title: Effect of bradykinin on intracellular signalling systems in a rat clonal dental pulp-cell line.
abstract: The cloned pulp-cell line RDP4-1 increases cAMP production, hydrolyses phosphoinositide (PI) and mobilizes calcium in response to prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and PGF2-alpha. The effect of bradykinin (BK) on intracellular signalling systems and DNA synthesis was studied in these cells. BK (10 microM) transiently increased cytoplasmic free calcium ([Ca2+]i) both in the presence and absence of external calcium. After stimulation with BK (10 microM), cells did not respond significantly to PGE2 (0.5 microgram/ml). Pretreatment with indomethacin (30 microM) inhibited the [Ca2+]i increment by BK (10 microM), but not by the subsequent addition of PGE2 (0.5 micrograms/ml). Also, pretreatment with PGE2 (0.5 microgram/ml) blocked the action of BK (10 microM), BK (0.1-100 microM) stimulated PI hydrolysis and cAMP production in a dose-dependent manner. Both the PI and the cAMP responses were inhibited by indomethacin (30 microM), as was the calcium response. BK (0.01-10 microM) also stimulated release of arachidonic acid and its metabolites dose-dependently. However, prolonged exposure to BK in serum-deficient medium did not exert any effect on DNA synthesis. RDP 4-1 cells, therefore, appear to respond to BK with increased cAMP production. PI hydrolysis and calcium mobilization. The inhibition of these effects of BK by indomethacin raises the possibility that cyclo-oxygenase product(s), especially PGE2 or PGE2-like compounds, may be responsible for evoking these effects. These results indicate that BK may stimulate or modulate cell metabolism in the dental pulp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Niigata University, School of Dentistry, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orikasa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002999:Clone Cells; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007294:Inositol / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D007294:Inositol; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D004247:DNA; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015232:Dinoprostone; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine; D007213:Indomethacin