α₂-Adrenergic receptors activate cyclic AMP-response element-binding protein through arachidonic acid metabolism and protein kinase A in a subtype-specific manner
2007
Karkoulias, Georgios | Mastrogianni, Orthodoxia | Papathanasopoulos, Panagiotis | Paris, Hervé | Flordellis, Christodoulos
On incubation with epinephrine, PC12 cells stably expressing α₂-adrenergic receptor (α₂-AR) undergo morphological and biochemical changes characteristic of neuron-like differentiation. The present study shows that α₂-AR stimulation increases the phosphorylation of the transcription factor cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB), the activity of a CRE-reporter plasmid and the expression of cyclin D1 with subtype-dependent efficiency (α₂A [almost equal to] α₂C >> α₂B). The effects of epinephrine were mimicked by cell exposure to forskolin or to exogenous arachidonic acid (AA) and they were abrogated by prior treatment with the inhibitor of phospholipase C (PLC) (U73122) or the inhibitor of cytochrome P450-dependent epoxygenase, ketoconazole. On the other hand, treatment of the cells with epinephrine caused activation of protein kinase A (PKA), which was fully abolished by ketoconazole. Inhibition of PKA activity with H89 or ketoconazole abolished the effects of epinephrine on CREB, suggesting that activation of the cAMP/PKA pathway by AA epoxy-derivatives is responsible for CREB activation by α₂-ARs. The effects of epinephrine were unaffected by LY294002. Furthermore, treatment with staurosporine, tyrphostin AG1478, PP1 or PD98059 did not change the extent of CREB phosphorylation but enhanced its transcriptional activity. Altogether, our results demonstrate that, in PC12 cells, the α₂-AR subtypes cause phosphorylation and activation of CREB through a pathway involving stimulation of PLC, AA release, generation of epoxygenase derivative and increase of PKA activity. They also suggest attenuation of CREB transcriptional activity by mitogen-activated protein kinase, protein kinase C and Src kinases.
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