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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Pty
    Clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology 31 (2004), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1440-1681
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: 1. Activated Ca2+-sensing receptors (CaR) play key roles in the regulation of whole-body calcium metabolism by inhibiting the secretion of the key calcitropic hormone parathyroid hormone and promoting urinary calcium excretion.2. We have now examined the effects of intravenous administration of novel calcium receptor activators on renal function in anaesthetized female Wistar rats.3. The type II calcimimetic NPS R-467 and the CaR-active amino acids l-Phe and l-Ala, which act at distinct binding sites on the receptor, all activated urinary flow rate, calcium and osmolar excretion and suppressed urinary osmolality.4. The effects of l-Phe and NPS R-467 on urine flow rate and calcium excretion were stereoselective, consistent with the idea that these effects were mediated by calcium-sensing receptors.5. However, d-Phe also suppressed urinary osmolality and promoted osmolar excretion, possibly by exceeding the transport maximum in the proximal tubule.6. The data indicate that novel activators of CaR, including l-amino acids at physiologically relevant serum concentrations, play a significant role in the regulation of urinary calcium and water excretion.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The role of glutamine and alanine transport in the recycling of neurotransmitter glutamate was investigated in Guinea pig brain cortical tissue slices and prisms, and in cultured neuroblastoma and astrocyte cell lines. The ability of exogenous (2 mm) glutamine to displace 13C label supplied as [3-13C]pyruvate, [2-13C]acetate, l-[3-13C]lactate, or d-[1-13C]glucose was investigated using NMR spectroscopy. Glutamine transport was inhibited in slices under quiescent or depolarising conditions using histidine, which shares most transport routes with glutamine, or 2-(methylamino)isobutyric acid (MeAIB), a specific inhibitor of the neuronal system A. Glutamine mainly entered a large, slow turnover pool, probably located in neurons, which did not interact with the glutamate/glutamine neurotransmitter cycle. This uptake was inhibited by MeAIB. When [1-13C]glucose was used as substrate, glutamate/glutamine cycle turnover was inhibited by histidine but not MeAIB, suggesting that neuronal system A may not play a prominent role in neurotransmitter cycling. When transport was blocked by histidine under depolarising conditions, neurotransmitter pools were depleted, showing that glutamine transport is essential for maintenance of glutamate, GABA and alanine pools. Alanine labelling and release were decreased by histidine, showing that alanine was released from neurons and returned to astrocytes. The resultant implications for metabolic compartmentation and regulation of metabolism by transport processes are discussed.
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  • 3
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 356 (1980), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1749-6632
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: P2Y11 receptor ; extracellular ATP ; U937 cells ; K562 cells ; cyclic AMP
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The recently cloned P2Y11 receptor is unique amongst P2Y receptors with its coupling to the adenylyl cyclase pathway. P2Y11 has previously been shown to be expressed in human acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) HL-60 and NB4 cell lines, and both cell types elevate cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels upon stimulation with extracellular ATP. Acute erythroleukemic K562 cells and acute monocytic leukemia U937 cells did not elevate cAMP levels upon exposure to 1 mM extracellular ATP. However, K562 and U937 cells stably transfected with P2Y11 (K11 and U11 cells, respectively) were responsive to extracellular ATP, with an EC50 of 31 and 21 μM, respectively. The most potent agonists in both K11 and U11 cells were ATPγS (adenosine 5′-O-[3-thiotriphosphate]), ATPαS (adenosine 5′-O-[1-thiotriphosphate]), dATP and ADPβS (adenosine 5′-O-[2-thiobisphosphate]), which were of similar or greater potency compared to ATP itself. ADP and α,β-methylene ATP were less potent compared to ATP. The order of potency for ATP breakdown products was ATP 〉 ADP 〉 AMP ≥ Ado. UTP, a known activator of P2Y2 and P2Y4, was largely ineffective. In the transfected cells, ATP-induced cAMP elevation was inhibited by suramin (0.5 mM), but not XAC (20 μM) nor PPADS (100 μM). AMPS inhibited ATP-induced cAMP elevation in both K11 and U11 cells (EC50 ~ 3 mM) and may be a P2Y11-selective inhibitor. These results are similar to those observed for HL-60 cells and NB4 cells implicating P2Y11 as the receptor responsible for the ATP-induced cAMP elevations in these cells.
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