title: Forskolin inhibits 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced phosphoinositide hydrolysis and Ca+2 Mobilisation in canine cultured aorta smooth muscle cells.
abstract: The effect of forskolin on 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-induced inositol phosphate (IP) and Ca2+ mobilisation was investigated in canine cultured aorta smooth muscle cells (ASMCs). Pretreatment of ASMCs with forskolin attenuated 5-HT-induced IP accumulation and Ca2+ mobilisation in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. The half-maximal effects (pEC50) of forskolin to attenuate IP and Ca2+ responses to 5-HT occurred at concentrations of 6.28 and 6.64, respectively. Pretreatment of ASMCs with cholera toxin caused a similar inhibition on 5-HT-induced responses. Even after treatment with forskolin for 24 h, the 5-HT-induced responses were still inhibited. The inhibitory effect of forskolin resulted from both a depression of the maximal response and a shift to the right of the concentration-effect curves of 5-HT in these responses. The water-soluble forskolin analogue L-858051 [7-deacetyl-7beta-(gamma-N-methylpiperazino)-butyryl forskolin] significantly inhibited the 5-HT-stimulated IP accumulation. In contrast, the addition of 1,9-dideoxy forskolin, an inactive forskolin analogue, had little effect on IP response. Moreover, SQ-22536 [9-(tetrahydro-2-furanyl)-9-H-purin-6-amine], an inhibitor of adenylate cyclase, and both H-89 [N-(2-aminoethyl)-5-iosquinolinesulphonamide] and HA-1004 [N-(2-guanidinoethyl)-5-iosquinolinesulphonamide], inhibitors of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), attenuated the ability of forskolin to inhibit the 5-HT-stimulated accumulation of IP in ASMCs. These results indicate that activation of cAMP/PKA might inhibit the 5-HT-stimulated IP accumulation and consequently reduce Ca2+ mobilisation, or inhibit both responses independently.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan. chuenmao@mail.cgu.edu.tw
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D005576:Colforsin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D005576:Colforsin; D012701:Serotonin; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D002118:Calcium