title: Effects of metabolic fragments of [Arg(8)]-vasopressin on nerve growth in cultured hippocampal neurons.
abstract: The effects of metabolic fragments of [Arg(8)]-vasopressin (AVP), [pGlu(4), Cyt(6)]AVP (AVP(4-9)), and desglycinamide-[pGlu(4), Cyt(6)]AVP (AVP(4-8)) on the growth of hippocampal neurons in culture were investigated in comparison with those of AVP. AVP(4-9) caused a significant increase in filopodial length following 96 h of exposure at concentrations higher than 300 nM. AVP(4-9) was more potent than AVP. AVP(4-8) also induced an increase in filopodial length, but this effect was less than that of AVP. The selective V(1) agonist [Phe(2), Ile(3), Orn(8)]-vasopressin caused a significant increase in filopodial length, whereas the selective V(2) agonist [deamino-Cys(1), D-Arg(8)]-vasopressin showed no such effect. OPC-21268, a vasopressin V(1) antagonist, blocked AVP and AVP fragment-induced increases in filopodial length. However, the V(2) antagonist OPC-31260 showed no such effect. A23187, a representative Ca ionophore, also increased filopodial length, and the A23187-induced increase in filopodial length was potentiated by AVP and AVP fragments. These results indicated that AVP(4-9) and AVP(4-8) increased filopodial length in cultured hippocampal neurons by activating V(1) receptors. Both phenomena induced by AVP(4-9) and AVP(4-8) were associated with intracellular calcium mobilization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tarumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kamei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D065092:Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D065092:Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; C072508:argipressin (4-8); D000001:Calcimycin; C045881:argipressin (4-9)