scholarly journals A method for measuring relative changes in guanosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate in mouse neuroblastoma cells on muscarinic cholinergic stimulation

1978 ◽  
Vol 176 (2) ◽  
pp. 583-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
P G Strange
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Gmp ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Neuroblastoma Cells ◽  
Ion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Cell Labelling ◽  
Cholinergic Stimulation ◽  
Mouse Neuroblastoma ◽  
Muscarinic Cholinergic ◽  
Stimulation Of

A convenient, inexpensive assay was developed for measuring relative changes in cyclic GMP in whole mouse neuroblastoma cells (clone NIE 115) based on labelling the cellular GTP pool with [8(-3)H]guanine. The time course of cell labelling and the distribution of radioactivity among possible products were studied; GTP is the only major labelled species. Radioactive cyclic GMP produced from the radioactive GTP on cell stimulation is isolated by column chromatography nad its identity has been rigorously established by paper chromatography and ion-exchange chromatography. The assay was used to study the time course of the cyclic GMP changes that occur after stimulation of neuroblastoma cells with carbamoylcholine and the dependence of the cyclic GMP changes on the carbamoylcholine concentration. The assay gives results comparable with those obtained by using a radioimmunoassay for cyclic GMP and should be applicable to other whole-cell and tissue-slice systems.

scholarly journals The isocitrate dehydrogenases of Acinetobacter lwoffi. Separation and properties of two nicotinamide–adenine dinucleotide phosphate-linked isoenzymes

1972 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin H. Self ◽  
P. David J. Weitzman
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Ph Dependence ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate ◽  
Molecular Size ◽  
Ion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Stimulation Of

Two isoenzymes of NADP-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase have been identified in Acinetobacter lwoffi and have been termed isoenzyme-I and isoenzyme-II. The isoenzymes may be separated by ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200, or by zonal ultracentrifugation in a sucrose gradient. Low concentrations of glyoxylate or pyruvate effect considerable stimulation of the activity of isoenzyme-II. The isoenzymes also differ in pH-dependence of activity, kinetic parameters, stability to heat or urea and molecular size. Whereas isoenzyme-I resembles the NADP-linked isocitrate dehydrogenases from other organisms in having a molecular weight under 100000, isoenzyme-II is a much larger enzyme (molecular weight around 300000) resembling the NAD-linked isocitrate dehydrogenases of higher organisms.

Cholinergic modulation of the Ca2+ response to bradykinin in neuroblastoma cells

1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (2) ◽  
pp. C612-C617 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Coggan ◽  
S. H. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
G Protein ◽  
Neuroblastoma Cells ◽  
Cholinergic Receptor ◽  
Unique Property ◽  
Cholinergic Stimulation ◽  
Early Step ◽  
Store Depletion ◽  
Mouse Neuroblastoma ◽  
Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphosphate ◽  
Heterologous Desensitization

Fura 2 imaging was used to measure intracellular Ca2+ signals in N1E-115 mouse neuroblastoma cells during combined activation of bradykinin (BK) and cholinergic receptors. BK and carbachol (CCh) both activate phospholipase C (PLC) and cause Ca2+ release from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-sensitive Ca2+ stores. The Ca2+ signal in response to CCh is prolonged by the activation of Ca2+ influx, but BK does not appear to activate the influx pathway. When BK and CCh are applied together (BK+CCh), the Ca2+ response is composed of both Ca2+ release and Ca2+ influx. Ca2+ influx is also activated by BK+CCh in a subset of cells that does not respond with a intracellular Ca2+ concentration increase when CCh is presented by itself. This suggests that CCh stimulates a Ca(2+)-silent cholinergic receptor that is not coupled to Ca2+ release but acts synergistically with BK receptors to activate Ca2+ influx. Pertussis toxin reduces influx without affecting release, indicating that the G protein that modulates the influx pathway is different from the G protein responsible for activating PLC. Cholinergic stimulation also causes progressive heterologous desensitization of BK-evoked Ca2+ release. Desensitization has the unique property of continuing to develop after the cholinergic agonist is removed and the cholinergic Ca2+ response has fully recovered. Heterologous desensitization is not the result of Ca2+ store depletion or a long-lasting inhibition of PLC or IP3-dependent Ca2+ release. Instead, it appears to involve an early step in the BK-signaling cascade, possibly at the level of the B2 receptor or associated G proteins.

Intestinal mucosal cyclic GMP: regulation and relation to ion transport

1976 ◽  
Vol 231 (1) ◽  
pp. 275-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
TA Brasitus ◽  
M Field ◽  
DV Kimberg
Keyword(s):  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Cyclic Gmp ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Ileal Mucosa ◽  
Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors ◽  
Cholecystokinin Octapeptide ◽  
Muscarinic Cholinergic ◽  
Stimulation Of

Stimulation of alpha-adrenergic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors in rabbit ileal mucosa in vitro produced 5- to 15-fold increases in cyclic GMP (cGMP) concentration that were maximal within 2 min and gone within 30 min. Cholecystokinin octapeptide and insulin caused similar increases in cGMP. None of these agents affected cAMP. The epinephrine-induced increase in cGMP was blocked by atropine at 100 but not at 1 muM concentration. Epinephrine stimulates active NaCl absorption and decreases short-circuit current (SCC) in vitro, the latter effect due to inhibition of HCO3 secretion. Atropine (100 muM) blocked the former but not the latter effect of epinephrine. In vitro additions of several concentrations of cGMP and 8-bromo-cGMP did not decrease SCC or alter Na fluxes. Thus, changes in cGMP concentration have been directly correlated with changes in active absorption of NaCl, but a causal relationship has not been proven.

Cyclic GMP Response in vivo to Cholinergic Stimulation of Gastric Mucosa

Nature ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 248 (5445) ◽  
pp. 238-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN H. EICHHORN ◽  
EDWIN W. SALZMAN ◽  
WILLIAM SILEN
Keyword(s):  
Gastric Mucosa ◽  
Cyclic Gmp ◽  
Cholinergic Stimulation ◽  
Stimulation Of

Local heating of human skin causes hyperemia without mediation by muscarinic cholinergic receptors or prostanoids

2004 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 1781-1786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandrine Golay ◽  
Christian Haeberli ◽  
Anne Delachaux ◽  
Lucas Liaudet ◽  
Paul Kucera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Human Skin ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Local Heating ◽  
Cholinergic Receptors ◽  
Antimuscarinic Agent ◽  
Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors ◽  
Local Skin ◽  
Muscarinic Cholinergic ◽  
Stimulation Of

Local changes in surface temperature have a powerful influence on the perfusion of human skin. Heating increases local skin blood flow, but the mechanisms and mediators of this response (thermal hyperemia response) are incompletely elucidated. In the present study, we examined the possible dependence of the thermal hyperemia response on stimulation of muscarinic cholinergic receptors and on production of vasodilator prostanoids. In 13 male healthy subjects aged 20–30 yr, a temperature-controlled chamber was positioned on the volar face of one forearm and used to raise surface temperature from 34 to 41°C. The time course of the resulting thermal hyperemia response was recorded with a laser-Doppler imager. In one experiment, each of eight subjects received an intravenous bolus of the antimuscarinic agent glycopyrrolate (4 μg/kg) on one visit and saline on the other. The thermal hyperemia response was determined within the hour after the injections. Glycopyrrolate effectively inhibited the skin vasodilation induced by iontophoresis of acetylcholine but did not influence the thermal hyperemia response. In a second experiment, conducted in five other subjects, 1 g of the cyclooxygenase inhibitor aspirin administered orally totally abolished the vasodilation induced in the skin by anodal current but also failed to modify the thermal hyperemia response. The present study excludes the stimulation of muscarinic receptors and the production of vasodilator prostaglandins as essential and nonredundant mechanisms for the vasodilation induced by local heating in human forearm skin.

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