title: Alpha 1-adrenergic and H1-histamine receptor control of intracellular Ca2+ in a muscle cell line: the influence of prior agonist exposure on receptor responsiveness.
abstract: Activation of alpha 1-adrenergic receptors in BC3H-1 muscle cells has been shown previously to mobilize intracellular Ca2+, which can be monitored as enhanced 45Ca2+ unidirectional efflux. We report here that histamine also stimulates 45Ca2+ efflux in these cells (Kact = 5.50 microM, nH = 0.94 +/- 0.04), reflecting mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ from a source similar to that accessed by alpha 1-adrenergic receptor activation. In addition, histamine stimulates substantial transmembrane 45Ca2+ influx into BC3H-1 cells. The actions of histamine are inhibited by the H1-selective antagonist, diphenhydramine (IC50 = 1.01 microM), but are unaffected by the H2-selective antagonist, cimetidine (1 nM-10 microM) indicating that histamine regulates cellular Ca2+ via a functional H1 receptor. The presence of independent receptor types which mobilize Ca2+ originating from common intracellular stores has been exploited in order to evaluate the determinants of receptor responsiveness following prior agonist exposure. After exposure with 45Ca2+ to achieve radioisotopic equilibrium, 30 min incubation with increasing concentrations of norepinephrine reduces to similar extents (30-40%) the unidirectional 45Ca2+ efflux responses to subsequent challenges by maximally effective concentrations of norepinephrine or histamine. The decrement in response following norepinephrine exposure appears to reflect an altered disposition of agonist-sensitive intracellular Ca2+, whereas the concentration dependence for alpha 1-adrenergic receptor activation remains unchanged. Prior exposure of cells to increasing concentrations of histamine also reduces the efflux response to norepinephrine challenge (approximately 30% decrease), whereas the response to subsequent histamine challenge is specifically and completely abolished. The loss of histamine responsiveness is accompanied by a marked shift in the concentration dependence for histamine receptor activation toward higher histamine concentrations. These results indicate that substantial alpha 1-receptor responsiveness is maintained following agonist exposure and that the observed reduction in response occurs distally to the receptor itself at some point common to alpha 1- and H1-receptor-effector coupling. By contrast, the H1-histamine receptor exhibits refractoriness, indicative of agonist-induced receptor desensitization.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prendiville
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D011968:Receptors, Histamine / Q000502:physiology*; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011968:Receptors, Histamine; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1; D006632:Histamine; D002118:Calcium