title: Protein kinase C and phospholipase C mediate alpha 1- and beta-adrenoceptor intercommunication in rat hypothalamic slices.
abstract: These experiments examined the mechanism by which phenylephrine enhances beta-adrenoceptor-stimulated cyclic AMP formation in rat hypothalamic and preoptic area slices. To this end we manipulated phospholipase C. phospholipase A2, and protein kinase C activity in slices and assessed the effects of these manipulations on phenylephrine augmentation of isoproterenol-stimulated cyclic AMP generation. Since previous work indicated that estrogen enhances the alpha 1-component of cyclic AMP formation, we examined slices from both gonadectomized and estrogen-treated animals. The alpha 1-antagonist prazosin eliminated phenylephrine augmentation of the beta-response, suggesting that alpha 1-adrenergic receptors mediate the potentiation of cyclic AMP formation. Inhibition of protein kinase C by H7 attenuated the alpha 1-augmentation of beta-stimulated cyclic AMP formation. Staurosporine, a more potent protein kinase C inhibitor, completely abolished the alpha 1-augmenting response. In addition, phenylephrine potentiation of the isoproterenol response was not observed if protein kinase C was first stimulated directly with a synthetic diacylglycerol (1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol) or phorbol ester (phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate). Neomycin, an inhibitor of phospholipase C, decreased alpha 1-receptor enhancement of beta-stimulated cyclic AMP formation, whereas quinacrine, an inhibitor of phospholipase A2, did not. The data suggest that the postreceptor mechanism involved in alpha 1-adrenergic receptor potentiation of cyclic AMP generation in hypothalamic and preoptic area slices includes activation of phospholipase C and protein kinase C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Petitti
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Etgen
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011301:Preoptic Area / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*; D019311:Staurosporine; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D010656:Phenylephrine; D004958:Estradiol; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D019311:Staurosporine; D007545:Isoproterenol