title: Regulation of bradykinin receptor level by cholera toxin, pertussis toxin and forskolin in cultured human fibroblasts.
abstract: 1. The effect of bacterial toxins on bradykinin-triggered release of arachidonic acid was studied in serum-deprived human foreskin (HSWP) fibroblasts prelabelled with [3H]-arachidonic acid. An 18-h exposure of HSWP cells to cholera toxin, pertussis toxin, or forskolin enhanced the bradykinin-stimulated release of arachidonic acid and metabolites. 2. Prolonged treatment of HSWP cells with these agents also caused a 3 to 4 fold rise in cell surface [3H]-bradykinin binding. The rise was inhibited by concurrent incubation with cycloheximide or actinomycin D. In addition, cholera toxin and foreskolin increased [3H]-bradykinin binding in wildtype PC12 cells, but not in mutant PC12 cells with reduced cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase type II activity. 3. In conclusion, cholera toxin, pertussis toxin and forskolin enhanced arachidonic acid release in response to bradykinin, and increased the number of bradykinin receptors in HSWP fibroblasts. A cyclic AMP-dependent mechanism appears to mediate the actions of the toxins and forskolin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Etscheid
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Villereal
mesh_terms: D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D003609:Dactinomycin; D005576:Colforsin; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D001920:Bradykinin