title: Homologous and heterologous beta-adrenergic desensitization in hepatocytes. Additivity and effect of pertussis toxin.
abstract: In hepatocytes obtained from hypothyroid rats, phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and vasopressin diminished the accumulation of cyclic AMP and the stimulation of ureagenesis induced by isoprenaline or glucagon without altering significantly the accumulation of cyclic AMP induced by forskolin. Pretreatment with PMA markedly reduced the stimulation of ureagenesis and the accumulation of cyclic AMP induced by isoprenaline or glucagon. In membranes from cells pretreated with PMA, the stimulation of adenylate cyclase induced by isoprenaline + GTP, glucagon + GTP or by Gpp[NH]p were clearly diminished as compared to the control, whereas forskolin-stimulated activity was not affected. The data indicate heterologous desensitization of adenylate cyclase. It was also observed that the homologous (García-Sáinz J.A. and Michel, B. (1987) Biochem. J. 246, 331-336) and this heterologous beta-adrenergic desensitizations were additive. Pertussis toxin treatment markedly reduced the heterologous desensitization of adenylate cyclase but not the homologous beta-adrenergic desensitization. It is concluded that the homologous and heterologous desensitizations involve different mechanisms. The homologous desensitization seems to occur at the receptor level, whereas the heterologous probably involves the guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein, Ns.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hernández-Sotomayor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macías-Silva
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plebañski
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: García-Sáinz
mesh_terms: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000378:metabolism; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014508:Urea / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D014667:Vasopressins; D005576:Colforsin; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D014508:Urea; D005934:Glucagon; D011433:Propranolol; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D007545:Isoproterenol; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate