title: Agonist activation of delta-opioid receptor but not mu-opioid receptor potentiates fetal calf serum or tyrosine kinase receptor-mediated cell proliferation in a cell-line-specific manner.
abstract: Activation by opioid receptors of cell proliferation was examined with fibroblast cell lines stably expressing either delta-opioid or mu-opioid receptors. Addition of [D-Ala2, D-Leu5]-enkephalin or [D-Pen2,D-Pen5]-enkephalin to Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells transfected with delta-opioid receptor cDNA resulted in an agonist concentration-dependent potentiation of fetal calf serum (FCS)-stimulated cell proliferation. This potentiation by delta-opioid agonists was antagonized by naloxone and was not observed with the kappa-opioid receptor selective agonist U50,488 or the mu-opioid receptor selective agonist [D-Ala2,N-MePhe4, Gly-ol5]-enkephalin. This delta-opioid agonist effect was not observed at FCS concentrations > 0.1% and could be blocked by pretreating cells with pertussis toxin, indicating that Gi/Go were involved in this action. In addition, delta-opioid agonists could potentiate CHO cell proliferation stimulated by those growth factors that are mediated by tyrosine kinase receptors (i.e., insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1, and fibroblast-derived growth factor b). This delta-opioid agonist potentiation of growth apparently was dependent on the level of delta-opioid receptors that were expressed and had cell-line selectivity. Activation of delta-opioid receptors expressed in Rat-1 or NIH3T3 fibroblast did not result in a modulation of the cell growth induced by FCS or by growth factors. Interestingly, in CHO cells transfected with mu-opioid receptor cDNA, activation with agonists did not produce a potentiation of FCS-stimulated proliferation. This lack of mu-opioid receptor effect was not due to the differences among CHO clones. In a CHO cell line transfected with both delta-opioid receptor cDNA and mu-opioid receptor cDNA, activation of delta-but not mu-opioid receptors resulted in a potentiation of growth. These data suggest that delta- and mu-opioid receptors in CHO cells activate similar but divergent second messenger pathways, resulting in the differential regulation of cell growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: McGinn
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Loh
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D006224:Cricetinae; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004174:Diprenorphine / Q000378:metabolism; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; D016308:Enkephalin, Leucine-2-Alanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000819:agonists*; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000819:agonists*
chemical_list: D004745:Enkephalins; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; D004174:Diprenorphine; D016308:Enkephalin, Leucine-2-Alanine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases