title: Histamine receptors and interactions between second messenger transduction systems.
abstract: Histamine H1- and H2-receptors have been classically associated with two distinct intracellular second messenger systems. H2-receptors are coupled via a Gs regulatory protein to adenylate cyclase and stimulate cyclic AMP formation, while H1-receptors mediate many of their effects via the products of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis. It is becoming clear, however, that there is a substantial 'cross-talk' between these intracellular second messenger systems in a number of tissues. In guinea-pig cerebral cortical slices, H1-receptor stimulation can augment the direct cyclic AMP responses to adenosine or H2-receptor stimulation via a mechanism which appears to involve both products of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis, inositol triphosphate and diacylglycerol. In contrast, a reverse interaction can occur in bovine tracheal smooth muscle and agents which raise intracellular cyclic AMP levels can inhibit H1-receptor-mediated inositol phospholipid hydrolysis. In addition to these interactions between cyclic AMP and phosphoinositide signalling systems, the H1-receptor-mediated inositol phospholipid response in mammalian cerebral cortex can be regulated (both positively and negatively) via mechanisms which do not involve changes in cyclic AMP levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, England.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D011968:Receptors, Histamine / Q000502:physiology*; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000378:metabolism; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011968:Receptors, Histamine; D000242:Cyclic AMP