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Extracellular ATP has been reported to exert mitogenic and contractile effects on cultured renal mesangial cells (MCs). Since it is possible that these actions involve changes in the cAMP second messenger system, we examined the effect of extracellular nucleotides on the accumulation of cAMP in rat MCs. ATP, UTP and adenosine 5'-0-(3-thio)triphosphate (ATP gamma S) (100 microM) had no significant effects on baseline cAMP levels, but inhibited forskolin-stimulated accumulation of cAMP by 21-75% in the presence of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX). Maximal inhibitory effects were observed at 100 microM of ATP gamma S with a threshold dose of 1 microM. ATP gamma S, ATP and UTP were the most potent inhibitors indicating stimulation of the P2u receptor. The P2x agonists adenosine 5'-(alpha, beta-methylene) triphosphate and adenosine 5'-(beta, gamma-methylene) triphosphate, and the P2y agonist 2-methylthio-ATP did not affect cAMP accumulation. Treatment with the P2 receptor antagonist suramin (200 microM) reduced the inhibition by 58%. The inhibitory effects of the nucleotides were significantly attenuated by preincubation with pertussis toxin (10-100 ng/ml). Inhibition of phospholipase C and protein kinase C did not prevent the inhibitory effect of the nucleotides. Inhibitors of forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation had different effects on DNA synthesis in cultured MCs as measured by 3H-thymidine uptake at 48 h: ATP, ATP gamma S and the inhibitor of adenylyl cyclase, SQ 22536, stimulated DNA synthesis in MCs, while UTP showed no significant mitogenic effect. Agents which increased baseline levels of intracellular cAMP (forskolin, IBMX, dibutyryl-cAMP) significantly diminished DNA synthesis in MCs. The results indicate that the P2u-purinergic receptor mediates inhibition of forskolin-induced cAMP accumulation which is likely due to inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. This effect appears to be partially mediated by PTX-sensitive G proteins. While the increase in cAMP accumulation is anti-mitogenic, inhibition of cAMP accumulation by P2u receptors is not correlated with MC growth control. Thus, additional mechanisms other than inhibition of cAMP accumulation by P2u receptors are likely to be involved in the mitogenesis of extracellular ATP.
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PMID:P2U-purinergic receptor activation mediates inhibition of cAMP accumulation in cultured renal mesangial cells. 886 79

In neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells, P2 purinoceptor agonists inhibited forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation with distinct selectivities and their activities could be partially reversed by P2 purinoceptor antagonists. The rank order of potency in inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation was UTP > 2 methylthio-ATP (MeSATP) > benzoylbenzoic ATP (BzATP) = alpha, beta-methylene ATP (AMPCPP) > beta, gamma-methylene ATP (AMPPCP) > ATP > ADP > adenosine 5'-thiotriphosphate (ATP gamma S). Neither adenosine nor AMP caused any inhibitory effect on cyclic AMP accumulation. Pertussis toxin treatment of cells attenuated the inhibitory effect of UTP, MeSATP and ATP on cyclic AMP accumulation whereas it had no effect on the BzATP-induced response. In addition, P2-purinoceptor-mediated inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation was insensitive to cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. The breakdown of cyclic AMP was enhanced by MeSATP but not by the addition of ATP, UTP and BzATP. Our results suggest that a pertussis toxin-sensitive Gi signalling pathway is directly coupled to the occupancy of P2u and P2y receptors in NG108-15 cells.
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PMID:P2 purinoceptor-mediated inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation in NG108-15 cells. 889 31

In the myenteric plexus, ATP is released as a neurotransmitter by "purinergic" nerves, relaxing visceral smooth muscle. We report a signal transduction mechanism for ATP in cultured myenteric neurons involving receptor-mediated release of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Primary cultures of myenteric neurons from guinea pigs taenia coli were loaded with the Ca2+ indicator fura 2-acetoxymethyl ester (AM) and examined using digital imaging microscopy. Superfusion of single neurons with ATP (0.01-1,000 microM) resulted in concentration-dependent increases in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) that were independent of extracellular Ca2+. Decrements in peak [Ca2+]i were seen with repetitive ATP exposure. Responsiveness of myenteric neurons to purinergic agonists (100 microM) was consistent with action at a neuronal P 2y purinoceptor: 2-chloro-ATP = ATP = 2-methyl-thio-ATP (MeSATP) > ADP > alpha, beta-MeATP = beta,gamma-MeATP > AMP > adenosine. ATP-evoked Ca2+ transients were inhibited dose dependently by suramin, a nonspecific P2 antagonist, and reactive blue 2, a specific P 2y antagonist. ATP and cyclopiazonic acid (30 microM) appear to release an identical intracellular Ca2+ store. Preincubation with the aminosteroid U-73122 (10 microM) inhibited ATP-evoked Ca2+ transients by 71 +/- 7%, whereas phorbol ester pretreatment (phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, 100 nM, 5 min) caused a 76 +/- 4% inhibition. Peak [Ca2+]i evoked by ATP was not affected by preincubation with pertussis toxin (100 ng/ml, 24 h) or nifedipine (10 microM). These data suggest a signal transduction mechanism for ATP in cultured myenteric neurons involving purinoceptor-mediated activation of phospholipase C (PLC), with release of D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ stores.
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PMID:Extracellular ATP mediates Ca2+ signaling in cultured myenteric neurons via a PLC-dependent mechanism. 892 88

1. Activation of muscarinic K+ (KACh) channels by P2-purinergic agonists, such as ATP, decreases monotonically in the continued presence of agonist. We investigated the mechanisms underlying this process of decline in guinea-pig atrial myocytes using the patch-clamp technique. 2. External ATP reversibly depressed the acetylcholine (ACh, 5.5-11 microM)-induced KACh current in a concentration-dependent manner with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 5.4 microM. 3. External ATP irreversibly reduced guanosine-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S)-induced KACh current both in control and pertussis toxin (PTX)-pretreated cells, suggesting (i) that the ATP-induced inhibition of KACh current occurred at some step(s) downstream from the activation of the PTX-sensitive G protein, GK, and (ii) that a PTX-insensitive G protein was involved in the signal transduction pathway. 4. The potency order of ATP analogues in reducing KACh current was ATP > or = 2-methylthio-ATP > or = alpha, beta-methylene-ATP, indicating involvement of a P2Y-type purinoceptor. 5. In the cell-attached patch recording, ATP (100 microM) applied to the bath solution reduced the activity of the KACh channels activated by ACh in the pipette, in two out of eight experiments, suggesting the possible involvement of cytosolic second messengers in the inhibition of KACh channels. 6. The ATP-induced reduction of KACh current was not affected by a protein kinase C inhibitor, 1-(5-isoquinolinesulphonyl)-2-methylpiperazine dihydrochloride (H-7), suggesting that this response was not mediated by the activation of protein kinase C. 7. These results demonstrate that, in addition to the membrane-delimited activation through GK, external ATP causes an inhibition of the KACh channel probably by activating a PTX-insensitive G protein and cytosolic second messenger(s), which may underlie the monotonic decrease of the ATP-activated KACh current.
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PMID:Modulation of the muscarinic K+ channel by P2-purinoceptors in guinea-pig atrial myocytes. 896 Nov 82

To investigate the cellular mechanisms of somatotropin (ST) action on adipose tissue lipolysis, experiments were conducted using adipose tissue taken from lactating cows treated with excipient or ST (40 mg/day). Stimulation of lipolysis in vitro by the effectors isoproterenol with or without adenosine deaminase, dibutyryl cAMP with or without isobutylmethylxanthine, and forskolin was not altered by ST treatment. Conversely, the response to the antilipolytic effector, phenylisopropyladenosine (PIA), was significantly reduced in adipose tissue explants from ST or fasted cows. The different responses to adrenergic-stimulating agents (in vivo) and PIA (in vitro) were not due to differences in the abundance of alpha, beta or gamma subunits of the stimulatory (Gs) and inhibitory (Gi) subunits of the heterotrimeric G-proteins which bind to the beta-adrenergic and adenosine receptors respectively. However, the functionality of Gi proteins, as assessed by their ability to be ADP-ribosylated by pertussis toxin, was significantly reduced in ST-treated but not fasted cows. These data highlight differential regulation of signaling proteins by ST and fasting, both of which result in enhanced in vivo response to adrenergic stimulation of lipolysis.
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PMID:Regulation of lipolysis by somatotropin: functional alteration of adrenergic and adenosine signaling in bovine adipose tissue. 907 68

Extracellular ATP secreted from stimulated nerves plays a role in neurotransmission. This study examined the effects of extracellular ATP on phospholipase A2 and C signalling pathways in rabbit astrocytes. ATP caused prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) generation and phosphoinositide hydrolysis in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. A P2y purinoceptor-selective agonist, 2-methylthio-ATP also caused phosphoinositide hydrolysis, but not PGE2 generation. A P2x purinoceptor-selective agonist, alpha, beta-methylene-ATP did not cause either phosphoinositide hydrolysis or PGE2 generation. Although pertussis toxin had no effect on 2-methylthio-ATP-induced phosphoinositide hydrolysis, it markedly decreased ATP-induced PGE2 generation, with significant inhibition of phosphoinositide hydrolysis. Dexamethasone and indomethacin which potently inhibited ATP-induced PGE2 generation, caused partial inhibition of phosphoinositide hydrolysis, suggesting that pertussis toxin-sensitive component of ATP-induced phospholipase C activation is mediated by cyclo-oxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid. These results suggest that a stimulation of P2y receptor results in phospholipase C activation in a pertussis toxin-insensitive manner, and that a P2 receptor other than the P2y or P2x subtypes is involved in ATP-induced phospholipase A2 activation via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein.
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PMID:Effects of ATP on phosphoinositide hydrolysis and prostaglandin E2 generation in rabbit astrocytes. 917 88

1. A brief challenge of rat astrocytes with either alpha, beta-methyleneATP (alpha, beta-meATP) or basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) resulted, three days later, in morphological differentiation of cells, as shown by marked elongation of astrocytic processes. The P2 receptor antagonist suramin prevented alpha, beta-meATP- but not bFGF-induced astrocytic elongation. Similar effects on astrocytic elongation were also observed with ATP and other P2 receptor agonists (beta, gamma meATP, ADP beta S, 2meSATP and, to a lesser extent, UTP). 2. Pertussis toxin completely abolished alpha, beta-meATP- but not bFGF-induced effects. No effects were exerted by alpha, beta-meATP on cyclic AMP production; similarly, neomycin had no effects on elogation of processes induced by the purine analogue, suggesting that adenylyl cyclase and phospholipase C are probably not involved in alpha, beta-meATP-induced effects (see also the accompanying paper by Centemeri et al., 1997). The tyrosine-kinase inhibitor genistein greatly reduced bFGF- but not alpha, beta-meATP-induced astrocytic elongation. 3. Challenge of cultures with alpha, beta-meATP rapidly and concentration-dependently increased [3H]-arachidonic acid (AA) release from cells, suggesting that activation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) may be involved in the long-term functional effects evoked by purine analogues. Consistently, exogenously added AA markedly elongated astrocytic processes. Moreover, various PLA2 inhibitors (e.g. mepacrine and dexamethasone) prevented both the early alpha, beta-meATP-induced [3H]-AA release and/or the associated long-term morphological changes, without affecting the astrocytic elongation induced by bFGF. Finally, the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor H7 fully abolished alpha, beta-meATP- but not bFGF-induced effects. 4. Both alpha, beta-meATP and bFGF rapidly and transiently induced the nuclear accumulation of Fos and Jun. Both c-fos and c-jun induction by the purine analogue could be fully prevented by pretreatment with suramin. In contrast, the effects of bFGF were unaffected by this P2 receptor antagonist. 5. It was concluded that alpha, beta-meATP- and bFGF-morphological differentiation of astrocytes occurs via independent transductional pathways. For the purine analogue, signalling involves a Gi/G(o) protein-coupled P2Y-receptor which may be linked to activation of PLA2 (involvement of an arachidonate-sensitive PKC is speculated); for bFGF, a tyrosine kinase receptor is involved. Both pathways merge on some common intracellular target, as suggested by induction of primary response genes, which in turn may regulate late response genes mediating long-term phenotypic changes of astroglial cells. 6. These findings implicate P2 receptors as novel targets for the pharmacological regulation of reactive astrogliosis, which has intriguing implications in nervous system diseases characterized by degenerative events.
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PMID:Characterization of the signalling pathways involved in ATP and basic fibroblast growth factor-induced astrogliosis. 928 5

1. This study was aimed at characterizing ATP-induced rises in cytosolic free calcium ion, [Ca2+]i, in a population of rat striatal astrocytes loaded with the fluorescent Ca2+ probe Fura2, by means of fluorescence spectrometry. 2. ATP triggered a fast and transient elevation of [Ca2+]i in a concentration-dependent manner. The responses of the purine analogues 2-methylthio-ATP (2-meSATP), adenosine-5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (ADP beta S), as well as uridine-5'-triphosphate (UTP) resembled that of ATP, while alpha, beta-methylene-ATP (alpha, beta-meATP) and beta, gamma-methylene-ATP (beta, gamma-meATP) were totally ineffective. 3. Suramin (50 microM) had only a minor effect on the ATP response, whereas pyridoxal phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid (PPADS) (5 microM) significantly depressed the maximum response. 4. Extracellular Ca2+ did not contribute to the observed [Ca2+]i rise: removing calcium from the extracellular medium (with 1 mM EGTA) or blocking its influx by means of either Ni2+ (1 mM) or Mn2+ (1 mM) did not modify the nucleotide responses. 5. Furthermore, after preincubation with 10 microM thapsigargin, the nucleotide-evoked [Ca2+]i increments were completely abolished. In contrast, 10 mM caffeine did not affect the responses, suggesting that thapsigargin-, but not caffeine/ryanodine-sensitive stores are involved. 6. Both application of the G-protein blocker guanosine-5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (GDP beta S) (1 mM) and preincubation with pertussis toxin (PTx) (350 ng ml-1) partially inhibited the nucleotide-mediated responses. Moreover, the phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U-73122, but not its inactive stereoisomer U-73343 (5 microM), significantly reduced the ATP-evoked [Ca2+]i rise. 7. In conclusion, our results suggest that, in rat striatal astrocytes, ATP-elicited elevation of [Ca2+]i is due solely to release from intracellular stores and is mediated by a G-protein-linked P2Y receptor, partially sensitive to PTx and coupled to PLC.
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PMID:Characterization of the Ca2+ responses evoked by ATP and other nucleotides in mammalian brain astrocytes. 928 6

1. We have investigated the effects of nucleotide analogues on cyclic AMP formation in mouse J774 macrophages and the mechanisms involved. 2. UTP, in the concentration range 0.1-100 microM, induced concentration-dependent potentiation of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1)-induced cyclic AMP formation, but had no effect on basal cyclic AMP formation. UDP showed an equal potency, while 2-methylthio ATP, alpha, beta-methylene ATP and beta,gamma-methylene ATP gave either a slight increase or had no effect at concentrations up to 100 microM. ATP, although 100 fold less effective than UTP, also caused cyclic AMP potentiation, but had no effect on agonist-stimulated or basal cyclic AMP levels. 3. The cyclic AMP potentiation effect of UTP correlated with increased [Ca2+]i and inositol phosphate (IP) formation over the same concentration range. 4. Ionomycin, which evokes an increase in [Ca2+]i without affecting IP formation, did not cause an increase in cyclic AMP content, indicating that UTP-induced cyclic AMP regulation is not due to activation of Ca(2+)-sensitive adenylyl cyclase isoforms. 5. Although reduced, UTP potentiation was seen in cells incubated in a Ca(2+)-free and/or BAPTA-containing medium. Under these conditions, the UTP-increased IP accumulation was similarly reduced. 6. Exposure of cells to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) also increased PGE1 stimulation of cyclic AMP levels, and the UTP-induced potentiation of cyclic AMP formation was inhibited by either staurosporine or Ro 31-8220. Pretreatment of cells with PMA for 4-24 h resulted in marked attenuation of UTP-stimulated cyclic AMP potentiation. 7. Pretreatment with pertussis toxin (24 h, 100 ng ml-1) did not significantly affect UTP-induced cyclic AMP potentiation and IP formation, although it increased the cyclic AMP response to PGE1. 8. Analysis of J774 cells by Western blotting with antibodies specific for different protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms shows the presence of the beta I, beta II, delta, epsilon, eta, mu, lambda and zeta isoforms. Moreover, UTP significantly increased the level of PKC beta I, beta II, delta, epsilon, mu, lambda and zeta immunoreactivity in the membrane fraction and decreased the cytosolic reactivity of PKC beta II, delta, epsilon and zeta. 9. Immunoblot studies also indicate the presence of type II adenylyl cyclase. 10. These results indicate that PKC is required for the potentiation of adenylyl cyclase activity by macrophage pyrimidinoceptors, which exhibit a higher specificity for UTP and UDP than for ATP.
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PMID:Involvement of protein kinase C in the UTP-mediated potentiation of cyclic AMP accumulation in mouse J774 macrophages. 928 13

P2 receptor subtypes and their signaling mechanisms were characterized in dispersed smooth muscle cells. UTP and ATP stimulated inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate formation, Ca2+ release, and contraction that were abolished by U-73122 and guanosine 5'-O-(3-thio)diphosphate, and partly inhibited (50-60%) by pertussis toxin (PTX). ATP analogs (adenosine 5'-(alpha, beta-methylene)triphosphate, adenosine 5'-(beta, gamma-methylene)triphosphate, and 2-methylthio-ATP) stimulated Ca2+ influx and contraction that were abolished by nifedipine and in Ca2+-free medium. Micromolar concentrations of ATP stimulated both Ca2+ influx and Ca2+ release. ATP and UTP activated Gq/11 and Gi3 in gastric and aortic smooth muscle and heart membranes, Gq/11 and Gi1 and/or Gi2 in liver membranes, and Go and Gi1-3 in brain membranes. Phosphoinositide hydrolysis stimulated by ATP and UTP was mediated concurrently by Galphaq/11-dependent activation of phospholipase (PL) C-beta1 and Gbetagammai3-dependent activation of PLC-beta3. Phosphoinositide hydrolysis was partially inhibited by PTX or by antibodies to Galphaq/11, Gbeta, PLC-beta1, or PLC-beta3, and completely inhibited by the following combinations (PLC-beta1 and PLC-beta3 antibodies; Galphaq/11 and Gbeta antibodies; PLC-beta1 and Gbeta antibodies; PTX with either PLC-beta1 or Galphaq/11 antibody). The pattern of responses implied that P2Y2 receptors in visceral, and probably vascular, smooth muscle are coupled to PLC-beta1 via Galphaq/11 and to PLC-beta3 via Gbetagammai3. These receptors co-exist with ligand-gated P2X1 receptors activated by ATP analogs and high levels of ATP.
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PMID:Coexpression of ligand-gated P2X and G protein-coupled P2Y receptors in smooth muscle. Preferential activation of P2Y receptors coupled to phospholipase C (PLC)-beta1 via Galphaq/11 and to PLC-beta3 via Gbetagammai3. 946 31


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