title: Neuropeptide stimulation of calcium flux in human lung cancer cells: delineation of alternative pathways.
abstract: Calcium ion flux following the administration of a series of neuropeptides, N6,O2'-dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, and serum was monitored by flow cytometry in selected lung and breast cancer cell lines and Chinese hamster ovary cell line CHO-K1. Calcium ion flux was monitored in individual cells by flow cytometry using the indicator indo-1 AM. Five groups of neuropeptides produced calcium flux changes in lung cancer cell lines and CHO-K1 cells but not in breast cancer cells. The peak increase in free calcium was reached within 10 sec of peptide administration and declined to resting levels in 70-120 sec. When two or more members of the same group were administered simultaneously, calcium flux changes were identical to that produced by each single peptide. When two or more members of different groups were administered simultaneously, an increased calcium release occurred. When identical peptides or peptides from the same group were administered sequentially after the return of calcium concentrations to resting values, no calcium flux resulted from the second peptide. When peptides from different active groups were administered sequentially, a new calcium flux occurred after each peptide. These data are interpreted to mean that members of each active group of peptides trigger a different calcium flux pathway. Thus, many such pathways and different metabolic states exist within the cell. Elucidation of calcium flux pathways in normal and cancer cells may lead to greater understanding of the nature of the malignant defect.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver 80262.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bunn
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Dienhart
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Puck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Jewett
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Braunschweiger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell; D002460:Cell Line; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010053:Ovary; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides; D002118:Calcium