title: Glucagon-mediated Ca2+ signaling in BHK cells expressing cloned human glucagon receptors.
abstract: From video imaging of fura 2-loaded baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells stably expressing the cloned human glucagon receptor, we found the Ca2+ response to glucagon to be specific, dose dependent, synchronous, sensitive to pertussis toxin, and independent of Ca2+ influx. Forskolin did not elicit a Ca2+ response, but treatment with a protein kinase A inhibitor, the Rp diastereomer of 8-bromoadenosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphothioate, resulted in a reduced glucagon-mediated Ca2+ response as well as Ca2+ oscillations. The specific phospholipase C inhibitor U-73122 abolished the Ca2+ response to glucagon, and a modest twofold increase in inositol trisphosphate (IP3) production could be observed after stimulation with glucagon. In BHK cells coexpressing glucagon and muscarinic (M1) acetylcholine receptors, carbachol blocked the rise in intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations in response to glucagon, whereas glucagon did not affect the carbachol-induced increase in Ca2+. Furthermore, carbachol, but not glucagon, could block thapsigargin-activated increases in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration. These results indicate that, in BHK cells, glucagon receptors can activate not only adenylate cyclase but also a second independent G protein-coupled pathway that leads to the stimulation of phospholipase C and the release of Ca2+ from IP3-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ stores. Finally, we provide evidence to suggest that cAMP potentiates the IP3-mediated effects on intracellular Ca2+ handling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Signaling, Hagedorn Research Institute, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gromada
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bouchelouche
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Whitmore
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jelinek
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kindsvogel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004963:Estrenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004963:Estrenes; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C060229:1-(6-((3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D005934:Glucagon; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium