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. 1987 Nov 1;247(3):613–619. doi: 10.1042/bj2470613

Phosphatidic acid and arachidonic acid each interact synergistically with glucagon to stimulate Ca2+ influx in the perfused rat liver.

J G Altin 1, F L Bygrave 1
PMCID: PMC1148456  PMID: 3122731

Abstract

The administration of phosphatidic acid to rat livers perfused with media containing either 1.3 mM- or 10 microM-Ca2+ was followed by a stimulation of Ca2+ efflux, O2 uptake and glucose output. The responses elicited by 100 microM-phosphatidic acid were similar to those induced by the alpha-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine. Contrary to suggestions that phosphatidic acid acts like a Ca2+-ionophore, no net influx of Ca2+ was detected until the phosphatidic acid was removed. Sequential infusions of phenylephrine and phosphatidic acid indicate that the two agents release Ca2+ from the same intracellular source. The co-administration of glucagon (or cyclic AMP) and phosphatidic acid, and also of glucagon and arachidonic acid, led to a synergistic stimulation of Ca2+ uptake of the liver, a feature similar to that observed after the co-administration of glucagon and other Ca2+-mobilizing hormones [Altin & Bygrave (1986) Biochem. J. 238, 653-661]. A notable difference, however, is that the synergistic stimulation of Ca2+ uptake induced by the co-administration of glucagon and arachidonic acid was inhibited by indomethacin, whereas that induced by glucagon and phosphatidic acid, or glucagon and other Ca2+-mobilizing agents, was not. The results suggest that the synergistic action of glucagon and arachidonic acid in stimulating Ca2+ influx is mediated by prostanoids, but that of glucagon and phosphatidic acid is evoked by a mechanism similar to that of Ca2+-mobilizing agents.

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