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. 1996 Nov 15;320(Pt 1):27–32. doi: 10.1042/bj3200027

Interaction between the two signal transduction systems of the histamine H2 receptor: desensitizing and sensitizing effects of histamine stimulation on histamine-dependent cAMP production in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

Y Fukushima 1, T Asano 1, H Katagiri 1, M Aihara 1, T Saitoh 1, M Anai 1, M Funaki 1, T Ogihara 1, K Inukai 1, N Matsuhashi 1, Y Oka 1, Y Yazaki 1, K Sugano 1
PMCID: PMC1217893  PMID: 8947463

Abstract

The histamine H2 receptor is a member of the family of G-protein-coupled receptors and is linked to the activation of adenylate cyclase phospholipase C (PLC). In this study we examined the effects of protein kinase C (PKC) activation in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells stably expressing canine histamine H2 receptors. Pretreatment with 100 nM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate at 37 degrees C for 15 min led to significant potentiation of histamine-dependent and forskolin-dependent cAMP production, whereas the biologically inactive phorbol ester, 4 alpha-phorbol 12, 13-didecanoate, was without effect. These potentiating effects were abolished by preincubation with 0.5 microM bisindolylmaleimide, a PKC inhibitor. Thus the activation of PKCs seems to be involved in the potentiation of cAMP production by acting on a post-receptor mechanism. Preincubation of a CHO cell line, CHO-H2R, with 10 microM histamine for 30 min had two effects. Maximal histamine-dependent cAMP production and forskolin-dependent cAMP production were potentiated by 36% and 105.2% respectively. The other effect was a desensitization of the histamine-dependent adenylate cyclase response as demonstrated by a three-fold increase in EC50. Administration of 0.5 microM bisindolylmaleimide before preincubation of CHO-H2R with 10 microM histamine did not alter the desensitizing effect on cAMP production, but did abolish the sensitizing effect. Preincubation of CHO-H2R cells with 10 nM histamine resulted in moderate potentiation, which was also abolished by bisindolylmaleimide, but not in desensitization of the histamine-dependent cAMP production. Thus these results suggest that preincubation with histamine had a sensitizing effect on cAMP production mediated by PLC and PKC activation, as well as a desensitizing effect on the H2 receptor. The former effect is dependent on the intensity of PLC and PKC signals delivered by H2 receptors. The latter effect requires a higher concentration of histamine.

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