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Query: UMLS:C0043167 (pertussis)
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Human peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes were labeled with myo-[3H]inositol and stimulated by platelet-activating factor (PAF). PAF-induced phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis and inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) formation in a dose-dependent manner. The response was very rapid and transient and parallels the time course of PAF-induced calcium mobilization in the same cells. However, the doses of PAF for inducing IP3 formation were much higher than those for calcium mobilization. PAF-induced IP3 formation was inhibited by PAF receptor antagonist, L-659, 989, but was not altered by either pertussis toxin or cholera toxin. These data suggest that PAF receptor in human peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes may be coupled through a pertussis toxin-insensitive guanine nucleotide binding protein to a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C.
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PMID:Platelet-activating factor (PAF) stimulates phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis in human peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes. 255 57

Previous studies in Chinese-hamster fibroblasts (CCL39 line) indicate that an important signalling pathway involved in thrombin's mitogenicity is the activation of a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C, mediated by a pertussis-toxin-sensitive GTP-binding protein (Gp). The present studies examine the effects of thrombin on the adenylate cyclase system and the interactions between the two signal transduction pathways. We report that thrombin exerts two opposite effects on cyclic AMP accumulation stimulated by cholera toxin, forskolin or prostaglandin E1. (1) Low thrombin concentrations (below 0.1 nM) decrease cyclic AMP formation. A similar inhibition is induced by A1F4-, and both thrombin- and A1F4- -induced inhibitions are abolished by pertussis toxin. (2) Increasing thrombin concentration from 0.1 to 10 nM results in a progressive suppression of adenylate cyclase inhibition and in a marked enhancement of cyclic AMP formation in pertussis-toxin-treated cells. A similar stimulation is induced by an active phorbol ester, and thrombin-induced potentiation of adenylate cyclase is suppressed by down-regulation of protein kinase C. Therefore, we conclude that (1) the inhibitory effect of thrombin on adenylate cyclase is the direct consequence of the activation of a pertussis-toxin-sensitive inhibitory GTP-binding protein (Gi) possibly identical with Gp, and (2) the potentiating effect of thrombin on cyclic AMP formation is due to stimulation of protein kinase C, as an indirect consequence of Gp activation. Our results suggest that the target of protein kinase C is an element of the adenylate cyclase-stimulatory GTP-binding protein (Gs) complex. At low thrombin concentrations, activation of phospholipase C is greatly attenuated by increased cyclic AMP, leading to predominance of the Gi-mediated inhibition.
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PMID:Thrombin exerts a dual effect on stimulated adenylate cyclase in hamster fibroblasts, an inhibition via a GTP-binding protein and a potentiation via activation of protein kinase C. 284 29

The addition of bradykinin to NG108-15 cells resulted in an increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration [( Ca2+]i) and the formation of inositol monophosphate, inositol bisphosphate, and inositol trisphosphate in these cells. The bradykinin-stimulated formation of inositol polyphosphates in plasma membrane preparations was dependent on the presence of GTP or guanosine-5'-O-thiotriphosphate (GTP gamma S) but not of GDP. GTP gamma S, unlike GTP, increased the basal formation of inositol polyphosphate in NG108-15 membranes. Iontophoretic injection of GTP gamma S into single cells induced increases in [Ca2+]i. These effects of bradykinin and GTP gamma S on [Ca2+]i and the formation of inositol phosphates in the intact cells and membranes were not affected by treatment of the cells with pertussis toxin or cholera toxin. Data on binding of bradykinin to membrane preparations indicated the presence of two classes of binding sites with Kd values of 0.80 +/- 0.26 and 9.63 +/- 0.13 nM. Approximately 74% of the receptors were in the high affinity state. In the presence of guanyl-5'-yl-imidodiphosphate [Gpp(NH)p], the high affinity sites in the membrane preparations were converted to low affinity sites with no change in the total receptor number. These toxin treatments had no effect on binding of bradykinin to its receptors. Thus, these results indicate that a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein, which is not a substrate of pertussis toxin or cholera toxin, is involved in mediating the effects of bradykinin on membrane-bound phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C to induce the increase of cytosolic calcium.
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PMID:Role of a protein regulating guanine nucleotide binding in phosphoinositide breakdown and calcium mobilization by bradykinin in neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells: effects of pertussis toxin and cholera toxin on receptor-mediated signal transduction. 288 51

Fluoride activation of neutrophils was found to be associated with phosphoinositide turnover, as monitored by the time-dependent accumulation of inositol phosphates. Unlike phosphoinositide turnover induced by the chemotactic peptide, formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine, that induced by fluoride was not inhibited by pretreatment with pertussis toxin. The translocation of protein kinase C activity from the cytosolic to the membrane compartment was also observed in fluoride-stimulated cells. We have proposed that the mode of action of this halide ion involves interaction with a GTP-binding protein which serves as an intermediary unit between the receptors for inflammatory stimuli and the phosphoinositide-specific phosphodiesterase.
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PMID:Use of fluoride ion as a probe for the guanine nucleotide-binding protein involved in the phosphoinositide-dependent neutrophil transduction pathway. 301 68

Growth factors can be divided into two classes which act through distinct signal transduction pathways. One class including epidermal growth factor, platelet derived growth factor and fibroblast growth factor activates receptor tyrosine kinases, and the second class, including thrombin, bombesin, bradykinin and vasopressin activates a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C through GTP-binding proteins which can be inactivated by pertussis toxin. In Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts, thrombin-induced mitogenicity seems to correlate well with phospholipase C activation and both events are sensitive to pertussis toxin. Thrombin, like the other mitogens in this class, simultaneously inhibits adenylate cyclase. This involves an inhibitory G protein (Gi), a well established pertussis toxin substrate. The relative contributions of the two signalling pathways to mitogenicity has not been evaluated so far. We report here that the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine), a contracting agent and mitogen for smooth muscle cells, activates phospholipase C, inhibits adenylate cyclase and stimulates DNA synthesis in fibroblasts. These events are sensitive to pertussis toxin. We show that the mitogenicity of 5-hydroxytryptamine can be uncoupled from phospholipase C activation that is mediated by 5-HT2 receptors, but correlates perfectly with inhibition of adenylate cyclase through 5-HT1B receptor. We propose that inhibition of adenylate cyclase or activation of an undefined effector system by Gi is important in 5-hydroxytryptamine induced DNA synthesis and contributes to the strong mitogenicity of the other members of this family of growth factors.
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PMID:Serotonin stimulates DNA synthesis in fibroblasts acting through 5-HT1B receptors coupled to a Gi-protein. 304 68

In neutrophils, activation of receptors for the chemotactic peptide N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) leads to changes in intracellular events such as phosphoinositide turnover and Ca2+ mobilization. Studies have shown that activation of the cloned fMLP receptor can also lead to inhibition of cyclic AMP (cAMP) accumulation [Lang, Boulay, Li and Wollheim (1993) EMBO J. 12, 2671-2679; Uhing, Gettys, Tomhave, Snyderman and Didsbury (1992) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 183, 1033-1039]. These responses are apparently mediated through pertussis toxin-sensitive Gi proteins. Since other chemotactic factor receptors can couple to multiple G proteins, we examined the ability of the fMLP receptor to utilize a pertussis toxin-insensitive G protein, Gz, in its signal transduction pathways. The human fMLP receptor was transiently expressed in 293 and Ltk- cells, and subsequently assayed for receptor-mediated inhibition of cAMP accumulation and stimulation of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. In transfected 293 cells, fMLP inhibited choriogonadotropin-stimulated cAMP accumulation by 50% and the response could be abolished by pertussis toxin. Co-expression of the fMLP receptor with the alpha subunit of Gz rendered the fMLP response pertussis toxin-insensitive, indicating that the endogenous Gi proteins can be substituted efficiently by Gz. In contrast, Ltk- cells expressing the fMLP receptor were able to respond to fMLP with an increase in the production of inositol phosphates, but this response was completely abolished by pertussis toxin even in cells co-expressing the alpha subunit of Gz. Thus, although both signalling pathways appeared to utilize Gi-like proteins, Gz can only replace Gi in mediating inhibition of cAMP accumulation, and not in the stimulation of phospholipase C. Differential interaction with Gz might represent a novel mechanism by which fMLP receptors regulate intracellular events.
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PMID:Differential coupling of the formyl peptide receptor to adenylate cyclase and phospholipase C by the pertussis toxin-insensitive Gz protein. 761 76

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

Pedicellarial toxin, partially purified from the sea urchin Toxopneustes pileolus, dose-dependently and time-dependently caused histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells. Pedicellarial toxin induced a rapid initial rise in [Ca2+]i within several seconds which was followed by a further slower increase of [Ca2+]i (second rise). The toxin induced a dose-dependent formation of inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) as well as the histamine release in mast cells. Furthermore, the toxin stimulated phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) activity in mast cell membranes. 2-Nitro-4-carboxyphenyl-N,N-diphenylcarbamate (NCDC), a PLC inhibitor, inhibited the activation of PI-PCL induced by pedicellarial toxin. Cholera toxin inhibited pedicellarial toxin-induced histamine release, whereas pretreatment of pertussis toxin failed to inhibit it. These results suggest that pedicellarial toxin from T. pileolus activates PI-PCL and the stimulation of PI turnover may lead to the release of IP3 into the cytoplasm, resulting in histamine release from rat mast cells.
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PMID:Mast cell activation by pedicellarial toxin of sea urchin, Toxopneustes pileolus. 768 24

A comparison has been made between the effects of 4-hydroxy-2,3-trans-nonenal (HNE) and 4-hydroxy-2,3-trans-octenal (HOE), two lipid peroxidation products, on the basal and GTPgammaS-stimulated activities of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PL-C) of rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes. PL-C activity was determined in vitro by measuring the hydrolysis of [3H] phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bis- phosphate (PtdIns-P2) added as exogenous substrate to neutrophil plasma membranes. PL-C was activated by concentrations of HNE ranging from 10(-8) to 10(-6) M both in the presence and in the absence of 2 x 10(-5) M GTPgammaS; HOE stimulated the enzymatic activity between 10(-11) and 10(-8) M; maximal stimulation was given by 10(-11) M HOE plus GTPgammaS. The aldehyde concentrations able to accelerate PtdIns-P2 breakdown displayed a good correspondence with those which have been reported to stimulate the oriented migration of rat neutrophils. Pretreatment of neutrophils with pertussis toxin prevented the stimulation of PL-C by 10(-11) M HOE and by HOE plus GTPgammaS. Our results suggest that the chemotactic action of HNE and HOE might depend on the activation of PL-C; furthermore a regulatory G protein appears to be involved in the acceleration of PtdIns-P2 turnover by HOE.
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PMID:Activation of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C of rat neutrophils by the chemotactic aldehydes 4-hydroxy-2,3-trans-nonenal and 4-hydroxy-2,3-trans-octenal. 783 17

In [3H]myristic acid-labelled osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells, prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha)-induced PLD activity was assessed by measuring the [3H]phosphatidylethanol (PEt) formation in the presence of ethanol. Inhibition of the increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) by U73122, an inhibitor of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC), or chelation of extracellular Ca2+ with EGTA or of intracellular Ca2+ with BAPTA, suppressed PGF2 alpha-induced phospholipase D (PLD) activation. Neither protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors nor PKC down-regulation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate affected PGF2 alpha-induced [3H]PEt formation. In permeabilized cells, guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate enhanced PGF2 alpha 's potency in [3H]PEt formation in the presence of Ca2+. The pretreatment of intact cells with pertussis toxin failed to inhibit PGF2 alpha-induced [3H]PEt formation. PGF2 alpha caused a biphasic production of [3H]1,2-diacylglycerol ([3H]1,2-DAG) in [3H]glycerol-labelled cells. The initial transient phase was decreased by U73122, whereas the late sustained phase was decreased by ethanol and the phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase inhibitor, propranolol. From these results, it was suggested that PGF2 alpha-induced PLD activation was mediated by the dual control of the [Ca2+]i increase due to PI-PLC activation and activation of pertussis-toxin-insensitive G-protein, but not mediated by PKC, and also that PLD activation was involved in the late sustained 1,2-DAG generation in MC3T3-E1 cells.
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PMID:Prostaglandin F2 alpha-stimulated phospholipase D activation in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells: involvement in sustained 1,2-diacylglycerol production. 813 58


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