title: Enhancement of stimulation-evoked catecholamine release from cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells by forskolin.
abstract: Acetylcholine (ACh) increased cyclic AMP levels in cultured bovine chromaffin cells with a peak effect at 1 min after the addition. Pretreatment with forskolin (0.3 microM) enhanced the ACh-evoked cyclic AMP increase. The catecholamine (CA) release induced by ACh was enhanced by forskolin, but forskolin alone did not enhance the CA release. The effect of forskolin increased dose-dependently up to 1 microM, but decreased at higher concentrations. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP (DBcAMP) also enhanced ACh-evoked CA release, but the effect was less potent than that of forskolin. Forskolin enhanced both [3H]norepinephrine ([3H]NE) and endogenous CA release evoked by 30 mM K+ from cells that were preloaded with [3H]NE. The effects of forskolin were substantial when CA release was evoked with low concentrations of ACh or excess K+, but decreased with higher concentrations of the stimulants. Forskolin also enhanced the CA release induced by ionomycin and veratrine, or by caffeine in Ca2+-free medium. The potentiation by forskolin of the ACh-evoked CA release was manifest in low Ca2+ concentrations in the medium, but decreased when Ca2+ concentration was increased. These results suggest that cyclic AMP may play a role in the modulation of CA release from chromaffin cells.
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004987:Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015759:Ionomycin; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D014702:Veratrine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D004987:Ethers; D005576:Colforsin; D002110:Caffeine; D015759:Ionomycin; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D014702:Veratrine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine