title: Pertussis and cholera toxins inhibit prostaglandin synthesis in rat astrocyte cultures at distinct metabolic steps.
abstract: The influence of pertussis and cholera toxin-sensitive G-proteins in the prostaglandin synthetic pathway has been investigated. Prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) synthesis was stimulated by the calcium ionophore A23187, the phorbol ester tetradecanoylphorbol acetate (TPA), or by extracellular ATP. Pretreatment of cultures with pertussis toxin (Ptx) resulted in a partial inhibition of PGD2 synthesis in both stimulated and unstimulated cells. A23187-stimulated PGD2 synthesis was affected less than ATP- or TPA-stimulated synthesis. Furthermore, Ptx also inhibited A23187-, ATP-, and TPA-stimulated arachidonic acid release. Basal and stimulated PGD2 synthesis were also inhibited, when cultures were preincubated with cholera toxin (Ctx). Here, ATP-stimulated synthesis was affected the most. Arachidonic acid release, in contrast, was enhanced by cholera toxin, even without addition of stimuli. These data suggest that regulation of prostaglandin synthesis in rat astrocyte cultures involves Ptx- and Ctx-sensitive G-proteins. Ptx substrates affect events at or proximal to phospholipase A2, whereas Ctx substrates influence events proximal or distal to phospholipase A2.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, University of Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gebicke-Haerter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schobert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hertting
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011453:Prostaglandins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000001:Calcimycin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D015230:Prostaglandin D2