title: Histamine receptors in human fibroblasts: inositol phosphates, Ca2+, and cell growth.
abstract: Histamine stimulated inositol phosphate formation by human skin fibroblasts. The effect of histamine was reduced but still readily apparent in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. Histamine caused a transient increase in intracellular free Ca2+ as detected by indo-1 and fura-2 fluorescence studies on cell populations and on individual cells. Similar increases were observed in the absence of extracellular Ca2+, indicating that the effect was primarily due to mobilization of Ca2+ from intracellular stores, presumably by inositol trisphosphate (IP3). The effects of histamine on phosphoinositide metabolism and intracellular Ca2+ were inhibited by pretreatment of the cells with phorbol esters, suggesting that the histamine receptor in fibroblasts is subject to feedback regulation by protein kinase C. Histamine inhibited the incorporation of [3H]-thymidine into DNA. The effects of histamine on inositol phosphate formation, intracellular Ca2+, and thymidine incorporation were blocked by the H1 receptor antagonist mepyramine. Our results indicate that human skin fibroblasts have H1 receptors coupled to the formation of inositol phosphates and mobilization of intracellular Ca2+. We suggest that this H1 receptor also mediates a block of the cell cycle and that histamine may play a physiological role in the regulation of fibroblast proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bazan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garver
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gruenstein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
mesh_terms: D000631:Aminopyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology; D011738:Pyrilamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011968:Receptors, Histamine / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012867:Skin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000631:Aminopyridines; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D011968:Receptors, Histamine; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D006632:Histamine; D011738:Pyrilamine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; D013936:Thymidine