title: Comparative studies of phosphoinositide hydrolysis induced by endothelin-related peptides in cultured cerebellar astrocytes, C6-glioma and cerebellar granule cells.
abstract: Effects of endothelin (ET) homologues (ET-1, 2, 3 and sarafotoxin S6b) and its precursor (big ET-1) on phosphoinositide (PI) turnover were compared in neurally-related cell cultures. All ET-related peptides induced a robust increase of PI turnover in cerebellar astrocytes, C6-glioma and cerebellar granule cells. The rank order of potency in stimulating PI turnover was ET-1 = ET-2 greater than or equal to S6b greater than ET-3 greater than big ET-1 for granule cell neurons, while it was ET-1 greater than or equal to ET-2 greater than or equal to S6b greater than big ET-1 greater than ET-3 for astrocytes and C6-glioma cells. Short-term pretreatment with phorbol dibutyrate (PDBu) attenuated the ET-1-induced PI response in all three types of cultures. However, long-term pretreatment with PDBu attenuated the response in granule cells and C6-gliomas, but enhanced responses to ET and ATP in astrocytes. Long-term exposure of cells to pertussis toxin (PTX) attenuated the PI response to ET in astrocytes and C6-gliomas, but not in granule cells. Thus, phospholipase C-coupled ET receptors are expressed in both neurons and glial cells, but they differ considerably in their pharmacological selectivity and signal transduction mechanisms in stimulating PI hydrolysis.
authors.affiliation: Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology; D016232:Endothelins; D005910:Glioma / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D010455:Peptides; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin