title: Beta-adrenergic inhibition of AGEPC-stimulated Na+/Ca2+ exchange and AGEPC-induced platelet activation.
abstract: Recently, AGEPC (1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) was found to initiate contraction of ileal smooth muscle strips and to enhance Na+/Ca2+ exchange in ileal plasmalemmal vesicles. In the present study, the effects of the smooth muscle relaxant, isoproterenol, on Na+/Ca2+ exchange in rat ileal plasmalemmal vesicles was examined. In this preparation, Na+/Ca2+ exchange was stimulated 131 +/- 8% and 264 +/- 19% by addition of 50 nM and 100 nM AGEPC, respectively. Isoproterenol, a beta-adrenergic agonist, inhibited AGEPC stimulation of Na+/Ca2+ exchange in a dose- and time-dependent manner but had no effect on basal rates of Na+/Ca2+ antiport. At 1 microM, isoproterenol inhibited 86% of the Na+/Ca2+ exchange stimulated by 50 nM AGEPC. Vesicular cAMP levels were increased over 100% following the addition of 1 microM isoproterenol for 30 s. Inhibition of AGEPC-stimulated vesicular Na+/Ca2+ exchange and elevation of vesicular cAMP levels by isoproterenol was prevented by the beta-receptor antagonist propranolol (5 microM), demonstrating that these effects of isoproterenol were mediated by interaction with vesicular beta-adrenergic receptors. Additional studies with washed rabbit platelets demonstrated that isoproterenol inhibited AGEPC-induced aggregation and serotonin release. These effects of isoproterenol were dose- and time-dependent and were antagonized by propranolol. Isoproterenol had no effect on thrombin-induced aggregation and did not change appreciably platelet cAMP levels. Moreover, dibutyryl cAMP could not mimic the effect of isoproterenol to inhibit an AGEPC-induced aggregation. On a molar basis, the inhibitory effects of isoproterenol toward AGEPC action were greater in the ileal preparation than in the platelets. It is suggested that beta-adrenergic agonists may modulate AGEPC-induced ileal Na+/Ca2+ exchange and AGEPC-induced platelet aggregation through cAMP-dependent and-independent mechanisms, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kester
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Olson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015539:Platelet Activation / Q000502:physiology*; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000097:blood; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D012701:Serotonin; D003994:Bucladesine; D012964:Sodium; D011433:Propranolol; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol; D002118:Calcium