Bradykinin Stimulates Phosphoinositide Hydrolysis and Mobilization of Arachidonic Acid in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons |
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Authors: | Charles M Gammon Ann C Allen Pierre Morell |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599. |
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Abstract: | Cultures of fetal rat dorsal root ganglion neurons (7 days in culture) were prelabeled with myo-3H]inositol or 3H]arachidonic acid for 24 h and stimulated with 10 microM bradykinin for time intervals of 5-300 s. The incubation was terminated by addition of 5% perchloric acid to extract inositol phosphates or organic solvent to extract lipids. Inositol phosphates were resolved by anion-exchange HPLC; lipids were resolved by TLC. Bradykinin stimulation resulted in a 10-fold increased accumulation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and inositol bisphosphate (IP2) (fivefold) by 5 s. The increase in IP3 was transient (half maximal by 1 min), whereas stimulated IP2 levels were sustained for several minutes. Even longer term increases were observed in inositol monophosphate. Stimulation also resulted in a threefold increase in arachidonic acid which was preceded by transient increases in diacylglycerol (twofold) and arachidonoyl-monoacylglycerol (threefold). The temporal lag in the accumulation of arachidonic acid with respect to diglyceride and monoglyceride suggested the involvement of di- and monoglyceride lipases in arachidonic acid mobilization. A role for phospholipase A2 is also possible, because pretreatment of cultures with quinacrine partially blocked arachidonic acid release. Bradykinin-stimulated arachidonic acid release was decreased in the presence of calcium channel blockers nifedipine or verapamil (50 microM), or EDTA (2.5 mM). The role of calcium was verified further in that accumulation of phosphatidic acid, diacylglycerol, and arachidonic acid was maximally stimulated by treatment with the calcium ionophore A23187 (20 microM). |
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Keywords: | Bradykinin Dorsal root ganglia Diglyceride Monoglyceride Calcium channel blockers Arachidonic acid A23187 (ionophore) Phosphoinosi-tides Inositol phosphates |
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