title: Modulation of a Ca2+ signaling pathway by GM1 ganglioside in PC12 cells.
abstract: The effects of exogenous GM1 ganglioside on depolarization and ligand-induced Ca2+ signaling were investigated in PC12 cells. Cellular responses to K+ depolarization and bradykinin application in control and GM1-treated cells were examined with respect to: 1) changes in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) measured using fura-2 fluorescence in single cells, and 2) changes in Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase activity as assayed by two-dimensional phosphopeptide analysis of the site-specific phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase. Pretreatment of cells with GM1 (10 or 100 microM) enhanced K+ depolarization-stimulated increases in [Ca2+]i and in 32PO4 incorporation into tyrosine hydroxylase phosphopeptide T2, a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II substrate. In contrast, GM1 treatment had no effect on the transient increases in [Ca2+]i evoked by bradykinin or on bradykinin-induced increases in the site-specific phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase. The depolarization-induced and GM1-enhanced increases in [Ca2+]i and T2 phosphorylation were prevented by removal of external Ca2+ or pretreatment with 1 microM nitrendipine, suggesting that these increases result from Ca2+ entry through dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channels. The ability of exogenous gangliosides to potentiate increases in [Ca2+]i may underlie their diverse neuritogenic and neurotrophic actions in the nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Hilbush
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016257:Fura-2; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D016716:PC12 Cells; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside; D009568:Nitrendipine; D011188:Potassium; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2