title: Characteristics of the Ca(2+)-dependent inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation by histamine and thapsigargin in human U373 MG astrocytoma cells.
abstract: 1. Histamine, acting on H(1)-receptors, caused a Ca(2+)-dependent inhibition of forskolin- and isoprenaline-induced cyclic AMP accumulation in monolayers of human U373 MG cells (IC(50) 1.3+/-0.3 microM, maximum inhibition 66+/-3%). The inhibition was not reversed by the protein kinase inhibitor K-252A. 2. Thapsigargin also inhibited cyclic AMP accumulation (IC(50) 6.0+/-0.3 nM, maximum inhibition 72+/-1%). In the absence of extracellular Ca(2+) 5 microM thapsigargin caused only a 12+/-2% inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation. 3. The inhibitory effect of 100 nM thapsigargin on forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation was blocked by La(3+) (best-fit maximum inhibition 81+/-4%, IC(50) 125+/-8 nM). In contrast, the inhibitory action of 10 microM histamine was much less sensitive to reversal by 1 microM La(3+) (33+/-5% reversal, compared with 78+/-6% reversal of the inhibition by thapsigargin measured concurrently). However, in the presence of both thapsigargin and histamine the inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation was reversed by 1 microM La(3+) to the same extent as the inhibition by thapsigargin alone. 4.++Thapsigargin (5 microM)+1 microM La(3+) caused only a 20+/-1% inhibition of histamine-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis. 5. There was no indication from measurement of intracellular Ca(2+) of any persistent La(3+)-insensitive Ca(2+) entry component activated by histamine. 6. The results provide evidence that Ca(2+) entry is required for the inhibition by histamine and thapsigargin of drug-induced cyclic AMP accumulation in U373 MG astrocytoma cells. The differential sensitivity of the inhibitory action of the two agents to block by La(3+) suggests that more than one pathway of Ca(2+) entry is involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QJ, UK.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000494:pharmacology; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D019284:Thapsigargin; D007811:Lanthanum; D006632:Histamine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol; D002118:Calcium