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Katayama, N. et al.

Additive induction of Egr-1 (zif/268) mRNA expression in neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells via cholinergic muscarinic, alpha 2-adrenergic, and bradykinin receptors.

Administration of carbachol, noradrenaline, and bradykinin induced Egr-1 mRNA expression within 1 h in mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells. With specific receptor antagonists, the Egr-1 inductions by carbachol and noradrenaline were shown to be mediated via cholinergic muscarinic and alpha 2-adrenergic receptors, respectively. At their saturation levels for Egr-1 induction, the two agonists had additive effects when added together, but no prolongation of the effect on Egr-1 induction was observed. Addition of carbachol or noradrenaline 6 h after primary stimulation with carbachol or noradrenaline did not result in secondary Egr-1 induction, probably because of receptor desensitization. On the other hand, bradykinin consistently had an additive effect on Egr-1 induction, irrespective of the time of its addition, suggesting that the signal pathways for Egr-1 induction by carbachol or noradrenaline and by bradykinin are different. Treatment of cells with pertussis toxin or cholera toxin strongly inhibited Egr-1 induction by carbachol or noradrenaline but only partially inhibited the induction by bradykinin. Thus, the signals transduced in NG108-15 cells by different neurotransmitter receptors appear to have different effects on Egr-1 induction, depending on the times of stimulation and the combinations of receptors stimulated.[1]

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Additive induction of Egr-1 (zif/268) mRNA expression in neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells via cholinergic muscarinic, alpha 2-adrenergic, and bradykinin receptors. Katayama, N., Iwata, E., Sakurai, H., Tsuchiya, T., Tsuda, M. J. Neurochem. (1993) [Pubmed]

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