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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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ATP-specific P2-purinoceptors expressed on various cell types have been shown to trigger cell activation via a phospholipase C pathway. In the present study, we provide evidence that P2-purinoceptors are expressed on B lymphocytes but not on T lymphocytes. ATP at concentrations of 10 to 100 microM triggered a dose-dependent increase in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) levels as well as total inositol phosphate in human B lymphocytes. As expected from the changes in IP3, incubation of B cells with increasing concentrations of ATP lead to a dose-dependent increase in cytosolic free Ca+2 ([Ca+2]i). Extracellular ATP also induced increases in the levels of c-fos and c-myc mRNA. Because no responses were elicited by other nucleotides, the increase in IP3 production, the rise in [Ca+2]i levels, and the enhanced expression of c-fos and c-myc mRNA seem to be mediated by P2-purinoceptors. These responses were exclusive to B lymphocytes, in that ATP had no effect on IP3, [Ca+2]i, or oncogene expression in T cells. The results show that binding of extracellular ATP to P2-purinoceptors on quiescent B cells leads to the activation of genes associated with cell activation. This appears to be mediated via the phospholipase C signal transduction pathway.
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PMID:ATP-induced activation of human B lymphocytes via P2-purinoceptors. 184 68

Aggregation of the high affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RI) on mast cells by a polyvalent Ag leads to hydrolysis of phosphoinositides (PI) catalyzed by phospholipase C (PI-PLC). To understand this phenomenon in molecular terms, it is important to obtain active, cell-free preparations. In extensive preliminary studies, we could not demonstrate Fc epsilon RI-mediated activation of PI-PLC in plasma membranes prepared by conventional methods from rat basophilic leukemia cells. We now report a stepwise approach involving preparation of cytoplasts from such cells and then hypotonic lysis of the cytoplasts to obtain active membrane vesicles. These membranes, best described as "ghosts," appear to reseal after losing greater than 90% of their soluble, cytoplasmic components and contain receptors that when aggregated, activate PI-PLC to hydrolyze endogenous phospholipids. Per unit of plasma membrane, the ghosts retain approximately 25% of Fc epsilon RI-mediated stimulation of PI-PLC relative to the cells. This activity requires ATP, magnesium, phosphoenolpyruvate, and, to a limited degree, calcium. Although an adequate amount of phosphatidylinositol biphosphate is present, the predicted spike of (1,4,5)-inositol trisphosphate is not seen, and the predominant inositol phosphate isomer is (1,4)-inositol bisphosphate. This is the first report of Fc epsilon RI-mediated activation of PI-PLC in a cytoplasm-depleted system that demonstrates activation of endogenous enzyme acting on endogenous substrate. In addition, it is the first such report for any receptor of the Ig superfamily.
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PMID:Fc epsilon RI-mediated hydrolysis of phosphoinositides in ghosts derived from rat basophilic leukemia cells. 184 42

The effects of phosphagen concentrations and adenosine-5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate)(ADP beta S), a nonhydrolyzable ADP analog, on the pCa++ tension relationships were investigated, using alpha-toxin permeabilized rabbit mesenteric artery. The removal of creatine phosphate (CP) greatly affected the Ca++ sensitivity and induced a leftward shift of the pCa++ tension curve. Addition of ADP beta S (10-300 microM) also caused a leftward shift of the pCa++ tension curve. Ca++ solutions (0.3-10 microM) containing 0.1 mM ATP did not induce contraction. However, the addition of CP in the presence of 0.1 mM ATP dose-dependently increased force development which reached a maximum around 3 mM CP. A 10 microM Ca++ solution containing 0.1 mM ATP and 1 mM CP was much more effective in inducing contraction than a 10 microM Ca++ solution containing 1.1 mM ATP alone, although the total concentration of phosphagen (ATP + CP) was the same. Application of 0.1 mM ATP solution containing various concentrations of Ca++ after the maximal Ca+(+)-induced contraction relaxed the tissue, with the higher Ca++ concentrations inducing the faster relaxation. The same pattern of the relaxation was seen when the tissue was pretreated with adenosine-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) beforehand. The contractile state observed in the Ca+(+)-free solution containing 0.1 mM ATP and 0.1 mM CP was completely relaxed by 1 mM vanadate, consistent with the idea that the sustained contraction was due to accumulation of the actomyosin-ADP complex.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Energetic aspects of the regulation of Ca++ sensitivity of permeabilized rabbit mesenteric artery: possible involvement of a second Ca++ regulatory system in smooth muscle contraction. 186 47

In single bovine adrenal chromaffin cells loaded with fura-2, histamine, angiotensin II (AII) and caffeine elicited large transient increases of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration [( Ca2+]i) in the absence of external Ca2+, with peak amplitudes averaging 726 +/- 138 (n = 14), 710 +/- 102 (n = 21) and 830 +/- 100 nM (n = 30) respectively. A substantial portion of the agonist-induced rise in [Ca2+]i depended on Ca2+ release from caffeine-sensitive stores, as pretreatment with caffeine diminished subsequent agonist responses by 90-95%. Conversely, pretreatment with histamine or AII decreased subsequent caffeine responses by 100% and 90% respectively. The effects of caffeine most likely resulted from activation of a Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+)-release (CICR) process, whereas histamine and AII initially acted through generation of Ins(1,4,5)P3. The relationship of Ins(1,4,5)P3- and caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ pools was studied by using alpha-toxin-permeabilized chromaffin cells. Evidence was found for three non-mitochondrial, ATP-dependent, Ca2+ pools: one exclusively sensitive to Ins(1,4,5)P3 (pool 1), a second sensitive to both Ins(1,4,5)P3 and caffeine (pool 2), and a third exclusively sensitive to caffeine (pool 3). The existence of pools 1 and 3, and the ability of agonists such as histamine to discharge pool 3 completely, supports a two-pool model in which a caffeine-sensitive CICR mechanism plays a major role in the generation of agonist-induced Ca2+ spikes in bovine chromaffin cells.
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PMID:The role of caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ stores in agonist- and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-induced Ca2+ release from bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. 189 53

The role of two G-proteins, Gp and Ge, in the stimulus-secretion pathway has been proposed on the basis of studies where GTP analogues have been introduced into permeabilized cell preparations. In this study, evidence is provided that two G-proteins are also involved when a receptor-directed agonist is used. Intact human neutrophils were made refractory to formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMetLeuPhe) stimulation by metabolic inhibition and then permeabilized with streptolysin O to compare the intracellular requirements for exocytosis from specific and azurophilic granules and arachidonate release. In the presence of 1 microM-Ca2+ and 1 mM-MgATP, fMetLeuPhe or guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]) induce secretion from both granule types as well as arachidonate release. Secretion and arachidonate release owing to fMetLeuPhe can occur in the absence of ATP, conditions under which G-protein-mediated activation of phospholipase C is suppressed. GTP[S]-induced secretion can also occur in the absence of MgATP, but GTP[S]-induced arachidonate release cannot. It is concluded that fMetLeuPhe, like GTP[S], stimulates secretion by interacting with another G-protein-mediated reaction apart from Gp. Evidence is provided that a possible target for the second G-protein-mediated reaction involved in fMetLeuPhe-induced secretion (but not GTP[S]-induced secretion) is phospholipase A2.
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PMID:Relationship between arachidonate release and exocytosis in permeabilized human neutrophils stimulated with formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMetLeuPhe), guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]) and Ca2+. 190 82

In GH4C1 rat pituitary cells, a GTP-binding protein appears to be involved in signal transduction between the TRH receptor and phospholipase C. In certain other cell types, another role for GTP has been reported, namely regulation of Ca2+ translocation from one intracellular pool to another. Using digitonin-permeabilized GH4C1 cells, we have investigated whether an analogous process occurs in pituitary cells. In permeabilized GH4C1 cells, TRH, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), and nonhydrolyzable GTP analogs guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S) and 5'-guanylyl imidodiphosphate each increased free Ca2+ concentration [( Ca2+]). Unlike several other systems, GTP did not increase [Ca2+]. Guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) inhibited Ca2+ release induced by both TRH and GTP gamma S. Heparin abolished IP3-induced Ca2+ release but did not prevent Ca2+ release induced by TRH or GTP gamma S, suggesting a mechanism for their actions that did not depend solely on IP3 production. Neomycin inhibited GTP gamma S-induced Ca2+ release, but it did not prevent TRH- or IP3-induced Ca2+ release. In the absence of ATP, GTP gamma S did not elevate [Ca2+], although TRH and IP3 did, suggesting that ATP-dependent sequestration of Ca2+ was necessary for the action of GTP gamma S in this system, but not for TRH and IP3. Repeated additions of IP3 resulted in an attenuation of the response to IP3- GTP gamma S, which itself increased [Ca2+] after IP3 attenuation, restored the attenuated Ca2+ response to IP3. We conclude that, in permeabilized GH4C1 cells, GTP gamma S as well as TRH cause intracellular Ca2+ release; however, their mechanisms of action are, at least in part, distinct. Furthermore, the IP3-depletable Ca2+ pool can be refilled from a GTP gamma S-sensitive compartment via Ca2+ transport through the cytosol.
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PMID:Control of intracellular calcium redistribution by guanine nucleotides and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in permeabilized GH4C1 cells. 190 95

Previous studies have shown that ATP enhances intracellular calcium concentration and activates potassium channels in Madin Darby canine kidney (MDCK)-cells, thus leading to hyperpolarization of the cell membrane. The present study has been performed to elucidate the intracellular mechanisms involved. To this end, the effects of ATP on the potential difference across the cell membrane (PD), on formation of inositol phosphates, and on intracellular calcium concentration (Cai) have been analyzed in cells without or with pretreatment with pertussis toxin or 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate diester (TPA). In untreated cells, ATP leads to a sustained hyperpolarization and an increase of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (IP4), and Cai. In the absence of extracellular calcium, the effect of ATP on PD and Cai is only transient. In cells pretreated with pertussis toxin, the effect of ATP on inositol trisphosphate is almost abolished, but ATP still leads to an increase of PD and Cai, which is sustained in the presence, and transient in the absence, of extracellular calcium. In cells pretreated with TPA, the effect of ATP on inositol trisphosphate is reduced and the effect on Cai blunted; but ATP still leads to a hyperpolarization of the cell membrane, which is sustained in the presence, and transient in the absence, of extracellular calcium. The observations indicate that ATP activates phospholipase C by a phorbol ester and pertussis toxin sensitive mechanism. In addition, ATP enhances Cai by pertussis toxin insensitive mechanisms allowing recruitment of calcium from both, extracellular fluid and intracellular stores. Calcium then activates the potassium channels and thus leads to the hyperpolarization of the cell membrane.
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PMID:Cellular mechanisms of ATP-induced hyperpolarization in renal epitheloid MDCK-cells. 190 96

Many hormones have been shown to activate phospholipase C, which results in the hydrolysis of membrane polyphosphoinositides, such as phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2). Two second messengers are known to be produced by PIP2 hydrolysis, 1,2-diacylglycerol, an endogenous activator of a family of enzymes called protein kinase C (PKCs), and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, which raises free levels of intracellular Ca2+. Treatment of various cells with 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a specific exogenous activator of PKCs, causes an enhancement or sensitization of adenylyl cyclase activities. This finding prompted us to examine the effects of direct hormonal activation of PIP2 hydrolysis on the sensitization of adenylyl cyclase. Liao et al. [J. Biol. Chem. 265:11273-11284 (1990)] have shown that P2 purinergic receptor agonists such as ATP and muscarinic receptor agonists such as carbachol stimulate PIP2 hydrolysis in L cells expressing the M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. We investigated the effects of these hormones on adenylyl cyclase and contrasted these effects with the sensitizing effects of PMA. We found that ATP pretreatment of two different types of L cells resulted in a rapid 50-150% sensitization of prostaglandin E1-, epinephrine-, and forskolin-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity, with an EC50 of 3 microM ATP. This effect was qualitatively similar to that caused by 10 nM PMA. The enhancement of adenylyl cyclase activity was associated with an increase in the Vmax for hormonal stimulation and with a lack of significant effects of ATP on the EC50. The effect was completely eliminated when adenylyl cyclase was assayed in the presence of high free Mg2+ levels (10 mM). Down-regulation of PKCs with long term PMA treatment did not affect the ATP-induced sensitization of adenylyl cyclase, although the PMA-induced sensitization of adenylyl cyclase was eliminated. In contrast to the effects of ATP and PMA, treatment of the cells with carbachol alone had no effect on adenylyl cyclase; however, in combination with nanomolar concentrations of PMA, synergism of the sensitization of adenylyl cyclase was observed. These data indicate that the activation of P2 purinergic receptors by ATP, and possibly activation of M5 muscarinic receptors by carbachol, may be important in the signal transduction pathways leading to the increases in the responsiveness of hormone-stimulated adenylyl cyclase.
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PMID:Sensitization of adenylyl cyclase by P2 purinergic and M5 muscarinic receptor agonists in L cells. 192 86

Extracellular ATP and UTP produced a rapid accumulation of inositol phosphates in human airway epithelial cells (CF/T43). The order of agonist potencies for a series of nucleotide analogues differed markedly from that of the classically described P2x- or P2y-purinergic receptors. UTP was the most potent agonist and was fully efficacious; ATP and adenosine-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) were also full agonists. In contrast, 2-methylthio-ATP, adenosine-5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) and alpha,beta-methylene-ATP were without effect. ADP and UDP had little or no effect at concentrations as high as 100 microM, and deoxyribose and dideoxyribose compounds were inactive. The effects of ATP and UTP were not additive, whereas bradykinin- or histamine-stimulated inositol phosphate production was additive with the effects of ATP or UTP. Preincubation of cells with either UTP or ATP resulted in a parallel loss of responsiveness to both agonists. Desensitization was specific for the response to nucleotides, because no ATP- or UTP-induced effect on the response to histamine or bradykinin was observed. Pertussis toxin treatment of CF/T43 cells produced a 30-40% decrease in the response to ATP or UTP, which correlated with the ADP-ribosylation of 41- and 43-kDa proteins. Bradykinin and histamine responses were not modified by pertussis toxin. Guanine nucleotides had little effect on the inositol phosphate response in intact CF/T43 cells at concentrations below 100 microM. However, in streptolysin-O-permeabilized cells GTP-gamma S produced a concentration-dependence activation of inositol phosphate formation. UTP or ATP had little effect in permeabilized cells in the absence of guanine nucleotides but markedly increased inositol phosphate formation in the presence of guanine nucleotides. Taken together, these results suggest that UTP and ATP activate a 5'-nucleotide receptor on CF/T43 cells that is distinct from the classically defined P2x- and P2y-purinergic receptors. Activation of phospholipase C by this receptor involves, at least in part, a guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein.
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PMID:Evidence that UTP and ATP regulate phospholipase C through a common extracellular 5'-nucleotide receptor in human airway epithelial cells. 194 36

Proton magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) have been used to study the response of the rat liver in situ to bromobenzene, a classic hepatotoxicant. A localized region of high proton signal intensity was seen in the perihilar region of the liver 24 hr after injection of a sublethal dose of bromobenzene. The signal intensity of the entire liver was increased at 48 hr with a gradual return approaching control values by 120 hr. These results are consistent with acute hepatic edema followed by repair of the damaged tissue. In vivo 31P MRS studies of the same rat livers were performed under conditions whereby localized, quantitative spectra could be obtained without surgical intervention. Initial concentrations of the major endogenous phosphorus-containing metabolites within the livers of control rats were 2.97 +/- 0.43 mM for the phosphomonoesters (PME), 2.92 +/- 0.56 mM for inorganic phosphate, 11.3 +/- 1.0 mM for phosphodiesters (PDE), 4.09 +/- 0.54 mM for ATP, and 0.56 +/- 0.50 mM for ADP and the intracellular pH was 7.39 +/- 0.14 (mean +/- SD, n = 10). Bromobenzene was found to cause statistically significant (p less than 0.05) changes in several of these metabolites: a decrease in hepatic ATP levels (20% at 24 hr; 27% at 48 hr), a decrease in PDE levels (15% at 24 hr; 18% at 48 hr), and an increase in the PME (63% at 24 hr; 84% at 48 hr). Both the proton MRI and the 31P MRS changes have an onset of 15-20 hr and maximum effect at 25-60 hr, but the MRS changes returned to normal well before the MRI changes. The decreased ATP levels indicate deleterious effects of bromobenzene on the bioenergetic status of the liver in situ, while the increase in PME, due to a selective increase in phosphocholine, suggests the activation of a phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C in response to tissue damage. Trolox C, a potent inhibitor of lipid peroxidation, prevented the bromobenzene-induced hepatic edema (i.e., the increase in proton MRI signal intensity) and the bioenergetic deterioration (i.e., the decrease in ATP levels). However, the bromobenzene-induced increase in PME levels was not prevented by Trolox C. These results indicate that the process of lipid peroxidation plays a significant role in the hepatotoxicity of bromobenzene within the intact animal.
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PMID:The response of the rat liver in situ to bromobenzene--in vivo proton magnetic resonance imaging and 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies. 194 10


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