title: Cyclic AMP analogues potentiate kappa-opiate and attenuate alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist effects on intrasynaptosomal free calcium.
abstract: The intrasynaptosomal free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) was measured in quin2-loaded synaptosomes prepared from rat cerebral cortex. Membrane-permeant cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) analogues [8-bromo-cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP) and dibutyryl-cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate (db-cAMP)] increased [Ca2+]i in a dose-dependent manner; The maximal increases were approximately 50% for 8-Br-cAMP and 35% for db-cAMP and occurred at approximately 10 microM with both analogues. Clonidine (1 microM) alone reduced [Ca2+]i by 26.5%; db-cAMP and 8-Br-cAMP attenuated this reduction to 14.2 and 8.2%, respectively. In contrast, the reduction (19.9%) in [Ca2+]i induced by the preferential kappa-opiate agonist dynorphin A(1-13) was not attenuated by the cAMP analogues; in fact, db-cAMP and 8-Br-cAMP potentiated the effect of dynorphin A(1-13) (1 microM), producing decreases in [Ca2+]i of 33.6 and 29.6%, respectively. We conclude that although alpha 2-adrenergic and kappa-opiate receptors both reduce [Ca2+]i, the alpha 2-adrenoceptor-mediated response and the kappa-opiate receptor-mediated response involve different effector mechanisms. It appears that presynaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist effects are linked to reductions in adenylate cyclase activity and cAMP production and a resultant increase in Ca2+ sequestration, Ca2+-channel blockade, or both. On the other hand, the kappa-opiate-mediated effects possibly involve an increase in cAMP production and a blockade of Ca2+ entry.
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004399:Dynorphins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000378:metabolism*; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; C026843:dynorphin (1-13); D004399:Dynorphins; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D003000:Clonidine; D002118:Calcium