title: Calcium regulation of cyclic nucleotide signaling in lobster olfactory receptor neurons.
abstract: An elevated free Ca2+ concentration reduces odor-stimulated production of cyclic AMP (cAMP) in the outer dendritic membranes of lobster olfactory receptor neurons in vitro. This effect can occur within 50 ms of odor stimulation. The effect is concentration-dependent at submicromolar concentrations of free Ca2+. An elevated free Ca2+ concentration also reduces basal and forskolin-stimulated cAMP levels in a concentration-dependent manner, suggesting that Ca2+ is not targeting the activation of the odor receptor/G protein complex. The degradation of synthetic cAMP by phosphodiesterases is not enhanced by an increased free Ca2+ concentration, suggesting that Ca2+ acts by down-regulating the olfactory adenylyl cyclase. Western blot analysis of the lobster olfactory sensilla that contain the outer dendrites reveals a protein in the transduction zone with a molecular mass of approximately 138 kDa that is immunoreactive to an antiserum against adenylyl cyclase type III. Given earlier evidence that Ca2+ potentially enters the receptor cell through odor-activated inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-gated channels, our results suggest a possible route for cross talk between the cyclic nucleotide and the inositol phospholipid signaling pathways in lobster olfactory receptor neurons.
authors.affiliation: Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida, St. Augustine 32086, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boekhoff
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Breer
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Ache
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000378:metabolism; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects; D008121:Nephropidae; D009812:Odorants; D018034:Olfactory Receptor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D005576:Colforsin; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D002118:Calcium; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine