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Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has a cytoprotective role in the gastric parietal cell. PGE2 opened a housekeeping basolateral Cl- channel of rabbit gastric parietal cells, the single channel conductance of which was about 0.3 picosiemens. In the present patch-clamp and Fura 2 fluorescence studies, we found that PGE2 increased the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and that PGE2-induced opening of the Cl- channel depended on the increase of [Ca2+]i. A novel bifunctional prostaglandin EP3 agonist/EP1 antagonist, 5(Z)-7-[1S, 2S, 3S, 5R)-3-(trans-beta-styren) sulfonamido-6,6-dimethylbicyclo- (3.1.1)hept-2-yl]-5-heptenoic acid, also increased both [Ca2+]i and channel opening. The PGE2-induced effect was mediated via production of nitric oxide (NO); that is, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine, an inhibitor of NO production, markedly inhibited the PGE2-induced channel opening, and nitroprusside, a NO donor, induced the channel opening in the absence of PGE2. Both PGE2 and A23187, Ca2+ ionophore, elevated the cGMP content of isolated parietal cells. The A23187-induced channel opening was abolished by methylene blue, a guanylate cyclase inhibitor. In conclusion, we found that the PGE2-induced opening of the housekeeping Cl- channel in the parietal cell involves the EP3 receptor-mediated increase in [Ca2+]i via a pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding protein, resulting in successive production of NO and cGMP.
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PMID:A gastric housekeeping Cl- channel activated via prostaglandin EP3 receptor-mediated Ca2+/nitric oxide/cGMP pathway. 764 28

While many observations indicate that prostaglandins may act as positive regulators of hepatocyte proliferation, the underlying mechanisms are not known. We have examined some of the signal pathways in the growth response induced by prostaglandins in hepatocytes, with particular focus on adenylyl cyclase and phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. Adult rat hepatocytes were cultured as primary monolayers in serum-free medium in the presence of EGF and insulin. PGE2 or PGF2 alpha (added 0-3 h after plating) enhanced the incorporation of [3H]-thymidine into DNA (measured at 50 h); at 100 microM the stimulation was about threefold PGI2 and PGD2 also showed significant but smaller stimulatory effects. No significant increase in the level of cyclic AMP (cAMP) was detected in response to any of the prostaglandins. Low concentrations of glucagon (0.1-10 nM), a potent activator of hepatic adenylyl cyclase, or 8-bromo-cAMP (0.1-10 microM) enhanced the DNA synthesis. When 8-bromo-cAMP was used in maximally effective concentrations, no further stimulation was obtained by combining it with glucagon, whereas the effects of PGE2 and 8-bromo-cAMP were completely additive. All the prostaglandins also showed additivity with the effect of glucagon on the DNA synthesis. PGE2, PGF2 alpha, PGI2, and PGD2 increased intracellular inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3), with a relative order of efficacy roughly corresponding to their activity as stimulators of DNA synthesis. Increases in cytosolic free Ca2+, as measured in single cells, were elicited in a majority of the hepatocytes by all these prostaglandins at 1 microM. Supramaximal concentrations of vasopressin, a strong activator of phospholipase C in hepatocytes, acted additively with PGE2 on the DNA synthesis. Pretreatment of the hepatocytes with a concentration of pertussis toxin that prevented the inhibitory effect of PGE2 on glucagon-induced cAMP accumulation did not abolish the ability of PGE2 to stimulate the DNA synthesis. The results do not support a role for adenylyl cyclase activation in the stimulatory effect of prostaglandins on hepatocyte growth. While the data are compatible with an involvement of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in the growth-promoting effect of prostaglandins in cultured rat hepatocytes, they suggest this may not be the sole mechanism.
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PMID:On the mechanisms of the growth-promoting effect of prostaglandins in hepatocytes: the relationship between stimulation of DNA synthesis and signaling mediated by adenylyl cyclase and phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. 765 56

Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is the major renal cyclooxygenase metabolite of arachidonic acid. Urinary excretion of PGE2 is increased by dietary salt restriction, as well in cirrhosis and congestive heart failure. To determine whether urinary PGE2 affects transport along the nephron, the actions of luminal PGE2 were studied in the isolated perfused rabbit cortical collecting duct (CCD). Luminal PGE2 transiently hyperpolarized transepithelial voltage (Vt) in a dose-dependent manner (half-maximal effect approximately 10(-8) M) in contrast to a sustained depolarization of Vt produced by basolateral PGE2. Luminal PGE2 (0.1 microM) also significantly stimulated osmotic water permeability in the CCD. In CCDs cultured on semipermeable supports, apical PGE2 stimulated adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) production, suggesting the effects of luminal PGE2 are mediated by adenylyl cyclase-stimulating EP2 or EP4 receptors. Sulprostone, a PGE2 analogue selective for EP1 and EP3 receptors, affected Vt only when applied from the basolateral but not the luminal surface. Luminal application of the EP2 receptor agonist butaprost was also without effect. These results suggest that luminal PGE2 affects Vt via a butaprost-insensitive EP4 receptor. The Vt effect of luminal PGE2 was not blocked by pertussis toxin, also arguing against an EP3-mediated Gi-coupled effect. Finally, 1 microM luminal PGE2 only slightly increased CCD intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), in contrast to the marked increase in [Ca2+]i produced by basolateral PGE2 (0.1 microM).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Luminal prostaglandin E receptors regulate salt and water transport in rabbit cortical collecting duct. 765

Interleukin 3-dependent BNu-2cl3 mast cells, mucosal type-like mast cells, exhibited a specific high-affinity binding site for [3H]prostaglandin (PG) E2. The binding was completely displaced by M&B 28767, an EP3-selective agonist, but not by EP1- or EP2-selective ligands, indicating that the PGE2 binding site is of the EP3 subtype PGE receptor. Whereas the EP3 subtype is presumed to be coupled to inhibition of adenylate cyclase in various tissues and cells, in BNu-2cl3 cells PGE2 had no ability to inhibit adenylate cyclase activity, while it induced concentration-dependent stimulation of phosphoinositide metabolism and caused an increase in the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration in a pertussis toxin-sensitive manner. PGE2 by itself did not evoke histamine release from the cells, but it markedly stimulated histamine release in concert with ionomycin, a Ca2+ ionophore. The PGE2-stimulated release was also completely blocked by pertussis toxin. Thus, the PGE receptor expressed on BNu-2cl3 mast cells is of the EP3 subtype and is linked to phosphoinositide metabolism via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein, and this activation leads to histamine release.
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PMID:Characterization of the prostaglandin E receptor expressed on a cultured mast cell line, BNu-2cl3. 769 May 67

We have documented new observations with respect to PGE2 action in the rabbit CCD. (1) PGE2 can inhibit both cAMP and vasopressin-induced water flow, depending on the sequence of PGE2 addition with respect to vasopressin or cAMP. (2) PGE2 inhibition of vasopressin or cAMP-stimulated water flow can be reversed with staurosporine. Thus, PGE2 inhibits vasopressin-stimulated water flow by activation of PKC and (3) PGE2 induces release of calcium from intracellular stores. These results strongly suggest the presence of a PGE2 receptor coupled to PIP2 hydrolysis. PGE2 mediated increases in cytosolic calcium are responsible for the inhibitory action of PGE2 on sodium transport. While stimulation of cAMP production by PGE2 may contribute to the inhibition of sodium transport, it is not required since in the presence of 8-CPTcAMP, PGE2 still decreases sodium transport. The effect of PGE2 on sodium transport is pertussis toxin insensitive and is unlikely to be mediated by an inhibitory G protein. Using PGE2 and one of its selective analogues, sulprostone, we have provided evidence for functionally distinct PGE2 receptors. Separate PGE2 receptor subtypes appear to be coupled to separate transport processes. These receptor subtypes may correspond to the EP1, EP2 and EP3 receptors described earlier in smooth muscle. Thus, an EP2 like receptor stimulates cAMP generation and water reabsorption while an EP1 like receptor increases [Ca++]i and inhibits sodium reabsorption. Finally, an EP3 receptor, equivalently activated by sulprostone and PGE2, may couple to Gi and mediate pertussis toxin sensitive inhibition of vasopressin-stimulated water flow.
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PMID:Cellular signalling of PGE2 and its selective receptor analogue sulprostone in rabbit cortical collecting duct. 782 28

We recently cloned the mouse prostaglandin (PG) E receptor EP3 subtype that is coupled to adenylate cyclase inhibition through Gi and identified three isoforms which are produced through alternative splicing. In Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing each EP3 isoform, PGE2 induced an immediate increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) due to both Ca2+ mobilization from internal stores and influx from the extracellular medium. This increase was abolished by prior treatment with pertussis toxin (PT). PGE2 also stimulated an accumulation of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) in a PT-sensitive manner. Both the PGE2-induced increase in [Ca2+]i and accumulation of IP3 were blocked by the phospholipase C inhibitor U-73122. Thus, EP3 is linked to phospholipase C activation via Gi, and this activation leads to Ca2+ mobilization from internal stores and influx from the extracellular medium.
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PMID:Mouse prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype mediates calcium signals via Gi in cDNA-transfected Chinese hamster ovary cells. 794 76

The EP3 subtype of prostaglandin E2 receptor transduces diverse physiological responses in mammalian tissues through signaling pathways coupled to heterotrimeric G proteins. Distinct cDNA clones encoding five isoforms of the EP3 receptor were isolated from a human uterus cDNA library. The human EP3 receptor isoforms designated hEP3-I, I', II, III, and IV are derived from alternative RNA splicing and differ only in the distal sequences of their carboxyl-terminal cytoplasmic tails. The unique cytoplasmic tails consist of 31 amino acids for isoforms I and I', 29 for II, 6 for III, and 15 for IV. When stably expressed in CHO cell transfectants, all isoforms exhibited similar EP3-specific binding of [3H]-PGE2 and PGE2 analogs. The EP3-selective agonist M&B 28767 both decreased the intracellular cAMP concentration ([cAMP]i) and increased the intracellular concentration of calcium ([Ca2+]i) with quantitative differences among different isoforms, but none mediated an increase in [cAMP]i. Pertussis toxin treatment completely blocked the decrease in [cAMP]i, but not the increase in [Ca2+]i evoked by M&B 28767. PGE2-induced desensitization of [3H]PGE2 binding by isoforms III and IV was rapid and transient, whereas that by isoform II was slow and persistent. Reverse transcription-PCR amplification of EP3 receptor messages in human kidney and uterine tissue RNA detected expression of all isoforms with different abundancies. The dual signal transduction pathways and distinctive tissue distribution of isoforms of the EP3 receptor are consistent with its mediation of diverse functions of PGE2.
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PMID:Isoforms of the EP3 subtype of human prostaglandin E2 receptor transduce both intracellular calcium and cAMP signals. 798 Dec 10

In cultured rat hepatocytes the key gluconeogenic enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK) is known to be induced by glucagon via an elevation of cAMP. Prostaglandin E2 has been shown to antagonize the glucagon-activated cAMP formation, glycogen phosphorylase activity and glucose output in hepatocytes. It was the purpose of the current investigation to study the potential of PGE2 to inhibit the glucagon-induced expression of PCK on the level of mRNA and enzyme activity. PCK mRNA and enzyme activity were increased by 0.1 nM glucagon to a maximum after 2 h and 4 h, respectively. This increase was completely inhibited if 10 microM PGE2 was added concomitantly with glucagon. This inhibition by PGE2 of glucagon-induced PCK activity was abolished by pertussis toxin treatment. When added at the maximum of PCK mRNA at 2 h, PGE2 accelerated the decay of mRNA and reduced enzyme activity. This effect was not reversed by pertussis toxin treatment. Since in liver PGE2 is derived from Kupffer cells, which play a key role in the local inflammatory response, the present data imply that during inflammation PGE2 may reduce the hepatic gluconeogenic capacity via a Gi-linked signal chain.
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PMID:Inhibition by PGE2 of glucagon-induced increase in phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase mRNA and acceleration of mRNA degradation in cultured rat hepatocytes. 808 94

Using the functionally differentiated colonic cell line, HT29-19A, we have examined sites at which inhibitory G-proteins mediate the antisecretory actions of somatostatin (SST) and the alpha 2-adrenergic agonist, clonidine (CLON) at the epithelial level. Both agents caused a dose-dependent inhibition (EC50:SST 35 nM; CLON 225 nM) of Cl- secretion (assessed by changes in short circuit current) activated by cAMP-mediated agonists, PGE2 and cholera toxin. Inhibition was accompanied by a reduction in intracellular cAMP accumulation and could be blocked by pretreatment with pertussis toxin at a concentration (200 ng/ml) which activated ADP-ribosylation of a 41-kD inhibitory G protein in HT29-19A membranes. Secretion stimulated by the permeant cAMP analogue, dibutyryl cAMP, was also inhibited by SST and CLON (30-50%; P < 0.005), indicating additional inhibitory sites located distal to cAMP production. Both agents were effective inhibitors of secretion mediated through the Ca2+ signaling pathway. SST (1 microM) and CLON (10 microM) reduced the Isc response to the muscarinic agonist, carbachol, by 60-70%; inhibition was reversed in pertussis toxin-treated cells. These effects did not, however, involve inhibition of the carbachol-induced increase in cellular inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate levels or the rise in cytosolic calcium, [Ca]i. Inhibition by SST of secretion induced by phorbol 12,13 dibutyrate but not by the calcium agonist, thapsigargin, suggests that SST may act at a distal inhibitory site in the Ca(2+)-dependent secretory process activated by protein kinase C. We conclude that SST and alpha 2-adrenergic agonists can act directly on intestinal epithelial cells to exert a comprehensive inhibition of Cl- secretion mediated through both cAMP and Ca2+/protein kinase C signaling pathways. Inhibition is mediated via pertussis toxin-sensitive G-proteins at sites located both proximal and distal to the production of second messengers.
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PMID:Multiple G-protein-dependent pathways mediate the antisecretory effects of somatostatin and clonidine in the HT29-19A colonic cell line. 810 78

We recently cloned the mouse prostaglandin (PG) E receptor EP3 subtype that is coupled to adenylate cyclase inhibition through Gi and identified two isoforms of EP3, EP3 alpha and EP3 beta, which are produced through alternative splicing and differ only in the carboxyl-terminal domain. Preincubation of Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing each isoform with PGE2 concentration-dependently enhanced both the basal and forskolin-stimulated cAMP formation, but two orders higher concentrations of PGE2 were required for EP3 beta than EP3 alpha for 50% enhancement of both formations. This enhancement by EP3 isoforms was completely blocked by pertussis toxin treatment, indicating that it is mediated through Gi activation. Thus, the two EP3 isoforms with different carboxyl-terminal tails induce enhancement of adenylate cyclase stimulation with different efficiencies.
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PMID:Enhancement of adenylate cyclase stimulation by prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype isoforms with different efficiencies. 819 93


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