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  • Title: Metabotropic glutamate receptor agonists potentiate cyclic AMP formation induced by forskolin or beta-adrenergic receptor activation in cerebral cortical astrocytes in culture.
    Author: Balázs R, Miller S, Chun Y, O'Toole J, Cotman CW.
    Journal: J Neurochem; 1998 Jun; 70(6):2446-58. PubMed ID: 9603209.
    Abstract:
    The metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist 1-aminocyclopentane-1S,3R-dicarboxylic acid (ACPD) potentiated the accumulation of cyclic AMP induced by either beta-adrenergic receptor stimulation (isoproterenol) or direct activation of adenylyl cyclase (AC) with forskolin in rat cerebral cortical astrocytes grown in a defined medium. In contrast, ACPD inhibits the cyclic AMP response in astrocytes cultured in a serum-containing medium. Pharmacological characterization indicated that a group I mGluR, of which only mGluR5 is detectable in these cells, is involved in the potentiation of cyclic AMP accumulation. Potentiation was elicited by mGluR I agonists [e.g., (R,S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG)], but not by mGluR II or III agonists; it was pertussis toxin resistant and abolished by procedures suppressing mGluR5 function (phorbol ester pretreatment or DHPG-induced receptor down-regulation). Nevertheless, it appears that products generated through the mGluR5 transduction pathway, such as elevated [Ca2+]i or activated protein kinase C (PKC), are not involved in the potentiation as it was not influenced by either the intracellular calcium chelator BAPTA-AM or the PKC inhibitor Ro 31-8220. An inhibitor of phospholipase C, U-73122, markedly attenuated mGluR5-activated phosphoinositide hydrolysis but did not significantly affect the DHPG potentiation of the cyclic AMP response. A mechanism is proposed in which the potentiating effect on AC could be mediated by free betagamma complex that is liberated after the agonist-bound mGluR5 interacts with its coupled G protein.
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