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. 1994 Sep;102(Suppl 3):181–189. doi: 10.1289/ehp.94102s3181

Transmembrane signals and protooncogene induction evoked by carcinogenic metals and prevented by zinc.

J B Smith 1, L Smith 1, V Pijuan 1, Y Zhuang 1, Y C Chen 1
PMCID: PMC1567372  PMID: 7843095

Abstract

Cd2+ provokes an immediate production of inositol trisphosphate and the release of Ca2+ from internal stores in human fibroblasts and some other mammalian cells. Ni2+, Co2+, Fe2+, and Mn2+ evoke the release of stored Ca2+, but are less potent than Cd2+ (apparent K0.5 = 40 nM). Zn2+ and Cu2+ competitively inhibit Ca2+ release evoked by Cd2+ without affecting Ca2+ release by hormones such as bradykinin. Zn2+ has the same apparent Ki value (80-90 nM) towards the five agonist metals, which suggests that the metals interact with the same site. Many other divalent cations neither released stored Ca2+ nor affected Cd(2+)-evoked Ca2+ release. The agonist metals appear to activate phospholipase C via a G protein rather than a tyrosine kinase. The production of reactive oxygen species is probably not involved in Ca2+ release by the metals. Cd2+ and other stimuli that raise cytosolic-free Ca2+ induce cyclic (AMP) production, apparently by activating a calmodulin-dependent adenylyl cyclase. We suggest that an orphan receptor mediates the hormonelike responses to Cd2+ and the other agonist metals. The receptor is referred to as an orphan because its physiological stimulus is unknown. Growth of the fibroblasts in high Zn2+ desensitizes them to the five agonist metals without affecting Ca2+ release by bradykinin or histamine. A several hour incubation in culture medium with normal Zn2+ fully restores responsiveness to the five active metals. Growth in high Zn2+ appears to repress the synthesis of the putative orphan receptor because inhibitors of RNA or protein synthesis, or asparagine-linked glycosylation, prevented the restoration of metal responsiveness.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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