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  • Title: The Na+/H+ antiporter is not involved in potentiation of thrombin-induced responses by epinephrine.
    Author: Crouch MF, Lapetina EG.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1988 Feb 29; 151(1):178-86. PubMed ID: 2831879.
    Abstract:
    Stimulation of platelets with thrombin, ADP and epinephrine has recently been shown to activate a Na+/H+ antiporter, with a resulting alkalinization of the cytoplasm. Unlike thrombin, however, epinephrine is incapable of directly activating phospholipase C, but is well known to potentiate the effects of thrombin on this enzyme and other subsequent steps of platelet activation. Therefore, we have studied the involvement of the Na+/H+ antiporter in this aspect of epinephrine action to see whether alkalinization of platelet cytosol could be a requirement for agonists to stimulate inositol phospholipid hydrolysis and mobilize cellular Ca2+ stores. Alpha-thrombin induced the rapid formation of inositol trisphosphate with a parallel mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Epinephrine alone had no effect on either of these parameters. The response to thrombin desensitized over a period of minutes, and after this had occurred, epinephrine was able to activate phospholipase C and induce the release of intracellular Ca2+. This showed that epinephrine was able to recouple thrombin receptors to phospholipase C, and this appeared to be mediated by the same mechanism which is involved in potentiation by epinephrine of thrombin-stimulation of phospholipase C. These effects of epinephrine were not altered by inhibition of the Na+/H+ antiporter with ethylisopropylamiloride or by use of the Na+/H+ ionophore, monensin. We conclude that epinephrine potentiates thrombin-induced responses by a mechanism which is unrelated to its effects on the Na+/H+ antiporter, and this is not a requirement for thrombin-induced phospholipase C activation.
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