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Dopamine stimulation of cAMP production in cultured opossum kidney cells

L. Cheng, P. Precht, D. Frank and C. T. Liang
Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224.

Dopamine receptors have been identified in many tissues including the kidney. To establish an in vitro system as a model for dopamine action, we studied the effect of dopamine (DA) receptor agonists and antagonists on adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) formation in opossum kidney (OK) cells. The stimulation of cAMP production in these cells by dopamine was dose dependent, and markedly higher levels were observed in the presence of dopamine plus a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. Half-maximal stimulation was found with 1.15 +/- 0.22 microM dopamine. A DA1-receptor agonist, SKF 82526J, stimulated cAMP production, whereas a DA2-receptor agonist, Ly 171555, did not. The stimulatory effects of dopamine and SKF 82526J were abolished by a specific DA1-receptor antagonist, Sch 23390 with half-maximal inhibition concentrations of 1.24 +/- 0.18 and 4.0 +/- 0.5 nM, respectively. In contrast, the DA2-receptor antagonist, spiperone, had no inhibitory effect on dopamine- and SKF 82526J-stimulated cAMP production. Beta-Adrenergic antagonists failed to attenuate the stimulatory effects of dopamine and SKF 82526J on cAMP production. In addition, the beta-adrenergic receptor agonist, isoproterenol, did not stimulate cAMP production. These results suggest that the action of dopamine was not mediated through beta-adrenergic receptors. Furthermore, our results clearly demonstrated the existence of DA1-receptors linked to adenylate cyclase in OK cells.

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