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1. The effect of the microtubule-disruptive agent, colcemid (N-deacetyl-N-methyl-colchicine), on the water permeability response to vasopressin has been investigated in isolated cortical collecting tubules from the rabbit kidney perfused in vitro. 2. Pretreatment of collecting tubules with colcemid inhibited the increase in water permeability elicited by vasopressin, 50 microU ml-1, in a time- and dose-dependent manner. After 75 min exposure to the drug, inhibition of the response to the hormone averaged 72 +/- 6% (n = 4, P < 0.01) at a colcemid concentration of 7.2 x 10(-5) M. Inhibition was estimated to be half-maximal at a colcemid concentration of 1.9 x 10(-6) M. 3. Colcemid, 2.7 x 10(-7) to 7.2 x 10(-5) M, had no effect on basal water permeability nor on the increase in lumen negative potential difference (PD) induced by the hormone. 4. Lumicolcemid, an isomer of colcemid that does not disrupt microtubules, had no influence on the water permeability response to vasopressin. 5. Pretreatment with colcemid, 2.7 x 10(-5) M, for 45 min inhibited the water permeability response to 8-CPT-cAMP, 1.8 x 10(-5) M, by 38 +/- 4% (n = 5, P < 0.01). 6. When collecting tubules were exposed to colcemid, 5.5 x 10(-5) M, for 45 min after the hydrosmotic response to vasopressin had been established, the drug had no influence on the maintenance of the raised water permeability. 7. The results provide further evidence that cytoplasmic microtubules play a role in the initiation of the hydrosmotic response to vasopressin in the mammalian collecting tubule at a site distal to the generation of cyclic AMP.
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PMID:Effect of colcemid on the water permeability response to vasopressin in isolated perfused rabbit collecting tubules. 133 5

1. Earlier studies have shown that exposure of fat-cells to insulin results in the rapid increased phosphorylation of an acid-soluble 22 kDa protein and that increases in phosphorylation were also evident in cells exposed to adrenaline [Belsham & Denton (1980) Biochem. Soc. Trans. 8, 382-383; Belsham, Brownsey, Hughes & Denton (1980) Diabetologia 18, 307-312]. 2. The effects of adrenaline are shown to be brought about through beta-adrenergic receptors and to be mimicked by other agents which increase cell cyclic AMP concentrations. The maximum extent of phosphorylation is about 60% of that observed with insulin. Increased phosphorylation is also observed in fat-cells exposed to vasopressin, oxytocin and phorbol esters, but not to alpha-adrenergic agonists. 3. No changes in the phosphorylation of the protein are evident in epididymal fat-pads from fat-fed, starved or starved/refed animals, despite the large changes in protein composition of fat-cells which accompany these nutritional alterations. This suggests that the protein is not closely involved in lipogenesis or associated metabolic pathways, but rather that it may play a more general regulatory role. 4. The 22 kDa protein migrates as a doublet on SDS/PAGE even after purification to apparent homogeneity by sequential use of Mono Q chromatography, SDS/PAGE and h.p.l.c. The amino acid compositions of the two components are very similar and share features in common with a number of proteins, including inhibitor-1, inhibitor-2, dopamine- and cyclic-AMP-regulated phosphoprotein (DARPP-32), and G-substrate, which may be involved in the regulation of protein phosphatase activity. 5. Phosphopeptide mapping and phosphoamino acid analysis reveals that insulin increases the phosphorylation of two distinct peptides within the protein (in one peptide insulin increases the amount of phosphothreonine, whereas in the other the hormone increases the amounts of phosphothreonine and phosphoserine). Both components of the doublet exhibit similar changes in phosphorylation, and hence the differences in migration are not the result of differences in phosphorylation, as suggested previously [Blackshear, Nemenoff & Avruch (1983) Biochem. J. 214, 11-19]. The pattern of phosphorylation observed with the beta-adrenergic agonist isoprenaline was similar to that observed with insulin. 6. The possible role and regulation of the 22 kDa protein are discussed.
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PMID:Comparison of the effects of insulin and adrenergic agonists on the phosphorylation of an acid-soluble 22 kDa protein in rat epididymal fat-pads and isolated fat-cells. 134 72

Sustained production of plasma proteins, notably albumin, is a reliable indicator of the differentiated state of hepatocytes. In this work, we have developed a fetal hepatocyte culture system where studying the regulation of albumin expression in proliferating liver cells. Our results show that under proliferative conditions (i.e., in the presence of EGF) fetal hepatocytes maintain albumin production above control quiescent non-treated cells. Glucagon and noradrenaline have no effect on the proliferation induced by EGF in cultured fetal hepatocytes; however, they act synergistically with the growth factor, increasing intracellular albumin levels. The maximum response is obtained by treatment of cells with EGF and noradrenaline. The stimulatory noradrenergic effect is mimicked by agents that increase cyclic AMP levels (forskolin plus IBMX). However, vasopressin or phorbol esters have no effect on albumin production, neither alone nor in combination with EGF. Dexamethasone, which does not alter the proliferative induction of EGF, increases albumin content. This effect is independent of the proliferative status of the cells and is not enhanced by glucagon, noradrenaline, or cyclic AMP increasing agents. The hormonal changes observed in albumin production partially correlate with changes in mRNA levels. This is the first time that cyclic AMP increasing agents are shown to act synergistically with EGF, increasing the expression of this liver specific gene.
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PMID:Regulation of albumin expression in fetal rat hepatocytes cultured under proliferative conditions: role of epidermal growth factor and hormones. 137

Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is an X-linked inherited disorder characterized by renal resistance to the antidiuretic hormonal action of vasopressin. This study describes the molecular basis of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus in a dog family. Kidney membranes prepared from NDI-affected male huskies were examined for vasopressin binding and response. Compared to membranes from unaffected canines, those from the kidney inner medulla of NDI-dogs possessed normal V2-receptor numbers, but with 10-fold lower affinity for [Arg8] vasopressin (AVP). Adenylate cyclase stimulation by AVP in contrast to that by forskolin or GTP-analogues was similarly reduced in a dose responsive manner. The NDI-affected dogs showed antidiuretic responses to very high doses of V2-specific agonists, consistent with their possessing V2-receptors of lower affinity. Prolonged treatment with V2-agonists, 1-deamino [D-Arg8] VP (dDAVP) and 1-deamino [Val4, Sar7] AVP (dVSAVP), rendered the NDI-affected dogs near normal in terms of water intake and urine osmolality.
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PMID:A low affinity vasopressin V2-receptor in inherited nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. 138 65

The effects of injection of various purinoceptor agonists into the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in water-loaded and ethanol-anesthetized rats were investigated. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), beta,gamma-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate (AMP-PCP) and beta,gamma-imidoadenosine 5'-triphosphate (AMP-PNP) potently decreased the outflow of urine in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The ED50 values were approx 70 and 37 nmol for ATP and AMP-PCP, respectively. Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), AMP and adenosine reduced the outflow of urine much less than ATP. Adenosine triphosphate induced concomitant increases in the osmotic pressure of the urine and in the level of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) in plasma. The antidiuretic effect of ATP was blocked by prior injection of quinidine (a P2-purinoceptor antagonist) into the paraventricular nucleus, but not by the prior injection of theophylline (a P1-purinoceptor antagonist). The effect of ATP was also blocked by intravenous injection of an AVP(V1V2)-receptor antagonist, d(CH2)5-D-Tyr(Et)VAVP. The results suggest that ATP injected into the paraventricular nucleus may stimulate a purinoceptor, releasing AVP and inducing the antidiuretic effect through renal AVP(V2) receptors.
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PMID:Antidiuretic effects of purinoceptor agonists injected into the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of water-loaded, ethanol-anesthetized rats. 140 98

Adenylate cyclase activity was measured on membrane fractions from the gill epithelium of rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri. Basal and glucagon-stimulated activities responded negatively to homologous neurohypophyseal peptides (arginine-vasotocin and isotocin). This inhibitory effect was totally abolished in the presence of pertussis toxin (IAP). The guanine nucleotide dependence of the enzyme was further explored by using GTP, GDP, and their stable analogs Gpp(NH)p, GTP gamma S, and GDP beta S. The results suggest that neurohypophyseal peptides at low concentrations inhibit the adenylate cyclase system directly by way of a Gi-protein, thus implying the intervention of a new type of membrane receptor for these hormones in fish gills.
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PMID:Gi protein mediates adenylate cyclase inhibition by neurohypophyseal hormones in fish gill. 148 May 12

Antidiuresis, the recovery of water from the lumen of the renal collecting tubule, is regulated by the hypothalamic release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), which binds to specific receptors on renal collecting tubule cells, stimulates adenylyl cyclase and promotes the cyclic AMP-mediated incorporation of water pores into the luminal surface of these cells. We report here the isolation of the human ADH receptor gene using a genomic expression cloning approach. The gene was used to clone the complementary DNA from a human renal library. The deduced amino-acid sequence of the receptor yields a hydropathy profile characteristic of receptors with seven putative transmembrane regions. This and the comparison with other cloned receptors indicates that the ADH receptor is a member of the superfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors.
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PMID:Molecular cloning of the receptor for human antidiuretic hormone. 153 49

We have studied the effect of the alkaloid berberine on the contraction of guinea pig aortic strips induced by various stimuli. Berberine (25-200 microM) inhibited the response of the strips to norepinephrine and histamine, but did not decrease the high K(+)-elicited contraction. The antagonism of berberine was not competitive because in the presence of the alkaloid, maximum response to agonists could not be obtained. Analysis of the drug's effect on the time course of norepinephrine-induced contraction showed that berberine reduced both the rate and the relative contribution to developed tension of the initial, rapid phase, whereas the slow, later component was less affected. Berberine inhibited the response of aortic strips incubated in 0 mM Ca++ to norepinephrine, but did not reduce caffeine-induced contraction and also inhibited phospholipase C-activated contractile response, which has been ascribed to production of inositol phosphate-3 in smooth muscle cells. In cultured arterial smooth muscle cells (A7r5 line), the alkaloid did not significantly decrease the production of inositol phosphates activated by Arg8-vasopressin. The pattern of berberine action is difficult to reconcile with an involvement of the contractile machinery and suggests that the drug has no effect on the voltage-operated calcium channels. Although an antagonism at the receptors or an increase of cyclic AMP or cyclic GMP cannot be completely excluded, we suggest that at least one component of the berberine inhibitory effect may be due to its action on some step of the chain of events linking receptors to contractile response.
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PMID:On the mechanism of vasodilating action of berberine: possible role of inositol lipid signaling system. 156 Mar 77

Four temperature-sensitive cell-cycle mutants of rat 3Y1 clonal fibroblasts representing separate complementation groups (3Y1tsD123, 3Y1tsF121, 3Y1tsG125 and 3Y1tsH203) are arrested at restrictive temperature, primarily with a G1-phase DNA content (temperature arrest). We examined various factors affecting signal transduction for activity which induces DNA synthesis at the restrictive temperature when added to the temperature-arrested cultures of these mutants. The factors examined were theophylline, dibutyryl cyclic AMP, cholera toxin (CT), dibutyryl cyclic GMP, sodium nitroprusside, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, 1-oleoyl 2-acetylglycerol, bombesin, vasopressin, basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF), platelet-derived growth factor, A23187, monensin, epidermal growth factor (EGF), insulin and fetal calf serum (FCS). None of these factors induced DNA synthesis in 3Y1tsH203. In one mutant (3Y1ts121), FGF, EGF and FCS individually induced DNA synthesis. In the other 2 mutants (3Y1tsD123 and 3Y1tsG125), FGF and CT individually induced DNA synthesis. The FGF-induced DNA synthesis was suppressed by islet-activating protein (IAP) in 3Y1tsD123 and 3Y1tsG125, but not in 3Y1tsF121. The CT-induced DNA synthesis was also suppressed by IAP, as previously shown. When temperature-arrested cultures were shifted to a permissive temperature, all 4 mutants initiated DNA synthesis in the presence of IAP. These results suggest that (1) a cell can prepare for the initiation of DNA synthesis by using several independent signal transduction pathways, and (2) in a given situation, the cell uses a particular pathway because of its availability, which depends on the culture conditions.
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PMID:Induction of DNA synthesis by fibroblast growth factor in temperature-sensitive cell-cycle mutants of rat 3Y1 fibroblasts arrested at restrictive temperature. 158 64

Simultaneous determinations of water and antipyrine permeations in monolayers of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells grown on a permeant support were done to study the relationships between water transport and membrane fluidity in these epithelial cells. The changes in permeation of the lipophilic non-electrolyte antipyrine were used to probe the modifications in membrane fluidity. In controls, the apparent diffusional permeability coefficient for water (PDw) was three times higher than the antipyrine's one, PDAp (4.2.10(-5) vs. 1.4.10(-5) cm s-1). Addition of vasopressin or dibutyryl cyclic AMP to the monolayers induced a biphasic increase in antipyrine permeation with peak values at t = 2 min, 3-4-fold that of controls. Variations in water permeation were of similar amplitude and obeyed the same time course, leaving the water to antipyrine permeation ratios unchanged. Compound H7, an inhibitor of protein kinases, blunted the increase in permeation for both antipyrine and water. Finally, addition of the fluidizing agent benzyl alcohol to the monolayers resulted in a parallel increase in PDAp and PDw. These results suggest that the physical state of membrane lipids may control water permeation in MDCK cells.
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PMID:Water permeation in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells is modulated by membrane fluidity. 164


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