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. 1988 Jun;8(2):251–257. doi: 10.1007/BF00711251

Modulation of receptor-mediated signal transduction by diacylglycerol mimetics in astrocytes

Ronald M Burch 1,✉, Douglas A Kniss 3
PMCID: PMC11567440  PMID: 3136922

Abstract

  1. When rat astrocytes in primary culture were incubated with bradykinin, inositol phosphate formation and arachidonic acid release were stimulated.

  2. By themselves, phorbol esters inhibited inositol phosphate formation, but phorbol esters and other cell-permeant diacylglycerol analogues stimulated arachidonic acid release. Preincubation of the cells with phorbol esters or diacylglycerol analogues blocked bradykinin-stimulated inositol phosphate formation but augmented bradykinin-stimulated arachidonic acid release.

  3. The present results suggest that, in astrocytes, bradykinin activates at least two signal transduction pathways bradykinin stimulates a phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C leading to enhanced inositol phosphate formation, and bradykinin stimulates a second phospholipase to enhance arachidonic acid release. The pathways may be distinguished using phorbol esters and other diacylglycerol mimetics.

  4. The possibility is raised that diacylglycerol, formed in response to bradykinin, may serve as a transducer of receptor-receptor interactions by altering the ability of receptors to stimulate phospholipase activity.

Key words: phospholipases, phospholipase C, arachidonic acid, bradykinin, phorbol esters, protein kinase C, astrocytes

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