title: Effect of adrenalectomy on Ca2+ signaling in rat hepatocytes.
abstract: To pursue our studies of the effects of adrenalectomy on the adrenergic regulation of phosphorylase a, cAMP, cell calcium, and Ca2+ signaling in rat hepatocytes (Studer, R.K., and Borle, A.B. (1984) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 804, 377-385; Freudenrich, C.C., and Borle, A.B. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 8604-8610), we have further examined the alpha 1-adrenergic pathway in adrenalectomized and sham-operated male rats. We measured the number and affinity of alpha 1-adrenergic receptors, the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration [(Ca2+]i) of hepatocytes with aequorin, inositol triphosphate (IP3) accumulation, and Ca2+ influx and efflux across the plasma membrane. We also compared the effects of vasopressin with those obtained with epinephrine. We found that the number of alpha 1-adrenergic receptors was slightly depressed (-23%), but that their affinity was unchanged. However, IP3 accumulation evoked by epinephrine was decreased 50%. This is probably the main cause for the depressed peak rise in [Ca2+]i we previously observed and reported. We also found that the basal resting Ca2+ influx was increased after adrenalectomy. Experiments with the beta-blocker propranolol, which abolished the epinephrine-evoked increase in Ca2+ influx, suggest that this effect may be mediated by cAMP, at least in adrenalectomized animals. The effects of vasopressin on IP3 [Ca2+]i and Ca2+ influx and efflux were also significantly decreased after adrenalectomy, indicating that alpha 1-adrenergic-mediated and other IP3-dependent Ca2+ signaling pathways are depressed after adrenalectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15261.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Borle
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Studer
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011224:Prazosin / Q000378:metabolism; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D014667:Vasopressins; D011433:Propranolol; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium; D011224:Prazosin; D004837:Epinephrine