title: Phorbol ester modulates serotonin-stimulated phosphoinositide breakdown in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Stimulation of cultured rabbit aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) with serotonin (5HT) induced a rapid generation of inositol phosphates from receptor-mediated hydrolysis of inositol phospholipids. Pretreatment of these cells with 500ng/ml of pertussis toxin for 24h prior to addition of 5HT reduced 5HT-induced formation of inositol phosphates. Phorbol esters, such as 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) or phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu), are known to activate protein kinase C (PKC), but their role on cultured VSMC stimulated by 5HT has not been defined. TPA exhibited a rapid inhibition of 5HT-stimulated phosphoinositide breakdown, although 4 alpha-phorbol-12,13-didecanoate (4 alpha PDD), an inactive phorbol ester, did not inhibit it. These data suggest that a guanine nucleotide inhibitory (Gi) protein couples 5HT receptor to phospholipase C and TPA modulates 5HT-stimulated hydrolysis of inositol phospholipids in cultured VSMC through activation of PKC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Go
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuzaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011817:Rabbits; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010703:Phorbol Esters; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; C008876:phorbol-12,13-didecanoate; D012701:Serotonin; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate