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Query: UMLS:C0043167 (pertussis)
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The signal transduction of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and thromboxane A2 (TXA2), cyclooxygenase products of arachidonic acid, was investigated in smooth muscle preparations and 1321N1 human astrocytoma cells. While PGE2 has been known to stimulate (via EP2 receptor) or inhibit (via EP3 receptor) adenylate cyclase, PGE2 activated phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2)-specific phospholipase C (PLase C) in non-vascular smooth muscles (via EP1 receptor), resulting in accumulations of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) and diacylglycerol to elicit intracellular Ca2+ mobilization. On the other hand, STA2, a TXA2 receptor analogue, also accumulated IP3 in human astrocytoma cells. [3H]SQ 29548, a TXA2 receptor antagonist, specifically bound to astrocytoma membranes. TXA2-receptor antagonists (ONO NT-126, S-145, SQ29548 and ONO3708) concentration-dependently inhibited PIP2-specific PLase C activation by STA2, and they also inhibited [3H]SQ 29548 binding in human astrocytoma cells. The Ki value of each antagonist in PIP2-specific PLase C inhibition was similar to that in [3H]SQ29548 binding inhibition. In membrane preparations, STA2 activated PIP2-specific PLase C in the presence of GTP gamma S. Pertussis toxin (IAP) did not affect STA2-induced PLase C activation. The results suggest that stimulation of TXA2 receptors activates PIP2-specific PLase C via an IAP-insensitive G-protein.
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PMID:[Signal transduction of prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane A2]. 131 76

The group of prostaglandin (PG) E2- and prostacyclin receptors consists of different subtypes, which exhibit different affinities for prostaglandins and synthetic analogues. PGE2 activities the E-type PG receptor subtypes EP1, EP2 and EP3, whereas the PGE2 analogue, sulprostone, binds only to the EP1 and EP3 receptor subtypes. The stable PGI2 analogues, iloprost and cicaprost, both activate the PGI2 receptor (IP) and iloprost, additionally, bind to the EP1 subtype. Using these subtype-selective PG receptor agonists, we studied the interaction of PG receptor subtypes with Gs and Gi-type heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) in membranes from the human erythroleukaemia cell line, HEL. Sulprostone stimulated high-affinity GTPase in HEL membranes in a pertussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive manner. In contrast, the stimulations induced by PGE2, iloprost and cicaprost were only partially inhibited by PTX. PGE2, sulprostone, iloprost and cicaprost stimulated cholera toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation as well as labelling with GTP azidoanilide of membrane proteins comigrating with immunologically identified Gi protein alpha subunits. Furthermore, PGE2, iloprost and cicaprost enhanced GTP azidoanilide-labelling of Gs protein alpha subunits, whereas sulprostone did not. We suggest that in HEL cells (1) EP1 and EP3 receptor subtypes activate G1 proteins, that (2) the EP2 receptor subtype activates Gs proteins and that (3) the IP receptor activates both Gi and Gs proteins.
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PMID:Differential activation of Gi and Gs proteins by E- and I-type prostaglandins in membranes from the human erythroleukaemia cell line, HEL. 753 11

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

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

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

A functional cDNA clone for a third isoform of the mouse prostaglandin-E-receptor EP3 subtype, derived by alternative RNA splicing, named the EP3 gamma receptor, was obtained in addition to those for the two other isoforms, EP3 alpha and EP3 beta. The three isoforms are only different in the amino acid sequence of the putative cytoplasmic carboxy-terminal tail. When expressed, EP3 gamma shows identical ligand-binding properties to these of the other isoforms. The EP3-selective agonist, M&B 28767, increased the basal cAMP level and inhibited the forskolin-induced increase in the cAMP level in EP3 gamma, while it decreased both the basal and forskolin-elevated cAMP levels in EP3 alpha and EP3 beta. The M&B 28767-stimulated GTPase activity consisted of pertussis-toxin-sensitive and cholera-toxin-sensitive portions in the EP3 gamma-expressing cell membrane, suggested that EP3 gamma is coupled to both guanine nucleotide-binding inhibitory and stimulatory proteins. These results indicate that EP3 gamma is coupled to both stimulation and inhibition of adenylate cyclase, but that EP3 alpha and EP3 beta are exclusively coupled to inhibition of adenylate cyclase. Thus, alternative splicing produces a third isoform with a different carboxy-terminal tail, which differs from the other two isoforms in the specificity of coupling to a signal-transduction pathway.
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PMID:Third isoform of the prostaglandin-E-receptor EP3 subtype with different C-terminal tail coupling to both stimulation and inhibition of adenylate cyclase. 822 69


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