adrenomedullin stimulates cyclic amp production in the airway epithelial cells of guinea-pigs and in the human epithelial cell line
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Abstract
This study was designed to examine the effects of adrenomedullin (AM) on airway epithelial cells. Primary cultures of guinea-pig tracheal epithelial cells and the human bronchiolar epithelial cell line NCI-H441 were used. Intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), and stable end-products of nitric oxide were assayed. Adrenomedullin (10−6 mol/L) stimulated cAMP production in guinea-pig epithelial cells. Indomethacin (10−5 mol/L) significantly decreased the basal level of intracellular cAMP in guinea-pig epithelial cells, but not in NCI-H441 cells. However, AM did not stimulate production of PGE2, a major product that can increase cAMP formation. In the case of NCI-H441 cells, AM (10−8 – 10−6 mol/L) did not significantly affect intracellular cGMP levels or nitrite content in conditioned medium. Adrenomedullin and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) each stimulated cAMP production in NCI-H441 cells, but AM-stimulated cAMP production was antagonized by the CGRP fragment CGRP8–37. These findings suggest that AM stimulates cAMP production and functionally competes with CGRP for binding sites in airway epithelial cells, at least in human epithelial cells, but that it does not stimulate the release of PGE2 and nitric oxide. Though cyclooxygenase products contribute to some extent to cAMP formation in guinea-pigs, AM independently stimulates intracellular cAMP formation in airway epithelial cells.
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| Authors | ;Takashi Kawaguchi;Hiroshi Kanazawa;Kazuto Hirata;Naotsugu Kurihara;Junichi Yoshikawa |
| Journal | current drug discovery technologies |
| Year | 1999 |
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10.1046/j.1440-1592.1999.00117.x
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