title: Comparison of alpha 1A- and alpha 1B-adrenoceptor coupling to inositol phosphate formation in rat kidney.
abstract: We have compared the coupling mechanisms of rat renal alpha 1A- and alpha 1B-like adrenoceptors to inositol phosphate formation. The experiments were performed in parallel in native renal tissue preparations and in those where alpha 1B-adrenoceptors had been inactivated by treatment with 10 mumol/l chloroethylclonidine for 30 min at 37 degrees C; renal slices were used in most experiments but isolated renal cells were also used in some cases. The Ca2+ chelating agent, EGTA (5 mmol/l), reduced noradrenaline-stimulated inositol phosphate formation in native but enhanced it in chloroethylclonidine-treated renal slices. The inhibitory effect of EGTA was not mimicked by 100 nmol/l nifedipine. Inactivation of 87% of cellular Gi by 16-20 h treatment with 500 ng/ml pertussis toxin did not significantly affect noradrenaline-stimulated inositol phosphate formation in isolated renal cells but abolished the inhibitory effect of chloroethylclonidine. The adenylate cyclase activator, forskolin (20 mumol/l), inhibited noradrenaline-stimulated inositol phosphate formation in native and chloroethylclonidine-treated slices, and the inhibitory effects of chloroethylclonidine treatment and forskolin were additive. We conclude that in rat kidney inositol phosphate formation via alpha 1B-like adrenoceptors may involve the influx of extracellular Ca2+ and a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein but is insensitive to inhibition by forskolin. In contrast alpha 1A-like adrenoceptor-mediated inositol phosphate formation does not require the presence of extracellular Ca2+ or of Gi and is sensitive to inhibition by forskolin. In comparison to published data from other model systems we further conclude that the signaling mechanisms of alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes may depend on their cellular environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Büscher
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Erdbrügger
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Philipp
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Brodde
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Michel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D003000:Clonidine; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine