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. 1996 Jul;118(5):1119–1126. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15514.x

The histamine H1 receptor in GT1-7 neuronal cells is regulated by calcium influx and KN-62, a putative inhibitor of calcium/calmodulin protein kinase II.

M R Zamani 1, D R Bristow 1
PMCID: PMC1909593  PMID: 8818334

Abstract

1. In GT1-7 cells, histamine stimulated the initial [Ca2+]i transient in a dose-dependent manner with a best-fit EC50 value of 4.2 +/- 4.2 microM (mean +/- s.e.mean, n = 4) and a best-fit maximal effect of 138 +/- 56 nM (n = 4) increase above basal calcium levels. 2. Pretreatment of cells with 30 microM histamine for 30 min desensitized the population mean peak calcium signal by 53% to 75 +/- 9 nM, (n = 3, P < 0.04). Analysis of the individual cells revealed that 39 +/- 7% (n = 94 cells from 8 experiments) of pretreated cells exhibited desensitized histamine-stimulated [Ca2+]i transients of < or = 1 standard deviation below the control cells mean calcium transient level. 3. The desensitization induced by histamine was prevented (P < 0.01) by KN-62 (10 microM), a putative inhibitor of the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII). KN-62 (10 microM) alone did not induce [Ca2+]i mobilization, nor did it antagonize the histamine-stimulated [Ca2+]i signal. In addition, KN-62 did not appear to have its effect by hastening the rate of recovery from desensitization. 4. Histamine pretreatment in nominal (zero calcium + 0.2 mM EGTA) or in low (0.3 mM) extracellular calcium did not induce histamine receptor desensitization, supporting a role for extracellular calcium in the homologous H1 receptor desensitization process. 5. Histamine (30 microM) stimulated at least four different types of [Ca2+]i signals in GT1-7 cells. The majority (61%) were of single spikes with the remaining cells showing some form of calcium oscillatory behaviour. The proportion of GT1-7 cells showing histamine-induced calcium oscillations was histamine concentration-dependent and significantly reduced after acute desensitization. KN-62, when present during histamine pretreatment, prevented this fall in calcium oscillation. Under the conditions of nominal or 0.3 mM extracellular calcium the proportion of cells exhibiting histamine-stimulated calcium oscillations was not significantly different from the controls. 6. Bradykinin stimulated a [Ca2+]i transient in GT1-7 cells with a population mean peak response of 147 +/- 8 nM (n = 5) over basal levels. The bradykinin-induced [Ca2+]i signal was without any calcium oscillatory activity. Histamine pretreatment caused the heterologous desensitization of the bradykinin [Ca2+]i signal (44% reduction, P < 0.007), which was unaffected by KN-62. 7. The results presented here suggest that the histamine-mediated homologous H1 receptor desensitization process involves extracellular calcium and can be blocked by KN-62, a putative inhibitor of CaMKII. In contrast, KN-62 does not appear to prevent the histamine-mediated heterologous desensitization cascade. These findings suggest fundamental differences in the mechanisms underlying homologous and heterologous H1 receptor desensitization pathways in GT1-7 neuronal cells.

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