title: Regulation of the adenylyl cyclase signaling system in various types of cultured endothelial cells.
abstract: We studied the effects of modulators of the adenylyl cyclase pathway on the accumulation of cAMP in endothelial cells isolated from bovine aortas, pig pulmonary arteries, human umbilical veins, and human subcutaneous adipose microvessels. In addition to quantitative differences in the basal levels, cAMP stimulation in different endothelial cell types varied in sensitivity and magnitude in response to both the direct adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin and the beta-adrenergic receptor agonist isoproterenol. Furthermore, the ubiquitous phosphodiesterase inhibitor IBMX differentially enhanced both the basal and the stimulated cAMP levels in the various cell types. Histamine caused an elevation of cAMP only in bovine aortic endothelial cells and in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Treatment of the cells with cholera and pertussis toxins, which uniquely affect G-protein subunits, resulted in divergent elevation of cAMP in the various cells. Thus, in each cell type, a distinct profile of regulation of the cAMP levels was found. Our results suggest that the adenylyl cyclase signaling system in various types of endothelial cells can be differentially regulated at the levels of receptors, G-proteins, adenylyl cyclase, and phosphodiesterase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee 53201, USA.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Manolopoulos
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Samet
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Lelkes
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D013552:Swine; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D005576:Colforsin; D003994:Bucladesine; D006632:Histamine; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D007545:Isoproterenol; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine