title: Substance P-induced diacylglycerol formation in rat parotid acinar cells.
abstract: The mechanisms underlying the ability of substance P, to stimulate the sn-1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG) formation were studied using rat parotid acinar cells. During a 60 s stimulation, 1 microM substance P caused a rapid rise in DAG accumulation at 5 s, whereas a low (0.1 microM) concentration of agonist did not. During long term stimulation for 30 min, DAG accumulation induced by 1 microM substance P reached near maximal levels at 5 min and remained elevated for at least 20 min. In contrast, DAG formation induced by 0.1 microM substance P exhibited a peak at 5 min, gradually declined and returned to near basal levels at 30 min. Furthermore, DAG accumulation in response to substance P at 5 and 20 min increased in a dose-dependent manner. The breakdown of both [32P]phosphatidylinositol 4-monophosphate ([32P]PIP) and [32P]phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate ([32P]PIP2) stimulated by 1 microM substance P significantly increased from 5 to 20 min and returned to basal levels by 30 min; however, the breakdown of [32P]PIP2 was greater than that of [32P]PIP. At a low concentration of substance P, [32P]PIP2 breakdown reached maximal levels at 5 min followed by a progressive decrease and returned to basal levels at 30 min, whereas the breakdown of [32P]PIP reached maximal levels at 5 min and returned to near basal levels at 10 min. Both concentrations of substance P caused some [32P]phosphatidylinositol breakdown at 5 min. Changes in [3H]inositol trisphosphate induced by substance P were similar to those in [32P]PIP2. In addition, substance P (1 microM) did not stimulate the release of [3H]choline or [3H]ethanolamine metabolites into the medium. Substance P-induced DAG formation was not inhibited by staurosporine, a protein kinase C inhibitor. These results suggest that DAG formation caused by substance P is closely associated with the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositides but not that of phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylethanolamine, and is not regulated by protein kinase C-dependent mechanism(s).
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Tokyo College of Pharmacy, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komabayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yakata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Izawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019856:Ethanolamine; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000378:metabolism; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D019311:Staurosporine; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: C011439:1,2-diacylglycerol; D000470:Alkaloids; D004075:Diglycerides; D004983:Ethanolamines; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D014316:Tritium; D013373:Substance P; D019856:Ethanolamine; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine; D002794:Choline