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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 683, Issue 1-3, Pages 43-53Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.03.013
Keywords
Muscarinic receptor; Nitric oxide synthase; Arginase; Cyclooxygenase; Protein kinase C; Nuclear transcription factor kappa B
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- CONICET [PIP-079]
- National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (ANPCyT) [PICT2006-485]
- University of Buenos Aires for UBACYT [M064]
- Roemmers Foundation
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The submandibular gland-derived tumor cell line SCA-9 is considered a useful tool to study the signaling pathways involved in proliferation, and their regulation, triggered by different stimuli. It is proposed that the non neuronal cholinergic system: acethylcholine, the enzymes that synthesize and degrade it, and the nicotinic and muscarinic receptors, play a key role in tumorigenesis. Here, we investigate the role of muscarinic receptors in SCA-9 cell proliferation, and the modulation of cholinergic signaling pathways exerted by the nuclear transcription factor kappa B (NF-kappa B). The activation of cholinergic receptors by carbachol (10(-9) M) increased cell proliferation (P<0.001). This was prevented by preincubating cells with the muscarinic antagonist atropine but not by mecamylamine, a nicotinic receptor blocker. Phospholipase C (PLC)/nitric oxide synthase (NOS)/arginase pathway is involved in this effect, since carbachol stimulated nitric oxide production, increased NOS2 and NOS3 expressions, urea production, and arginase II expression (P<0.001). Also, phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2))/cyclooxygenase (COX) pathway is up-regulated in carbachol-induced SCA-9 cell proliferation, because prostaglandin E-2 liberation (P<0.001) is increased and COX-1 expression is turned up (P<0.001). Interactions between PLC/NOS/arginases and PLA(2)/COX pathways via its metabolites were detected. SCA-9 cells exhibit a constitutive activation of NF-kappa B, which regulates carbachol-induced NOS2 and 3, arginase II and COX-1 expressions. In addition, protein kinase C is involved in the up-regulation of NOS2 and arginase II enzymes induced by carbachol via NF-kappa B. In conclusion, the activation of cholinergic receptors in SCA-9 tumor cells promotes proliferation via muscarinic effector enzymes, and reveals the participation of NF-kappa B at this step of tumorigenesis. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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