title: Dibutyryl-cAMP increases functions of 5-hydroxytryptamine2 receptors, but not of beta 2-adrenergic receptors, in a clonal cell line of rat neurotumor RT4.
abstract: A peripheral nervous system cell line RT4-B, established by Imada and Sueoka (Dev. Biol., 66:97-108, 1978), was shown to respond to serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] and catecholamines. 5-HT induced a small and transient increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in the RT4-B cells. The increase was effectively blocked by 5-HT2 receptor antagonists (spiperone, ritanserin and mianserin), but not by a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist (MDL72222), or a alpha 1-adrenergic receptor antagonist (prazosin), indicating that RT4-B cells express 5-HT2 receptors. On the other hand, catecholamines increased cyclic AMP production by RT4-B. The order of potency for stimulating cyclic AMP synthesis was isoproterenol greater than epinephrine much greater than norepinephrine much greater than dopamine, and the stimulation was effectively inhibited by the nonselective beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol, but not by the beta 1-adrenergic receptor antagonist atenolol, suggesting that RT4-B cells express beta 2-adrenergic receptors. The differentiating agent N6,2'-O-dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (dibutyryl-cAMP) enhanced the 5-HT-induced [Ca2+]i increase, but not the catecholamine-induced cyclic AMP production. The increase in the 5-HT response paralleled the increase in the density of 5-HT2 receptors. n-Butyric acid (2 mM) and 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (1 mM) also increased the 5-HT response, and the sum of these increases was nearly equal to that induced by dibutyryl-cAMP. These results indicate that RT4-B is a novel model cell line for the study of 5-HT2 and beta 2-adrenergic receptors and their second messenger responses and for the analysis of the mechanisms how 5-HT2 receptor gene expression is controlled.
authors.affiliation: Shionogi Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shigeri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002999:Clone Cells; D008954:Models, Biological; D051381:Rats; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D003994:Bucladesine; D002118:Calcium