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  • Title: Alpha 1-adrenergic potentiation of vasoactive intestinal peptide stimulation of rat pinealocyte adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate and guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate: evidence for a role of calcium and protein kinase-C.
    Author: Chik CL, Ho AK, Klein DC.
    Journal: Endocrinology; 1988 Feb; 122(2):702-8. PubMed ID: 2892667.
    Abstract:
    alpha 1-Adrenergic agonists have recently been found to potentiate vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) stimulation of rat pinealocyte cAMP and cGMP. alpha 1-Adrenergic agonists also elevate pineal intracellular Ca2+ [( Ca2+]i) and activate protein kinase-C. In the present study, the possible involvement of Ca2+ and protein kinase-C in the alpha 1-adrenergic potentiation of VIP-stimulated cAMP and cGMP accumulation was examined with agents that alter [Ca2+]i or activate protein kinase-C. It was found that treatment with a Ca2+ chelator or with inorganic Ca2+ channel blockers inhibited alpha 1-adrenergic potentiation of VIP-stimulated cAMP and cGMP responses. Increasing [Ca2+]i by treatment with A23187, ouabain, or K+ potentiated VIP stimulation of cAMP and cGMP response. These observations indicate that Ca2+ mediates the alpha 1-adrenergic potentiation of VIP-stimulated cAMP and cGMP accumulation, as is true for the alpha 1-adrenergic potentiation of beta-adrenergic stimulated cAMP and cGMP accumulation. Activators of protein kinase-C mimicked the large effect alpha 1-adrenergic agonists have on cAMP accumulation in VIP-treated pinealocytes and had a small effect on cGMP accumulation in VIP-treated cells. These effects were not blocked by the Ca2+ chelator EGTA. However, the effects of a protein kinase-C activator on the cGMP response in VIP-stimulated cells were amplified by K+ (15 mM) or ouabain (1 microM), presumably through an action causing an increase in [Ca2+]i. These results suggest protein kinase-C is involved in the alpha 1-adrenergic potentiation of VIP-stimulated cAMP accumulation, as is the case for the alpha 1-adrenergic potentiation of beta-adrenergic stimulated cAMP. Protein kinase-C is also involved in cGMP accumulation, provided that there is a modest increase in [Ca2+]i.
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