title: An examination of the involvement of phospholipases A2 and C in the alpha-adrenergic and gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor modulation of cyclic AMP accumulation in rat brain slices.
abstract: Experiments were undertaken to define the role of two calcium-associated enzyme systems in modulating transmitter-stimulated production of cyclic nucleotides in rat brain. Cyclic AMP (cAMP) accumulation was examined in cerebral cortical slices using a prelabeling technique. The enhancement of isoproterenol-stimulated cAMP production by alpha-adrenergic and gamma-aminobutyric acid-B (GABAB) agonists was reduced by exposing the tissue to EGTA, a chelator of divalent cations, or quinacrine, a nonselective inhibitor of phospholipase A2. Likewise, chronic (2 weeks) administration of corticosterone decreased the alpha-adrenergic and GABAB receptor modulation of second messenger production. Neither cyclooxygenase nor lipoxygenase inhibitors selectively influenced the facilitating response of alpha-adrenergic and GABAB agonists. Other experiments revealed that although norepinephrine and 6-fluoronorepinephrine stimulated inositol phosphate (IP) production in cerebral cortical slices with potencies equal to those displayed in the cyclic nucleotide assay, selective alpha 1-adrenergic agonists were less efficacious on IP formation and were without effect in the cAMP assay. Conversely, a selective alpha 2-adrenergic receptor agonist facilitated the cAMP response to a beta-adrenergic agonist without affecting IP formation. The rank orders of potency of a series of alpha-adrenergic antagonists suggest that IP accumulation is mediated solely by alpha 1-adrenergic receptors, whereas the augmentation of cAMP accumulation is regulated by a mixed population of alpha-adrenergic sites. The results suggest that the alpha-adrenergic and GABAB receptor-mediated enhancement of isoproterenol-stimulated cAMP formation appears to be more closely associated with phospholipase A2 than phospholipase C and may be mediated by arachidonate or some other fatty acid.
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000502:physiology*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000502:physiology*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011796:Quinacrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000502:physiology*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010740:Phospholipases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D011796:Quinacrine; D007545:Isoproterenol; D003345:Corticosterone; D009638:Norepinephrine