title: Alpha 1-adrenergic stimulation differentially regulates ether-linked diacylglycerols in airway epithelial cells from normal and cystic fibrosis patients.
abstract: Alpha 1-adrenergic stimulation of human airway epithelial cells induces a transient increase in polyphosphoinositide turnover coincident with augmented Na+Cl-(K+) cotransport activity. This activation of airway epithelial cells also results in a biphasic elevation of diacylglycerols. To better understand the significance of these distinct diacylglycerol pools, we now characterize the mass of ether- and ester-linked diacylglycerol species. We demonstrate that the relative mass of ether-linked diacylglycerols is reduced in airway epithelium from cystic fibrosis patients in the presence or absence of alpha 1-adrenergic stimulation. This reduction in ether-linked diacylglycerol mass may represent a compensatory mechanism to help maintain normal chloride influx in cystic fibrosis patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kester
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Liedtke
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D004987:Ethers / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008729:Methoxamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000378:metabolism; D011224:Prazosin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014132:Trachea / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D004075:Diglycerides; D004987:Ethers; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011433:Propranolol; D008729:Methoxamine; D007545:Isoproterenol; D011224:Prazosin; D004837:Epinephrine