AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 260, Issue 6 586-L593, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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ATP-stimulated inositol phospholipid metabolism and surfactant secretion in rat type II pneumocytes

M. Griese, L. I. Gobran and S. A. Rooney
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

Extracellular ATP (10(-3) M) stimulated [3H]phosphatidylcholine secretion approximately 3.4-fold in rat type II pneumocytes prelabeled overnight with [3H]choline. The same concentration of ATP caused a rapid increase in [3H]inositol trisphosphate (IP3) and a decrease in [3H]phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate (PIP2) in [3H]inositol-prelabeled cells. ATP also caused a biphasic increase in 1,2-[3H]diacylglycerol in cells prelabeled with [3H]arachidonic acid: a rapid increase that peaked at 10 s followed by a larger increase that peaked at 5-10 min. The first peak in diacylglycerol and the increase in IP3 are consistent with phospholipase C action on PIP2 and generation of second messengers that promote mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ and activation of protein kinase C. However, at the level of phosphatidylcholine secretion the stimulatory effects of ATP and of direct activators of protein kinase C, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and 1,2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol, were at least additive, suggesting that activation of protein kinase C may not be the major signal transduction mechanism in ATP action or alternatively that ATP activates a different isoform of protein kinase C. Pretreatment of type II cells with TPA for 30 min led to a subsequent 40% diminution in the stimulatory effects of ATP on both phosphatidylcholine secretion and IP3 generation.

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