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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 428, Issue -, Pages 113-124Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090867
Keywords
astrocyte; bioluminescence resonance energy transfer; calcium; cell proliferation; G-protein; urotensin II receptor
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- Inserm [0982]
- European Institute for Peptide Research [23]
- Lille Amiens Rouen Caen Neuroscience Network
- Conseil Regional de Haute-Normandie
- De Betancourt-Perronet award, France
- De Betancourt-Perronet award, Spain
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UII (urotensin II) and its paralogue URP (UII-related peptide) are two vasoactive neuropeptides whose respective central actions are currently unknown. In the present study, we have compared the mechanism of action of URP and UII on cultured astrocytes. Competition experiments performed with [I-125]UII showed the presence of very-high- and high-affinity binding sites for UII, and a single high-affinity site for URP. Both UII and URP provoked a membrane depolarization accompanied by a decrease in input resistance, stimulated the release of endozepines, neuropeptides specifically produced by astroglial cells, and generated an increase in [Ca2+](c) (cytosolic Ca2+ concentration). The UII/URP-induced [Ca2+](c) elevation was PTX (pertussis toxin)-insensitive, and was blocked by the PLC (phospholipase C) inhibitor U73122 or the InsP(3) channel blocker 2-APB (2-aminoethoxydiphenylborane). The addition of the Ca2+ chelator EGTA reduced the peak and abolished the plateau phase. whereas the T-type Ca2+ channel blocker mibefradil totally inhibited the Ca2+ response evoked by both peptides. However. URP and UII induced a mono- and bi-phasic dose-dependent increase in [Ca2+](c), and provoked short- and long-lasting Ca2+ mobilization respectively. Similar mono- and bi-phasic dose-dependent increases in [H-3]inositol incorporation into polyphosphoinositides in astrocytes was obtained, but the effect of UII was significantly reduced by PTX. although BRET (bioluminescence resonance energy transfer) experiments revealed that both UII and URP recruited G-protein. Finally, UII, but not URP, exerted a dose-dependent mitogenic activity on astrocytes. Therefore we described that URP and UII exert not only similar, but also divergent actions on astrocyte activity, with UII exhibiting a broader range of activities at physiological peptide concentrations.
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