title: G-proteins and phospholipase activation in endothelial cells.
abstract: ATP stimulates arachidonic acid release and prostaglandin biosynthesis (most likely via phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activation) and phospholipase C (PLC) activation in cultured rabbit coronary microvessel endothelial cells. Pertussis toxin pretreatment inhibits ATP stimulated prostaglandin release, but not ATP stimulated phosphatidylinositol turnover. In contrast, activation of G-proteins with GTP tau S or AlF4- stimulates both prostaglandin synthesis and PLC. These observations suggest that PLC activation by ATP involves a G-protein(s) that is not ADP-ribosylated by pertussis toxin and further, that ATP activation of prostaglandin biosynthesis appears to involve a different, pertussis toxin sensitive, G-protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gerritsen
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Mannix
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000535:Aluminum / Q000494:pharmacology; D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005459:Fluorides / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011817:Rabbits; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000535:Aluminum; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D015232:Dinoprostone; D005459:Fluorides; C032311:aluminum fluoride