title: Diadenosine polyphosphate-stimulated gluconeogenesis in isolated rat proximal tubules.
abstract: Diadenosine polyphosphates released into the extracellular environment influence a variety of metabolic and other cellular activities in a wide range of target tissues. Here we have studied the impact of these novel nucleotides on gluconeogenesis in isolated rat proximal tubules. Gluconeogenesis was stimulated following exposure of isolated proximal tubules to a range of adenine-containing nucleotides including ADP, ATP, Ap3A, Ap4A, Ap5A and Ap6A. The concentration-dependence of ATP-, Ap3A- and Ap4A-mediated stimulation of gluconeogenesis was similar and was consistent with a role for these agents in the physiological control of renal metabolism. Nucleotide-stimulated gluconeogenesis was diminished in the presence of agents that interfere with phospholipase C activation or intracellular Ca2+ metabolism, indicative of a role for polyphosphoinositide-mediated Ca2+ mobilization in the mechanism of action of ATP, Ap3A and Ap4A. The characteristics of binding of [2-3H]Ap4A to renal plasma-membrane preparations suggest that Ap4A mediates its effects on proximal tubule gluconeogenesis via interaction with P2y-like purinoceptor(s) also recognized by extracellular ATP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Edgecombe
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Craddock
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: McLennan
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates; D009543:Nifedipine