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Query: EC:4.6.1.1 (adenylate cyclase)
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In experiments with human platelets it has been shown, that stimulation of adenylate cyclase by carbacycline (CC)--a stable analog of prostacyclin, does not affect the initial pHi decrease caused by thrombin and PAF, but it abolishes the second phase of pHi changes, a pHi increase resulted from Na+/H+ exchange activation. CC also abolishes pHi increase induced by ionophore A23187 and the activator of protein kinase C, phorbol ester (TPA). The results obtained suggest that cAMP exerts inhibitory action on the agonist induced activation of Na+/H+ exchange but does not affect its pHi-sensitivity in the resting cell.
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PMID:[Effect of adenylate cyclase system activation on Na+/H+-exchange in human platelets]. 284 21

Functional gastrin-containing tumor cells (GT cells) have been maintained in short-term culture on microporous membranes, and their response to selected agents has been determined. After dispersion of gastrinoma by collagenase-DNAase digestion coupled with mechanical disruption, dispersed cells were depleted in stromal material by selective attachment to a plastic substrate, then cultured for 72 hours on porous cellulose membranes. Cultures contained 68 +/- 5% GT cells with a viability of 92 +/- 2%. Secretin stimulated the rate of gastrin release from cultured GT cells in both a time- and a dose-dependent fashion. To examine the possible involvement of adenylate cyclase- and protein kinase C-mediated mechanisms in regulating gastrin release from the neoplastic GT cells, we evaluated the effects of 8-bromoadenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-BrcAMP; 10(-4) - 10(-2) mol/L), the diterpene forskolin (10(-5) mol/L), 12-0-tetradencanoylphorobol 13-acetate (TPA; 10(-8) - 10(-6) mol/L), and 4 alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (4 alpha PDD; 10(-8) - 10(-6) mol/L) on gastrin release. Among all compounds tested, 8-BrcAMP (10(-2) mol/L) was the most potent, stimulating the rate of gastrin release 263% above basal. Both 8-BrcAMP and TPA stimulated gastrin release in a dose-dependent fashion. The biologically inactive phorbol ester, 4 alpha PDD, was without effect at all concentrations. Somatostatin (10(-8) - 10(-6) mol/L) inhibited 8-BrcAMP-stimulated gastrin release in a dose-dependent fashion to a maximum of 75%.
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PMID:Control of gastrin release in cultured gastrinoma-derived G cells. 289 16

The release of prolactin (PRL) from a clonal cell-line of anterior pituitary cells (GH4C1) was inhibited by somatostatin (SRIH) in a dose-dependent manner (ED50 nM). The inhibition (20% of control levels) was detectable within 50 s and maximal within 90 s. Thyroliberin (TRH) enhancement of PRL secretion was biphasic. SRIH inhibited both phases equally. Ionomycin in combination with the phorbol ester, TPA, mimics the TRH-elicited PRL release, and SRIH partly inhibited this effect. SRIH had no effect on TRH-stimulated formation of inositol trisphosphate, and only small effects on TRH-activated adenylate cyclase. Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and forskolin stimulated cAMP formation and PRL release potently. SRIH inhibited both effects of VIP and forskolin, and there was a close correlation between the inhibition of PRL secretion and cAMP accumulation. 8-Bromo-cAMP enhanced PRL release, an effect that was also partly reduced by SRIH. The Ca2+ channel activator, BAY-K-8644 and high extracellular K+ increased PRL release, and SRIH caused a partial reduction in the release response to both secretagogues. SRIH lowered [Ca2+]i, and markedly reduced the rise in [Ca2+]i elicited by TRH, VIP and K+. SRIH did not influence the Ca2+ spikes recorded in Na+-free solution, and had no effect on the TRH-induced membrane potential changes. Our results demonstrate that SRIH may inhibit PRL release from GH4C1 cells by (1) inhibiting hormone-sensitive adenylate cyclase, (2) blocking the effect of cAMP and (3) lowering [Ca2+]i. None of these effects is, however, sufficient to explain all the effects of SRIH, suggesting that SRIH also exerts a major action at a step subsequent to cAMP accumulation and [Ca2+]i elevation. Since the GH4C1 cells possess one single class of binding sites, this implies that the same SRIH receptor is coupled to several cellular signalling systems.
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PMID:Somatostatin inhibits prolactin secretion by multiple mechanisms involving a site of action distal to increased cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate and elevated cytosolic Ca2+ in rat lactotrophs. 290 8

Primary cultures of myoblasts, derived from embryonic chick pectoral muscle, were treated with phorbol ester (TPA) for 8-96 h. TPA treatment blocked the fusion of myoblasts along with the expression of the MM form of creatine kinase. Interestingly, TPA treatment markedly increased the activity of beta-adrenergic receptor coupled adenylate cyclase (AC) activity. The study suggests that TPA treatment augments the functional interaction between a coupling Ns protein and catalytic unit of AC. The likely significance of these results is briefly presented.
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PMID:Phorbol ester inhibits myoblast fusion and activates beta-adrenergic receptor coupled adenylate cyclase. 298 9

Dopaminergic inhibition of PRL release stimulated by agents that affect cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations, C-kinase activity, and cAMP levels was studied in perifused rat anterior pituitary cells cultured on cytodex beads. We used A23187 (20 microM) to increase intracellular Ca2+, the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA; 50 nM) to stimulate C-kinase, forskolin (10 microM) to increase intracellular cAMP, and 8-bromo-cAMP to mimic cAMP. Dopamine (10 microM) inhibited PRL release to 20-60% of the basal release within 10 min. After 30 min of preincubation with dopamine, the absolute amount of release stimulated by 100 nM TRH was strongly inhibited, although the pattern of release, a quick burst followed by sustained release at a lower rate, was the same in the presence or absence of dopamine. A23187 (20 microM) caused a rapid burst of PRL release that subsided within 10 min, and TPA (50 nM) caused a sustained release that began within 4 min and continued for at least 30 min. TPA and A23187 combined caused a rapid burst of release followed by a sustained phase of release similar to that caused by TRH. Preincubation with dopamine inhibited the absolute amount of PRL release caused by A23187 alone, TPA alone, or the two combined, although, as with TRH, the pattern of release remained the same. Forskolin (1 or 10 microM) or 8-bromo-cAMP (3 mM) induced a 1.5- to 2-fold increase in PRL release, and this was completely prevented by dopamine. Preincubation with both dopamine and 8-bromo-cAMP or forskolin restored the amount of release stimulated by TPA alone or TPA and A23187 in the presence of dopamine to the level of release stimulated by these agents in the absence of dopamine. Therefore, activating either the cAMP messenger system or the Ca2+ system alone will not abolish dopaminergic inhibition, but activating the two together will. These results suggest that dopamine blocks release by inhibiting both adenylate cyclase and a step in the Ca2+ messenger system.
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PMID:Stimulation of the adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate and the Ca2+ messenger systems together reverse dopaminergic inhibition of prolactin release. 299 Aug 50

The phorbol ester TPA (12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate) causes a dose-dependent inhibition of the glucagon-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity expressed in plasma membranes isolated from TPA-treated hepatocytes. However, no observable inhibitory effect of TPA on adenylate cyclase activity was observed in cells which had been exposed to glucagon for 5 min, prior to isolation, to desensitise adenylate cyclase. The degree of inhibition of adenylate cyclase elicited by both glucagon desensitisation and TPA treatment of hepatocytes was identical. Pre-treatment of hepatocytes with TPA was also found to prevent glucagon from blocking insulin's activation of the peripheral plasma membrane cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase in intact hepatocytes. TPA treatment also inhibited the ability of cholera toxin to activate the peripheral cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase in intact hepatocytes. It is suggested that in these particular instances TPA and glucagon elicit mutually exclusive processes rather than TPA mimicking glucagon desensitisation per se.
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PMID:The phorbol ester TPA prevents the expression of both glucagon desensitisation and the glucagon-mediated block of insulin stimulation of the peripheral plasma membrane cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase in rat hepatocytes. 299 Oct 13

The phosphodiesterase inhibitors caffeine, theophylline, aminophylline and isobutyl-methylxanthine (IBMX) were found to inhibit induction of morphologically transformed hamster embryo cell colonies by sequential exposure to benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and the tumor promoter TPA. Almost complete inhibition of cell transformation was observed when 50 micrograms/ml theophylline, aminophylline, IBMX, or 200 micrograms/ml caffeine was present together with the tumor promoter. The compounds had no effect on the transformation frequency when present together with the initiator, BaP, in the first exposure period. Substances that stimulate the adenylate cyclase and the addition of exogenous dibutyryl-cAMP had similar inhibitory effects.
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PMID:Caffeine and other phosphodiesterase inhibitors are potent inhibitors of the promotional effect of TPA on morphological transformation of hamster embryo cells. 299 64

We have studied the effects of TPA on the metabolism of porcine thyroid cells cultured for 1-4 days in the absence (control cells) and in the presence of 0.1 mU/ml TSH (TSH cells). The phospholipid turnover, evaluated after a 2 hr incorporation of 32P-phosphate into phospholipids, is markedly modified by the presence of TPA (1.5 microM, 2 hr) in the incubation medium of control and TSH treated cells. The total incorporation is 3-4 times higher than untreated cells, the labelling of phosphatidylinositol (PI) is slightly decreased or unchanged whereas that of phosphatidylcholine (PC) is strongly increased. The increased labelling of PI, promoted by an acute TSH treatment is counteracted by TPA. This TPA effect is not observed when prelabelled cells are challenged for 5 min with the drug. A similar effect is observed when 10 nM TPA is added in the culture medium for 20 hr. The addition of TPA does not affect significantly the protein iodine content in 3 or 4 days control cells incubated for 45 min or 2 hr with 125I-iodine, but dramatically decreases the very high iodination rate of TSH cells. We have tested the TPA effect on the cyclic AMP accumulation for the last 5 min of a 2 hr incubation. TPA inhibits by about 50-80% the stimulation evoked by TSH and only by 10% that evoked by forskolin (0.1 mM). These results suggest a possible link between the PC turnover and the adenylate cyclase responsiveness to TSH and the iodination rate.
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PMID:Tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate counteracts the responsiveness of cultured thyroid cells to thyrotropin. 299 90

Gonadotropin-stimulated steroidogenesis in the differentiating ovarian granulosa cell is mediated through the activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, and is also modulated by calcium-dependent mechanisms. Granulosa cells contain calcium-activated, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (C kinase), and show an increase in phosphatidylinositol turnover in response to GnRH agonist analogs. To evaluate the role of C kinase in ovarian steroidogenesis, the potent phorbol ester, TPA, and the permeant diacylglycerol, OAG, were used to activate C kinase in granulosa cells from PMSG-treated immature rats. Both TPA and OAG caused dose-dependent stimulation of progesterone production without affecting intra- or extracellular cAMP levels. However, the maximum steroid responses to these compounds were less than those stimulated by cAMP. The ED50 for TPA-stimulated progesterone production was 3 nM, which is close to the known Km for activation of C kinase. Stimulation of steroidogenesis was only observed with biologically-active phorbol esters and permeant diacylglycerols such as OAG and DOG. Exposure of granulosa cells to phospholipase C also increased progesterone production in a dose-dependent manner without changing the cAMP content. Although TPA and OAG did not increase basal cAMP production, both agents enhanced the cAMP responses stimulated by hCG and forskolin; likewise, phospholipase C alone did not change cAMP production but caused a dose-dependent increase in the cAMP responses to hCG and forskolin. These results demonstrate that activation of C kinase promotes steroidogenesis in ovarian granulosa cells, and potentiates the activation of adenylate cyclase by hCG and forskolin. Such findings support the possibility that the calcium, phospholipid-dependent enzyme could be involved in the regulation of progesterone production by hormonal ligands such as gonadotropins and GnRH.
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PMID:Activation of protein kinase C potentiates cyclic AMP production and stimulates steroidogenesis in differentiated ovarian granulosa cells. 300 71

In the present studies we used the calcium (Ca2+)-sensitive dye Quin-2 to determine whether the cytosolic (Cyt) Ca2+ mediates the effects of extracellular (EC) Ca2+ on cAMP accumulation through changes in adenylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase activity in bovine parathyroid cells (bPTC). In dispersed (d) bPTC, increasing the EC Ca2+ from 0.5 to 2 mM produces a rise in the Cyt Ca2+ from 179 to 646 nM which is associated with a 52% inhibition of agonist-stimulated cAMP accumulation. Over this range of free Ca2+ adenylate cyclase activity decreased by approx. half (57%) and phosphodiesterase activity increases 2-fold (101%) suggesting that changes in the Cyt Ca2+ can account for the effects of EC Ca2+ on cAMP through changes in these enzymes. Unlike dbPTC, 4-day-old cultured bPTC show only a 23% suppression of cAMP by high EC Ca2+ and a reduced rise in the Cyt Ca2+ from 0.5 to 3 mM EC Ca2+. Although there is no reduction in the Ca2+ sensitivity of adenylate cyclase, phosphodiesterase activity shows no change at varied free Ca2+. Thus, this diminished Ca2+ sensitivity of phosphodiesterase activity, and the decreased rise in Cyt Ca2+ relative to EC Ca2+ may both contribute to the resistance to the effects of EC Ca2+ on cAMP content in cultured cells. Because in addition to Cyt Ca2+, protein kinase C may also mediate the effects of EC Ca2+ on PTH release, we studied the effects of TPA (12-alpha-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate) on agonist-stimulated cAMP in dbPTC.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Role of cytosolic calcium in the control of cAMP content by calcium in bovine parathyroid cells. 301 57


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