title: Effect of ethanol on cyclic AMP levels in intact PC12 cells.
abstract: Two subclones of the rat pheochromocytoma cell line, PC12, were used to compare the effects of ethanol on adenylate cyclase activity in isolated membranes with its effects on cyclic AMP accumulation in intact cells. Consistent with previous reports, ethanol increased basal and 2-chloroadenosine-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in isolated membrane preparations from both subclones. However, ethanol had opposite effects on agonist-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation in intact cells of the two subclones, enhancing accumulation in one subclone, and inhibiting it in the other. The inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation did not result from stimulation of phosphodiesterase activity, activation of the inhibitory guanyl nucleotide regulatory protein, Gi, or stimulation of protein kinase C. The results indicate that extrapolation of the effects of ethanol from one cell type to another, or from in vitro to in vivo systems, may be complicated by the interaction of ethanol with regulatory processes that influence second messenger systems, and can differ in various types of intact cells.
authors.affiliation: Section on Receptor Mechanisms, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Rabe
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tabakoff
mesh_terms: D015762:2-Chloroadenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000201:enzymology*; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D015762:2-Chloroadenosine; D005576:Colforsin; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D000431:Ethanol; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases