title: Extracellular ATP and UTP exert similar effects on rat isolated hepatocytes.
abstract: 1. Extracellular UTP and ATP show obvious similarities in their control of several metabolic functions of rat isolated hepatocytes. 2. They have a similar time-course and concentration-dependency for the activation of glycogen phosphorylase, the generation of inositol trisphosphate (IP3), the inhibition of glycogen synthase and the lowering of adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) levels. 3. There is a similar synergism of the nucleotides with glucagon in activating phosphorylase. 4. They undergo a similar inhibition by phorbol myristic acid of their glycogenolytic effect. 5. The ATP and UTP effect on IP3 levels are not additive. 6. It is tentatively concluded that UTP and ATP use a common receptor.
authors.affiliation: Afdeling Biochemie, Faculteit Geneeskunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keppens
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vandekerckhove
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Wulf
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation / Q000187:drug effects; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007293:Inosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D006005:Phosphorylases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D058914:Purinergic Antagonists; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014544:Uridine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D058914:Purinergic Antagonists; D007293:Inosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006003:Glycogen; D006005:Phosphorylases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; C002630:alpha,beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate; D014544:Uridine Triphosphate