca2+i virtually abolished it. In contrast, the sustained phase of the response to
AVP
and OT was abolished by removal of Ca2+e. The effect of dioctanoylglycerol, which elicits a sustained progressive increase in ACTH release, but no initial spike phase, was also greatly inhibited by Ca2+e removal; no greater effect was observed when Ca2+i was depleted. Blockade of L-type voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels with nimodipine, a dihydropyridine drug, had the same effect as Ca2+e removal on both the initial spike and sustained plateau phases of the response to
AVP
. Inhibiting cAMP-dependent calmodulin with penfluridol had no effect on the initial spike phase, but reduced the sustained plateau phase of the response to
AVP
. Removal of Ca2+e or depletion of Ca2+i did not abolish the synergistic ACTH secretory response to the combination of
AVP
and CRF.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Roles of intracellular and extracellular calcium in the kinetic profile of adrenocorticotropin secretion by perifused rat anterior pituitary cells. II. Arginine vasopressin, oxytocin, and angiotensin-II stimulation. 215 30
We have demonstrated that anterior pituitary corticotropes can be identified cytochemically by their capacity to bind potent biotinylated analogs of CRH. In addition, 50-80% of corticotropes bind biotinylated
arginine vasopressin
(
AVP
). The percentage of CRH-bound cells is rapidly reduced after 1-h exposure to glucocorticoids. However, the rapid effects of glucocorticoids on
AVP
binding by corticotropes have not been tested. The first aim of this study was to examine the binding capacity of small and large corticotropes enriched to 90% by counterflow centrifugation. Biotinylated analogs of CRH or
AVP
were detected cytochemically on the cells by avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex protocols. At least 80% of the cells bound CRH after 1 day of culture. More large corticotropes bound
AVP
(93%) than small corticotropes (80%).
AVP
pretreatment of large corticotropes stimulated an increase in CRH-bound cells to over 90%, but it had no effect on CRH binding by small corticotropes. Corticosterone pretreatment (100 nM) for 10 min caused a 50% reduction in the percentage of cells that bound CRH and in the levels of ACTH released in response to biotinylated CRH. After 30 and 60 min of pretreatment, the percentages of CRH-bound cells were reduced by 75%, and ACTH levels remained low. No reduction in percentages of
AVP
-bound cells was evident at any time point after corticosterone pretreatment. These studies stimulated further tests based on previous reports that showed that
AVP
or its activated second messengers enhanced CRH binding. We reasoned that this potentiation might promote a recovery in CRH binding to corticosterone-inhibited cells. However, 1-h stimulation by
AVP
or activation of calcium channels (by Bay K 8644) or
protein kinase
-C by 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate did not restore CRH binding.
AVP
evoked a partial recovery in ACTH release. Furthermore, Bay K and 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate pretreatment effectively blocked the fast feedback effects of corticosterone on CRH-mediated ACTH release. Thus, these studies demonstrate that glucocorticoids rapidly inhibit CRH-receptor binding in a domain that is not affected by
AVP
potentiation of ACTH release. Perhaps they immobilize transport processes needed to bring unoccupied CRH receptors to the surface for binding and cytochemical detection.
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PMID:Rapid corticosterone inhibition of corticotropin-releasing hormone binding and adrenocorticotropin release by enriched populations of corticotropes: counteractions by arginine vasopressin and its second messengers. 215 74
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