AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 260, Issue 6 906-F912, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Locally formed dopamine stimulates cAMP accumulation in LLC-PK1 cells via a DA1 dopamine receptor

A. Grenader and D. P. Healy
Department of Pharmacology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, New York 10029.

Proximal tubules have been shown to produce dopamine (DA) from (-)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-alanine (L-dopa) and to express DA1 dopamine (DA1) receptors linked to inhibition of sodium transport. The LLC-PK1 renal epithelial cell line expresses proximal tubule cell-like properties in vitro. Here, we sought to determine whether the LLC-PK1 cell line would be a useful model system to study dopaminergic mechanisms in vitro. LLC-PK1 cells contained high levels of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) (Km 0.19 +/- 0.08 mM, Vmax 3.69 +/- 0.57 nmol.mg-1.min-1) and converted L-dopa to DA in a nonsaturable fashion up to 1 mM L-dopa. DA production was blocked by the AADC inhibitor carbidopa. Dopamine stimulated adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) accumulation in LLC-PK1 cells in a dose-dependent manner (50% effective concentration, 1.53 +/- 0.38 microM; maximal stimulation, 46.6 +/- 10.88 pmol/mg protein); this effect was blocked by addition of DA1-receptor antagonists. L-Dopa also stimulated cAMP accumulation, and this effect was attenuated by an equimolar concentration of carbidopa and blocked by the DA1 antagonist Sch 23390. These results indicate that LLC-PK1 cells convert L-dopa to DA, which then stimulates cAMP via a DA1 receptor coupled to activation of adenylate cyclase. Moreover, the demonstration that locally formed DA can act as an autocrine/paracrine substance in LLC-PK1 cells in vitro is consistent with a role for DA as an autocrine/paracrine substance in vivo.

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