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Two Different Signaling Mechanisms Involved in the Excitation of Rat Sympathetic Neurons by Uridine Nucleotides

Elisa Bofill-Cardona, Nina Vartian, Christian Nanoff, Michael Freissmuth and Stefan Boehm
Molecular Pharmacology June 2000, 57 (6) 1165-1172;
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UTP stimulates transmitter release and inhibits M-type K+channels in rat superior cervical ganglion neurons via G protein-coupled P2Y receptors. To investigate the underlying signaling mechanisms, we treated the neurons with either pertussis or cholera toxin; neither treatment altered the inhibition of M-type K+ channels by 10 μM UTP. However, pertussis toxin reduced UTP-evoked [3H]noradrenaline release by 66%. UTP, UDP, ATP, and ADP caused accumulation of inositol trisphosphate in a pertussis toxin-insensitive manner. Pharmacological inhibition of inositol trisphosphate-induced Ca2+ release (by inhibition of phospholipase C, of inositol trisphosphate receptors, and of the endoplasmic Ca2+-ATPase) prevented the UTP-dependent inhibition of M currents but failed to alter UTP-evoked [3H]noradrenaline release. Chelation of intracellular Ca2+ by 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid also reduced the inhibition of M currents by UTP. In addition, all these manipulations attenuated the inhibition of M currents by bradykinin, but hardly affected the inhibitory action of oxotremorine M. These results demonstrate that UTP inhibits M-type K+channels via an inositol trisphosphate-dependent signaling cascade that is also used by bradykinin but not by muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. In contrast, the secretagogue action of UTP is largely independent of this signaling cascade but involves pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins. Thus, UTP-sensitive P2Y receptors excite sympathetic neurons via at least two different signal transduction mechanisms.

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  • Send reprint requests to: Dr. Stefan Boehm, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: Stefan.Boehm{at}univie.ac.at

  • ↵1 E.B.C and N.V. contributed equally to this work.

  • This work was supported by Austrian Science Fund Grants P12997 (S.B.), P13097 (M.F.), and P12125 (C.N.). E.B.C. was supported by a grant from the EC Biomed Program, and N.V. received a fellowship from the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna.

  • Abbreviations:
    SCG
    superior cervical ganglion
    KM
    M-type K+ channel
    IM
    currents through KM channels
    IP3
    inositol trisphosphate
    TTX
    tetrodotoxin
    BAPTA
    1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid
    AM
    acetoxymethyl ester
    • Received August 2, 1999.
    • Accepted February 15, 2000.
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