title: Distribution of signaling molecules involved in vasopressin-induced Ca2+ mobilization in rat hepatocyte multiplets.
abstract: In freshly isolated rat hepatocyte multiplets, Ca2+ signals in response to vasopressin are highly organized. In this study we used specific probes to visualize, by fluorescence and confocal microscopy, the main signaling molecules involved in vasopressin-mediated Ca2+ responses. V1a receptors were detected with a novel fluorescent antagonist, Rhm8-PVA. The Galphaq/Galpha11, PLCbeta3, PIP2, and InsP3 receptors were detected with specific antibodies. V1a vasopressin receptors and PIP2 were associated with the basolateral membrane and were not detected in the bile canalicular domain. Galphaq/Galpha11, PLCbeta3, and InsP3 receptors were associated with the basolateral membrane and also with other intracellular structures. We used double labeling, Western blotting, and drugs (cytochalasin D, colchicine) known to disorganize the cytoskeleton to demonstrate the partial co-localization of Galphaq/Galpha11 with F-actin.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U442, IFR-FR 46, Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stelly
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tordjmann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Durroux
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Dufour
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forchioni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Claret
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guillon
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D043802:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D054799:Phospholipase C beta; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin / Q000378:metabolism; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D014404:Tubulin; D014667:Vasopressins; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D054799:Phospholipase C beta; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D043802:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11