PACAP modulates rat sympathetic neuron depolarization through IP3.
PACAP modulates rat sympathetic neuron depolarization through IP3.
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PACAP 通过 IP3 调节大鼠交感神经元去极化。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06965.x
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Braas,KM
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作者:
May,V;Beaudet,MM;Parsons,RL;Braas,KM
During the last several years, our laboratories among many others, have demonstrated the physiological relevance of PACAP and the PACAP-selective PAC1 receptor as the noncholinergic neuromodulatory system in sympathetic autonomic physiology. We have shown that PACAP and the PAC1 receptors are distributed in the appropriate tissues to participate in sympathetic function, that PACAP peptides elicit sympathetic neuronal responses at physiologically relevant concentrations, and given the well established neurotrophic functions of the VIP/PACAP family of peptides, that PACAP and PAC1 receptors have potential roles in sympathetic neuronal development and regeneration following injury. The initial studies demonstrated the potent effects of PACAP27 and PACAP38 on superior cervical ganglion (SCG) sympathetic neuron neurotransmitter and neuropeptide Y (NPY) production and secretion. 1, 2 Subsequently, we have employed molecular, cellular, and biochemical approaches to demonstrate the expression of PACAP mRNA in spinal cord sympathetic preganglionic projection neurons to the SCG, 3 to identify the preferential expression of one specific PAC1 (short) HOP1 receptor variant in the majority of SCG postganglionic neurons, and to establish, using selective inhibitors to particular second messenger pathways, the ability of that SCG receptor variant to activate potently multiple intracellular signaling cascades. 1, 4–6 These results were in agreement with the elegant work of a number of other laboratories, demonstrating that the high density of PACAP-immunoreactive fibers in the SCG is diminished on transection of the cervical sympathetic trunk, 7–9 the SCG PAC1 receptor mRNA is preferentially expressed in postganglionic neurons by in situ hybridization, 4, 10 and that PACAP peptides may have proliferative roles in sympathetic neuroblast development. 6, 11 The expression of PACAP is augmented considerably following neuronal injury, due in part to alterations in posttranscriptional mechanisms suggesting that PACAP peptides may be important mediators of the regeneration response. 12–14 The multitude of different intracellular signaling pathways coupled to the PAC1 receptor, the diversity of neuronal responses to PACAP and the unique regulatory mechanisms underlying the expression of PACAP peptides all suggest that the PACAP peptidergic aAddress for correspondence: Victor May, Ph. D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Given Health Science Building C421, Burlington, Vermont 05405. Voice: 802-656-0398; fax: 802-656-8704. vmay@ zoo. uvm. edu