title: GTP gamma S loading of endothelial cells stimulates phospholipase C and uncouples ATP receptors.
abstract: The effects of GTP gamma S, a stable GTP analogue that can activate guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, on phospholipase C activation/calcium mobilization were studied in intact cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC). Phosphoinositide metabolism and cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration [( Ca2+]i; fura-2 fluorescence) were studied after the cells were transiently permeabilized, loaded with different guanine nucleotides, and then allowed to reseal and recover. Intracellular GTP gamma S stimulated a dose-dependent [median effective concentration (EC50) 2.5 microM] decrease in basal [3H]phosphoinositide content. Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, phosphatidylinositol 4-bisphosphate, and phosphatidylinositol levels decreased to 57 +/- 9, 63 +/- 8, and 74 +/- 8% control levels, respectively, in BAEC loaded with approximately 85 microM GTP gamma S. Basal inositol trisphosphate (IP3) and [Ca2+]i were increased in GTP gamma S-loaded BAEC when compared with sham-loaded BAEC. In control BAEC, the purinergic receptor agonist ATP (100 microM) induced rapid increases in [Ca2+]i and IP3. However, BAEC that had been intracellularly loaded with GTP gamma S [median inhibitory constant (IC50) 1 microM] or 5'-guanylyl-imidodiphosphate exhibited decreased calcium mobilization in response to ATP. Ionomycin (calcium ionophore)-releasable pools of calcium were similar in sham- and GTP gamma S-loaded cells, suggesting that total intracellular calcium had not been depleted by the permeabilization protocol. The diminished calcium mobilization in response to ATP was associated with decreases in ATP-stimulated PIP2 hydrolysis and IP3 formation. In addition, GTP gamma S loading did not increase basal levels of cyclic AMP. Intracellular GDP beta S, GDP, or GTP did not inhibit ATP-stimulated increases in [Ca2+]i or IP3.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Brock
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Griendling
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D002417:Cattle; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic / Q000187:drug effects*; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011983:Receptors, Purinergic; D013873:Thionucleotides; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D010738:Type C Phospholipases