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. 1996 Jul 15;317(Pt 2):347–351. doi: 10.1042/bj3170347

Thrombin receptors modulate insulin-stimulated phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate accumulation in 1321N1 astrocytoma cells.

I H Batty 1, C P Downes 1
PMCID: PMC1217494  PMID: 8713057

Abstract

Thrombin and insulin receptor signaling via phosphoinositide (PI)-specific phospholipase C (PLC) and PI 3-kinase was studied in [3H]inositol-labelled 1321N1 cells. Thrombin stimulated a dramatic, transient activation of PLC which is probably mediated via receptors of the 'tethered-ligand' type, since it was both reproduced by, and abolished following, pretreatment of cells with a synthetic peptide (SFLLRN) corresponding to the ligand domain of the human thrombin receptor. However, neither thrombin nor SFLLRN stimulated PI 3-kinase. By contrast, insulin did not influence [3H]InsP3 concentration but stimulated accumulation of [3H]PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 and [3H]PtdIns(3,4)P2, the relative steady-state concentrations of which may indicate degradation of [3H]PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 by 5- and 3-phosphatases. The independent coupling of thrombin and insulin receptors to PLC and PI 3-kinase respectively in 1321N1 cells allowed interactions between these systems to be examined. Thus insulin-stimulated [3H]PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 accumulation was attenuated on co-stimulation of the thrombin receptor, whereas concentrations of [3H]PtdIns(3,4)P2 were transiently enhanced but then reduced. These results indicate that thrombin receptors in 1321N1 cells do not activate PI 3-kinase, but can modulate signalling by this enzyme.

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