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  • Title: Homologous desensitization of ATP-stimulated mitogenesis: mechanism involves desensitization of arachidonic acid release and cAMP elevation but not the activation of protein kinase A.
    Author: Huang NN, Wang DJ, Heller E, Heppel LA.
    Journal: J Cell Physiol; 1995 Dec; 165(3):667-75. PubMed ID: 7593247.
    Abstract:
    Prolonged incubation of quiescent 3T3, 3T6, and A431 cells with the P2Y purinoceptor agonists ATP, ADP, or AMPPNP reduced the mitogenic responses of target cells to a further challenge by these agonists, as measured by [3H]thymidine incorporation. The mitogenic desensitization was agonist-specific, for no effect was seen on DNA synthesis stimulated by epidermal growth factor, insulin, bombesin, 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-12 acetate (TPA), or adenosine. The desensitization was completely reversible, since after a 24 hr incubation in the absence of ATP, the cells responded fully to the mitogenic action of ATP. The presence of a low level of cycloheximide blocked recovery, suggesting that down-regulation of the P2Y receptor may have occurred during desensitization. In Swiss 3T3 cells, stimulation of DNA synthesis occurs predominantly by activation of arachidonic acid release, followed by its oxidation to prostaglandin E2 and stimulation of adenylyl cyclase. Interestingly, prolonged preincubation with ATP produced a similar degree of desensitization of DNA synthesis and of ATP-dependent arachidonic acid release and cAMP accumulation. Furthermore, this was true for both wild type cells and mutants with a defective cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). We conclude that homologous desensitization is likely due to uncoupling of the P2Y purinoceptor from phospholipase A2, and this process does not require activation of protein kinase A.
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