title: Astrocytes possess prostaglandin F2 alpha receptors coupled to phospholipase C.
abstract: We examined the effect of prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha on phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis in rat cultured astrocytes. PGF2 alpha stimulated the formation of [3H]inositol phosphates in [3H]inositol-labeled astrocytes with the ED50 value of 23 nM, whereas PGD2 and PGE2 were much less effective than PGF2 alpha. Transformation of astrocytes was accompanied by an increase in the stimulatory response of PGF2 alpha. Pretreatment of the astrocytes with pertussis toxin and cholera toxin did not affect the PGF2 alpha-evoked PI hydrolysis. In the digitonin-permeabilized astrocytes, PGF2 alpha significantly enhanced the GTP gamma S-evoked PI hydrolysis in the presence of Ca2+. These results indicate that rat cultured astrocytes possess PGF2 alpha receptors coupled to phospholipase C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kitanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Onoe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D004072:Digitonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011982:Receptors, Prostaglandin / Q000378:metabolism*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011982:Receptors, Prostaglandin; C034671:prostaglandin F2alpha receptor; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D007294:Inositol; D015237:Dinoprost; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D004072:Digitonin