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Query: UNIPROT:P20366 (substance P)
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Translocation of protein kinase C (PKC) from the cytosol to the plasma membranes is believed to reflect activation of the enzyme. We have studied translocation of PKC in lactotroph-enriched anterior pituitary cell cultures by measuring the incorporation of gamma-32P from [gamma-32P]ATP into a synthetic peptide substrate, MBP4-14, and by immunoblotting of PKC isozymes. Using cells permeabilized with digitonin the effects of PKC cofactors on the distribution of the enzyme were studied. Ca2+ (50 nM) and dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol had no effect when tested alone, but in combination they caused a redistribution of PKC from the soluble to the particulate fraction. Arachidonic acid needed Ca2+ to induce translocation of PKC, while being ineffective under Ca(2+)-free conditions. Western blot analysis of partly purified PKC from lactotroph-enriched pituitary cells revealed the presence of the alpha, beta, delta and zeta isozymes. 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) and substance P displayed different patterns of redistribution of PKC isozyme immunoreactivity from soluble to membrane-attached forms. Thus, TPA induced time- and dose-dependent (mean effective concentration (EC50) = 1 nM) translocation of the alpha, beta and delta species, while substance P stimulated time- and dose-dependent (EC50 = 1 nM) redistribution of the alpha and beta isozymes. zeta subtype immunoreactivity could not be translocated by either agonist; neither could the immunoreactivity of zeta be down-regulated by long-term treatment (24 h) with TPA. The results indicate that simultaneous activation of phospholipases C and A2 induces a synergistic activation of PKC. Finally it is suggested that substance P may exert some of its effects in lactotrophs by translocation of PKC isozymes alpha and beta.
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PMID:Translocation of protein kinase C isozymes in lactotroph-enriched rat anterior pituitary cell cultures: differential effects of substance P and phorbol ester. 752 60

A functional cellular assay system was developed for the detection of substances modulating the activity of G protein-coupled receptors, linked to the phospholipase C second messenger system. The human adenocarcinoma cell line A549 was transformed with the Photinus pyralis luciferase gene under the control of the ICAM-1 gene 5'regulatory region and, subsequently, stably transfected with the human neurokinin 2 (NK2) receptor gene. The ICAM-1 promoter is known to be inducible via the phospholipase C signal transduction pathway. In this NK2 receptor test cell line, expression of luciferase was inducible by neurokinin A and other NK2-specific agonists. The order of potency of the three neurokinins substance P, neurokinin A and neuromedin K was consistent with published data and results from ligand binding studies performed with the same NK2 test cell line. The agonistic effect of neurokinin A could be inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by simultaneous addition of NK2-specific antagonists or protein kinase C-inhibitors. Similarly, a stable test cell line expressing the human serotonin 2 receptor was established. Agonist-induced luciferase expression in this cell line was abolished in the presence of 5-HT2-specific antagonists. These cellular assay systems can be employed for the identification of competitive, non-competitive and allosteric modulators of the NK2 and the 5-HT2 receptor, and they represent prototypes for analogous test cell lines for other phospholipase C-coupled receptors.
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PMID:Establishment of a cellular assay system for G protein-linked receptors: coupling of human NK2 and 5-HT2 receptors to phospholipase C activates a luciferase reporter gene. 752

The present study was performed to investigate the histamine-releasing activity of non-immunological stimuli on cultured mast cell lines in comparison to isolated skin mast cells and basophils as human therapeutic target cells. The ionophore A23187 induced a dose dependent histamine release from all cell populations (enzymatically isolated human skin mast cells, human peripheral basophils and rat basophilic leukemia cells, RBL-1 and RBL-2H3). The lectin concanavalin A and the tripeptide formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine activated only basophils, while the neural mediator substance P and compound 48/80 were active only in experiments with skin mast cells. Activators of protein kinase C (different phorbol esters and the non-phorbol mezerein) induced direct histamine release only from basophils. The data provide further evidence for heterogeneity of mast cells and indicate different signal transduction mechanisms following non-immunological activation.
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PMID:Functional comparison of different histamine-containing IgE-receptor positive cells. 752 49

Intracellular recordings were made in submucosal neurons from the guinea pig ileum to study the actions of norepinephrine and somatostatin on slow depolarizations induced by 2-chloroadenosine (CADO) and substance P. Local application (by pressure) of CADO and substance P induced a slow depolarization that occurred concomitantly with an increase in input membrane resistance. Norepinephrine, UK-14304 (alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist), and somatostatin blocked the excitatory responses induced by CADO in a concentration-dependent manner. The alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonists idazoxan and yohimbine antagonized these inhibitory effects of UK-14304 and norepinephrine. UK-14304 also decreased depolarizations induced by forskolin, but not those induced by the adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate analogue 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate. Slow depolarizations induced by substance P were blocked neither by UK-14304 nor by somatostatin. It was previously shown that staurosporine (an inhibitor of various protein kinases) and KT-5720 (an inhibitor of protein kinase A) inhibited slow depolarizations induced by CADO. Here, substance P depolarizations were inhibited by staurosporine and calphostin C (a blocker of protein kinase C) but not by KT-5720. In conclusion, activation of alpha 2-adrenoceptors and somatostatin receptors selectively blocks excitatory responses induced by CADO, most likely by inhibition of adenylyl cyclase and via pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins. Slow depolarizations induced by substance P are independent of adenylyl cyclase activation and involve activation of protein kinase C.
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PMID:Interactions between inhibitory and excitatory modulatory signals in single submucosal neurons. 752 97

We investigated the release of [3H]arachidonic acid ([3H]AA) and its relationship to the formation of [3H]inositol trisphosphate ([3H]IP3) elicited by substance P (SP) in prelabeled Chinese hamster ovary cells stably expressing the SP receptor. Activation of the SP receptor resulted in a concentration- and time-dependent stimulation of [3H]AA release. Half-maximal release was obtained at 10(-9) M, comparable to that for [3H]IP3 formation reported previously, and the maximal release effected by 0.1 microM SP was 8 to 10-fold above the basal value. Both the [3H]AA release and the [3H]-IP3 accumulation stimulated in the cells by 0.1 microM SP were concentration-dependently blocked with the specific SP receptor antagonist CP-96,345, with IC50 values of 2.5 and 0.4 microM, respectively. The time course of [3H]AA release showed a biphasic pattern: an initial rapid release essentially independent of Ca2+, followed by a sustained release markedly suppressed by removal of extracellular Ca2+ or chelation of intracellular Ca2+ with 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxyethane)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA). While pretreatment with pertussis toxin (200 ng/mL, 6 hr) did not block [3H]IP3 formation, it did reduce [3H]AA release by 50% at 1 and 10 min after SP stimulation. Treatment of the cells with a phorbol ester, a protein kinase C activator, augmented the SP-stimulated [H]AA release, and sphingosine, a protein kinase C inhibitor, reversed the phorbol ester-potentiated [3H]AA release, but not the release stimulated by SP alone, suggesting a synergistic effect of protein kinase C on SP-stimulated AA release. These results demonstrate that SP, acting at the SP receptor, stimulates [3H]AA release via mechanisms that are (1) mediated by a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein, (2) dependent on extracellular Ca2+, and (3) enhanced by activation of protein kinase C.
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PMID:Multiple mechanisms of arachidonic acid release in Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with cDNA of substance P receptor. 752 67

The contribution of the intracellular messengers nitric oxide, arachidonic acid and protein kinase C to persistent nociception in response to tissue injury in rats was examined following the subcutaneous injection of formalin into the hindpaw. Formalin injury-induced nociceptive behaviours were reduced by intrathecal pretreatment with inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, L-NAME), arachidonic acid (dexamethasone) or protein kinase C [protein kinase C (19-26) and 1-95-(isoquinolinesulphonyl)-2-methylpiperazine dihydrochloride, H-7]. Each of these agents affected the tonic, but not the acute, phase of the formalin response. Furthermore, none of these agents affected mechanical or thermal flexion reflex thresholds in rats not injected with formalin. Conversely, formalin-induced nociceptive responses were enhanced by stimulators of nitric oxide (sodium nitroprusside), arachidonic acid metabolism (arachidonic acid) or protein kinase C [(+/-)-1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol], and were slightly reduced by inositol trisphosphate. Mechanical flexion reflexes were also reduced by arachidonic acid, while thermal flexion reflexes were reduced after treatment with sodium nitroprusside, arachidonic acid or [(+/-)-1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol]. The enhancement of formalin nociceptive behaviours (hyperalgesia) in rats treated with L-glutamate or substance P was reversed by pretreatment with inhibitors of nitric oxide (L-NAME), arachidonic acid (dexamethasone) or protein kinase C (H-7). The results suggest that central sensitization and persistent nociception following formalin-induced tissue injury, and the hyperalgesia in the formalin test induced by L-glutamate and substance P, are dependent on the intracellular messengers nitric oxide, arachidonic acid and protein kinase C.
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PMID:Intracellular messengers contributing to persistent nociception and hyperalgesia induced by L-glutamate and substance P in the rat formalin pain model. 752 41

The present study investigated the effect of substance P (SP) and protein kinase inhibitors (H7 and HA1004) on beta-amyloid peptide-induced proliferation of neonatal rat brain cells in primary cultures. The beta-amyloid peptide1-28 (designated as beta AP28), at nanomolar concentrations (10(-9) M), significantly (P < or = 0.05) increased the proliferation of brain cells (presumably non-neuronal) as measured by [3H]thymidine uptake into DNA (mitogenesis). The effect was dependent on time of culture, concentration of beta AP28, and presence of fetal calf serum. The supplementation of SP into cell cultures at time zero reversed the proliferative response of beta AP28. Moreover, the beta AP28-induced proliferation was inhibited by protein kinase inhibitor H7, but not by HA1004. Since H7 is a selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor and SP action involves PKC, we conclude that beta AP28 induces normal brain cell proliferation through PKC pathway of cell signaling.
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PMID:Effect of substance P and protein kinase inhibitors on beta-amyloid peptide-induced proliferation of cultured brain cells. 752 54

1. The whole cell patch clamp was used to measure calcium current in isolated chick sympathetic ganglion neurons. Previous results showed that somatostatin inhibits calcium currents (ICa) in a voltage-dependent manner. The effect of somatostatin rapidly desensitizes. In addition, the action of somatostatin on the calcium current is inhibited by activation of protein kinase C (PKC). Because substance P (SP) has been shown to activate PKC in the chick sympathetic neurons, we here test the effects of SP on the calcium current and on the modulatory action of somatostatin. 2. At a concentration of 1 microM, SP had small, variable effects on ICa. 3. SP in the presence of guanosine 5'-triphosphate-gamma-S, or at higher concentrations (10 microM), inhibited ICa in a voltage-dependent manner, similar to the action of somatostatin. 4. Rather than inhibiting the action of somatostatin, SP (1 microM) potentiated the response to somatostatin. This effect of SP was only observed after the response to somatostatin had partially desensitized. SP had no effect on nondesensitized responses to somatostatin. 5. Desensitization of the somatostatin response involved a shift in its dose-response curve toward higher somatostatin concentrations as well as a decrease in the maximal response. SP appears to counteract the shift of the dose-response curve selectively. 6. The potentiation of the somatostatin response by SP is blocked by 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H-7), but not by Calphostin C, Compound 5, k252a, protein kinase C (PKC)19-36, or adenylyl-imidodiphosphate (AMP-PNP), suggesting that phosphorylation is not involved and that the H-7 action does not depend on kinase inhibition.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Substance P potentiates calcium channel modulation by somatostatin in chick sympathetic ganglia. 753 25

Smooth muscle cells isolated from the circular muscle layer of cat esophagus and lower esophageal sphincter (LES) exhibit distinct contractile intracellular signal transduction pathways in response to acetylcholine. To determine whether these contractile pathways are muscle type dependent, the authors examined the signal transduction pathways utilized by substance P and bombesin, which in other tissues, use different signal transduction pathways, and by the GTP analog, guanosine 5'-O-3-thiotriphosphate (GTP gamma S), which activates all available G proteins. Western blot analysis of esophageal and LES circular muscle revealed the presence of Gq-G11 (42 kD), Gi1-Gi2 (40 kD) and Go-Gi3 (40 kD) types of G proteins. The responses of esophageal cells to bombesin and substance P were blocked by 1) a Gi3 protein antibody, 2) the inhibitor of specific phosphatidylcholine-phospholipase C (PLC) D609 potassium tricyclo-[5.2.1.0(2.6)]-decyl-(9[8])-xanthogenate, 3) inhibition of phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase by propranolol, 4) the protein kinase C inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine dihydrochloride (H7) and 5) incubation in Ca(++)-free medium. Conversely, the responses of LES muscle cells to bombesin and substance P were blocked by 1) a Gq-G11 antibody, 2) a phosphatidylinositol-specific PLC antagonist U-73122 (1-[6-[[17 beta-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17- yl]amino]hexyl]-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione), 3) the calmodulin inhibitor CGS9343B (1,3-Dihydro-1-[1-((4-methyl-4H,6H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]-[4,1]benzoxazepin++ +-4 - yl)methyl-4-piperindinyl]-2H-benzimidazol-2-one maleate) and 4) incubation in Sr++. After permeabilization by saponin, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate contracted LES but not esophageal cells. The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor antagonist heparin and depletion of intracellular Ca++ stores by thapsigargin or A23187 4-Benzoxazolecarboxylic acid, 5-(methylamino)-2-[[3,9,11-trimethyl-8-[1-methyl-2-oxo-2-(1H-pyrrol- 2-yl)ethyl]-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undec-2-yl]methyl]-, [6s-[6.alpha. (2S*,3S*),8.beta. (R*), 9.beta., 11. alpha.]]-(9Cl), blocked bombesin- and substance P-induced contraction of LES but not of esophageal muscle. In addition, contraction in response to GTP gamma S, which activates all G proteins, was blocked in esophageal cells by a Gi3-protein antibody, propranolol, D609 and H7. In LES muscle cells, the response to GTP gamma S was blocked by a Gq protein antibody, U-73122 and CGS934B. These data demonstrate that, in esophageal muscle, different agonists activate the same Gi3 protein, phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipases and protein kinase C-dependent pathway.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Agonist-independent, muscle-type-specific signal transduction pathways in cat esophageal and lower esophageal sphincter circular smooth muscle. 753 46

In nucleus basalis neurons, substance P (SP) causes a slow excitation, mediated through a pertussis toxin-insensitive G protein, by suppressing an inward rectifier K+ channel. Here we report that SP applied outside the patch pipette inhibited the single-channel activity, recorded on-cell, of the inward rectifier. The PKC inhibitors staurosporine and PKC(19-36) suppressed this effect in whole-cell mode and in on-cell single-channel mode. A diacylglycerol analog mimicked the SP effect, and PKC(19-36) suppressed this analog effect. SP irreversibly suppressed the inward rectifier in neurons treated with okadaic acid. These results indicate that a diffusible messenger mediates the SP effect, that its signal transduction involves phosphorylation by PKC, and that dephosphorylation by a serine/threonine protein phosphatase mediates its recovery.
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PMID:Protein kinase C-mediated inhibition of an inward rectifier potassium channel by substance P in nucleus basalis neurons. 753 11


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