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H3 Autoreceptors Modulate Histamine Synthesis through Calcium/Calmodulin- and cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Pathways

Anna Torrent, David Moreno-Delgado, Jordi Gómez-Ramírez, Daniel Rodríguez-Agudo, Carlos Rodríguez-Caso, Francisca Sánchez-Jiménez, Isaac Blanco and Jordí Ortiz
Molecular Pharmacology January 2005, 67 (1) 195-203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.104.005652
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H3 autoreceptors provide feedback control of neurotransmitter synthesis in histaminergic neurons, but the transduction pathways involved are poorly understood. In rat brain cortical slices, histamine synthesis can be stimulated by depolarization and inhibited by H3 agonists. We show that histamine synthesis stimulation by depolarization with 30 mM K+ requires extracellular calcium entry, mostly through N-type channels, and subsequent activation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II. In vitro, this kinase phosphorylated and activated histidine decarboxylase, the histamine-synthesizing enzyme. Inhibition of depolarization-stimulated histamine synthesis by the histamine H3 receptor agonist imetit was impaired by preincubation with pertussis toxin and by the presence of a myristoylated peptide (myristoyl-N-QEHAQEPERQYMHIGTMVE-FAYALVGK) blocking the actions of G-protein βγ subunits. The stimulation of another Gi/o-coupled receptor, adenosine A1, also decreased depolarization-stimulated histamine synthesis. In contrast, protein kinase A activation, which is also repressed by H3 receptors, elicited a depolarization- and calcium/calmodulin-independent stimulation of histamine synthesis. Protein kinase A was able also to phosphorylate and activate histidine decarboxylase in vitro. These results show how depolarization activates histamine synthesis in nerve endings and demonstrate that both pathways modulating neurotransmitter synthesis are controlled by H3 autoreceptors.

  • Received July 31, 2004.
  • Accepted September 28, 2004.
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H3 Autoreceptors Modulate Histamine Synthesis through Calcium/Calmodulin- and cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Pathways

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Molecular Pharmacology January 1, 2005, 67 (1) 195-203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.104.005652

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H3 Autoreceptors Modulate Histamine Synthesis through Calcium/Calmodulin- and cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Pathways

Anna Torrent, David Moreno-Delgado, Jordi Gómez-Ramírez, Daniel Rodríguez-Agudo, Carlos Rodríguez-Caso, Francisca Sánchez-Jiménez, Isaac Blanco and Jordí Ortiz
Molecular Pharmacology January 1, 2005, 67 (1) 195-203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.104.005652
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