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Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) bound with high affinity (Kd 0.13 nmol/l) to receptors on the human glioma cell line U-343 MG Cl 2:6. The receptors bound the related peptides helodermin, PHM and secretin with 10, 400 and 5000 times lower affinity, respectively. Deamidated VIP (VIP-COOH) and [des-His1]VIP bound with 10 and 100 times lower affinity. The fragment VIP(7-28) displaced 25% of the receptor-bound 125I-VIP whereas VIP(16-28) and VIP(1-22-NH2) were inactive. The binding of 125I-VIP could be completely inhibited by 10 mumol/l of the antagonists [N-Ac-Tyr1,D-Phe2]GRF(1-29)-NH2, [pCl-D-Phe6,Leu17]VIP and VIP(10-28); in contrast, the antagonist L-8-K was inactive. Affinity labeling showed that VIP bound to proteins with Mr's of 75 kDa, 66 kDa and 50 kDa, respectively. Following binding, the peptide was rapidly internalized, and at steady-state only 20% of cell-associated 125I-VIP was bound to receptors on the cell surface. The internalized 125I-VIP was completely degraded to 125I-tyrosine which was released from the cells. Degradation of internalized 125I-VIP was significantly reduced by chloroquine phenanthroline and pepstatin-A. Surface binding and internalization of 125I-VIP was increased 3 times by phenanthroline, and pepstatin-A caused a 5 times increase in surface binding. Chloroquine reduced surface-bound 125I-VIP, but caused retention of internalized 125I-VIP.
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PMID:High affinity receptors for vasoactive intestinal peptide on a human glioma cell line. 196 33

Secretin receptors in membranes from the neuroblastoma-glioma hybrid cell line NG108-15 were investigated by 125I-secretin binding and adenylate cyclase activation. On both parameters the corresponding relative potencies of parent peptides were, respectively: secretin greater than helodermin greater than peptide histidine isoleucinamide = vasoactive intestinal peptide. With secretin analogs and secretin fragments, the order of potency for binding was: secretin = [Val5]secretin greater than [Ala2]secretin = [Ala11]secretin greater than [Ala4, Val5] secretin greater than [Ala4]secretin greater than [D-Phe4] secretin greater than [D-Phe2]secretin = secretin (2-27) greater than secretin (3-27) greater than secretin (7-27). Also, on adenylate cyclase, [D-Phe4]secretin, [D-Phe2]secretin, secretin (2-27) and secretin (3-27) were partial agonists while secretin (7-27) was ineffective. The differentiating agent N6,2'-O-dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (1 mM) increased the density of secretin receptors and secretin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity after a lag period of 4 h. After incubation for 24 h, receptor number and enzyme activity were increased 4- and 3-fold, respectively. These effects were inhibited totally by 1 microgram/ml cycloheximide and halved by 5 micrograms/ml actinomycin D. They were mimicked by 1 mM sodium butyrate but were not reproduced by either 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-monophosphate or the phosphodiesterase inhibitor rac-4-(3-Butoxy-4-methoxybenzyl)-2-imidazolidinone.
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PMID:Secretin receptors in the neuroglioma hybrid cell line NG108-15. Characterization and regulation of their expression. 217 30

Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and secretin are two related peptides that activate adenylate cyclase on membranes of striatal neurons and glial cells from embryonic mouse brain grown in primary culture. On the two cell types, the maximal activation that could be induced by secretin was only 40% above basal activity, which represented less than 15% of the maximal effect obtainable with VIP. From competition experiments performed on glial cells and the neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid, NG 108-15, a cell line known to possess both VIP and secretin sensitive-adenylate cyclase, we demonstrate that secretin does not activate VIP receptors. Furthermore, secretin has an apparent high affinity (EC50 10(-8) M) for its receptors on striatal neurons and NG 108-15 whereas an apparent low affinity (EC50 7 X 10(-6) M) was found on striatal glial cells. This suggests the existence of either two distinct secretin receptors or a desensitized form.
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PMID:Do secretin and vasoactive intestinal peptide have independent receptors on striatal neurons and glial cells in primary cultures? 301 77

Two cell culture systems were used for studies of neural functions in vitro. A neuronal hybrid cell line (neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells) and primary glial-rich cultures of newborn murine brain. The level of cyclic AMP in both systems is regulated by two groups of hormones, those that stimulate and those that inhibit formation of cyclic AMP. Among the inhibitory hormones active on the hybrid cells are opioids. Therefore the cells are being used in the elucidation of action of opioids. The list of stimulating and inhibitory hormones regulating the primary glial-rich cultures includes several peptide hormones such as the gastrointestinal peptides secretin and vasoactive intestinal peptide, the calcaemic hormones parathyrin and calcitonin, adrenocorticotropin and melanotropins, and somatostatin. Noradrenaline (via alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors) and adenosine (via A1 and A2 receptors) inhibit and stimulate cyclic AMP synthesis in the primary glial-rich cultures. Bradykinin slowly hyperpolarizes the hybrid cells and elicits formation of cyclic GMP. Both responses desensitize rapidly. Substance P increases the permeability of hybrid cells for Na+, as measured by using 14C-guanidinium as substitute for Na+. Hybrid cells actively accumulate taurine, an amino acid that appears to fulfill important functions in the nervous system. The transport of taurine across the plasma membrane is highly specific for and strictly dependent on Na+. The pumped station hypothesis of taurine action in the nervous system views taurine gradient plus taurine carrier as a transport system for the elimination of sodium from neurons during phases of high neuronal activity.
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PMID:Cell culture as models for studying neural functions. 608 74

Specific, GTP hydrolysis catalyzed by membranes prepared from neuroblastoma--glioma (NG108-15) hybrid cells can be measured in the presence of adenosine-5'-[beta, gamma-imido] triphosphate (p[NH]ppA), ATP, and a nucleotide triphosphate-regenerating system. Opiates and opioid peptides stimulate low Km GTP hydrolysis when measured in the presence of Na+ and Mg2+. Opiate stimulation is rapid, stereospecific, and reserved by the antagonist naloxone. Potencies of opiates as stimulators of GTP hydrolysis and as inhibitors of adenylate cyclase are closely correlated. Agents that stimulate adenylate cyclase, including prostaglandin E1, 2-Cl-adenosine, secretin, and NaF, have little or no effect upon the rate of GTP hydrolysis. Opiates have no effect upon either adenylate cyclase or GTPase activity in membranes prepared from C6-BU1 glioma cells, which lack opiate receptors. In view of the pivotal role of GTP in the activation of adenylate cyclase, we conclude that receptor-mediated stimulation of GTP hydrolysis is the mechanism by which opiates and other inhibitory hormones lower adenylate cyclase activity in NG108-15 cell membranes.
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PMID:Opiates inhibit adenylate cyclase by stimulating GTP hydrolysis. 611 72

G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) are thought to be important in mediating the agonist-induced phosphorylation and consequent desensitization of G protein-coupled receptor responses. NG108-15 mouse neuroblastoma X rat glioma cells express a wide range of G protein-coupled receptors and significant levels of GRK2. Therefore, to determine the role of GRK2 in agonist-induced desensitization of various G(s)-coupled receptors in NG108-15 cells, we stably transfected cells with a dominant negative mutant GRK2 construct (Lys220Arg). In homogenates prepared from cells overexpressing the dominant negative mutant GRK2, the acute stimulation of adenylyl cyclase by various receptor and nonreceptor agonists was the same as in control cells stably transfected with plasmid only. NG108-15 cells express both A2a and A2b adenosine receptors, which mediate activation of adenylyl cyclase, with both of these responses being subject to agonist-induced desensitization with a t1/2 of 15-20 min. In dominant negative mutant GRK2 cells, the rates of desensitization of A2a and A2b receptor-stimulated adenylyl cyclase were markedly slower than in plasmid transfected controls, with the latter being similar to wild-type cells. After a 20-min treatment with an adenosine agonist, the desensitization of A2a and A2b receptor-stimulated adenylyl cyclase in dominant negative mutant GRK2 cells was less than half that seen in plasmid transfected control cells. On the other hand, the agonist-induced desensitization of secretin and IP-prostanoid receptor-stimulated adenylyl cyclase was the same in dominant negative mutant GRK2 cells as in plasmid transfected control cells. These results indicate that in intact cells, GRK2 may mediate the desensitization of adenosine A2 receptors. Furthermore, there seems to be selectivity of GRK2 action between G(s)-coupled receptors because the agonist-induced desensitization of secretin and IP-prostanoid receptor-stimulated adenylyl cyclase was not affected by dominant negative mutant GRK2 overexpression.
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PMID:A dominant negative mutant of the G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 selectively attenuates adenosine A2 receptor desensitization. 918 65

1. G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) are thought to be important in mediating the agonist-induced phosphorylation and consequent desensitization of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) responses. We have previously shown that stable expression of a dominant negative mutant G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) construct in NG108-15 mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma cells suppresses the agonist-induced desensitization of A2A and A2B adenosine receptor-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity (Mundell et al., 1997). To further determine the role of GRK2 in agonist-induced desensitization of these adenosine receptors, we stably overexpressed wild type GRK2 in NG108-15 cells. 2. In homogenates prepared from cells overexpressing GRK2, the acute stimulation of adenylyl cyclase by activation of A2A and A2B adenosine receptors was markedly reduced, but could be reversed by pretreating the cells with AD (adenosine deaminase), to remove extracellular adenosine from the medium. On the other hand, acute stimulation of adenylyl cyclase by secretin, iloprost, NaF and forskolin was the same in GRK2 overexpressing cells and plasmid-transfected control cells. 3. Cells overexpressing GRK2 were more sensitive to adenosine receptor agonist-induced desensitization than plasmid-transfected control cells. This effect was selective since the agonist sensitivity of desensitization for secretin and IP-prostanoid receptor-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity was not affected by GRK2 overexpression. 4. These results further implicate GRK2 as the likely mechanism by which A2 adenosine receptors undergo short-term desensitization in NG108-15 cells, and indicate that even when overexpressed, GRK2 retains its substrate specificity for native receptors in intact cells. Furthermore, the susceptibility of GPCRs to desensitization appears to depend on the level of GRK expression, such that in cells that express high levels of GRK2, low agonist concentrations may be sufficient to trigger GRK-mediated desensitization.
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PMID:Enhanced expression of G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 selectively increases the sensitivity of A2A adenosine receptors to agonist-induced desensitization. 978 8

1. The present study investigated the role of second messenger-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) and C (PKC) in the regulation of endogenous secretin receptor responsiveness in NG108-15 mouse neuroblastomaxrat glioma hybrid cells. 2. In whole cell cyclic AMP accumulation studies, activation of PKC either by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) or by purinoceptor stimulation using uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP) decreased secretin receptor responsiveness. PKC activation also inhibited forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation but did not affect cyclic AMP responses mediated by the prostanoid-IP receptor agonist iloprost, or the A(2) adenosine receptor agonist 5'-(N-ethylcarboxamido) adenosine (NECA). 3. In additivity experiments, saturating concentrations of secretin and iloprost were found to be additive in terms of cyclic AMP accumulation, whereas saturating concentrations of NECA and iloprost together were not. This suggests compartmentalization of G(s)-coupling components in NG108-15 cells and possible heterologous regulation of secretin receptor responsiveness at the level of adenylyl cyclase activation. 4. Cells exposed to the PKA inhibitor H-89, exhibited a time-dependent increase in secretin receptor responsiveness compared to control cells. This effect was selective since cyclic AMP responses to forskolin, iloprost and NECA were not affected by H-89 treatment. Furthermore, treatment with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide produced a time-dependent increase in secretin receptor responsiveness. 5. Together these results indicate that endogenous secretin receptor responsiveness is regulated by PKC, PKA and protein neosynthesis in NG108-15 cells.
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PMID:Second messenger-dependent protein kinases and protein synthesis regulate endogenous secretin receptor responsiveness. 1195 6

1. To determine the role of G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) in the regulation of endogenous secretin receptor responsiveness, we have transiently overexpressed both wild-type (WT) and dominant negative mutant (DNM) GRKs in NG108-15 mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells and investigated the effects of this on agonist-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity. 2. Overexpression of WT GRK6 selectively inhibited secretin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation (fold stimulation of cyclic AMP above basal following 15 min incubation with 100 nM secretin was 12.1+/-2.0 and 6.2+/- 0.8 in control and WT GRK overexpressing cells, respectively) without affecting cyclic AMP responses mediated by the adenosine A(2) receptor agonist 5'-(N-ethylcarboxamido) adenosine (NECA) or the prostanoid-IP receptor agonist iloprost, or the direct activator of adenylyl cyclase, forskolin. On the other hand DNM GRK6 (Lys(215)Arg) overexpression produced the opposite effect--a selective increase in the secretin-stimulated cyclic AMP response was observed in cells overexpressing DNM GRK6 compared to plasmid-transfected cells (fold stimulation of cyclic AMP above basal following 15 min incubation with 100 nM secretin was 12.6+/-2.7 and 29.6+/-5.6 for control and DNM GRK6-overexpressing cells, respectively). 3. Overexpression of WT GRK5 likewise inhibited the secretin-stimulated cyclic AMP response, however, this effect was not as selective as with GRK6, since adenosine A(2) receptor responsiveness was also suppressed by GRK5 overexpression. Unlike DNM GRK6, overexpression of DNM GRK5 failed to modulate secretin or A(2) adenosine receptor signalling suggesting that endogenous GRK5 is unlikely to regulate desensitization of these receptors in NG108-15 cells. 4. Overexpression of WT GRK2 did not affect secretin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation. Instead, GRK2 overexpression selectively inhibited A(2) adenosine receptor responsiveness, confirming our previous findings. 5. Together these results suggest a selective role of endogenous GRK6 in regulating secretin receptor responsiveness in NG108-15 cells. In addition, these data indicate that GRKs exert a surprising degree of selectivity in the regulation of natively expressed GPCR responses.
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PMID:G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 (GRK6) selectively regulates endogenous secretin receptor responsiveness in NG108-15 cells. 1259 20

GPR56 (also known as TM7XN1) is a newly discovered orphan G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) of the secretin family that has a role in the development of neural progenitor cells and has been linked to developmental malformations of the human brain. GPR56 diverges from other secretin-like family members in that it has an extremely large N-terminal extracellular region (381 amino acids) and contains a novel feature among this new subclass, consisting of four cysteine residues that define a GPCR proteolytic site (GPS motif) located just before the first transmembrane spanning domain. The rest of the amino-terminal domain contains a large number of possible N- and O-linked glycosylation sites similar to mucin-like proteins. These features suggest a role in cell-cell, or cell-matrix interactions. Here, we demonstrate upregulation of GPR56 in glioblastoma multiforme tumors using functional genomics. Immunohistochemistry studies confirmed the expression of GPR56 protein in a majority of glioblastoma/astrocytoma tumor samples with undetectable levels of expression in normal adult brain tissue. Immunofluorescence analysis of human glioma cells using anti-GPR56 antibodies demonstrate that GPR56 is expressed on the leading edge of membrane filopodia and colocalizes with alpha-actinin. Purified recombinant GPR56 extracellular domain protein inhibits glioma cell adhesion and causes abnormal cytoskeletal morphology and cell rounding. These results indicate that the extracellular domain may compete for unidentified ligand(s), and block the normal function of GPR56 in cell attachment. In reporter assays, overexpression of GPR56 activates the NF-kappaB, PAI-1 and TCF transcriptional response elements. These pathways have been implicated in cytoskeletal signaling, adhesion and tumor biology. The above results indicate that GPR56 serves as an adhesion GPCR and is involved in adhesion signaling.
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PMID:GPR56 is a GPCR that is overexpressed in gliomas and functions in tumor cell adhesion. 1567 29


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