EFFECTS OF ISOPROTERENOL AND FORSKOLIN ON CARBACHOL-INDUCED AND FLUOROALUMINATE-INDUCED POLYPHOSPHOINOSITIDE HYDROLYSIS, INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE PRODUCTION, AND CONTRACTION IN BOVINE IRIS SPHINCTER SMOOTH-MUSCLE - INTERACTION BETWEEN CAMP AND IP3 2ND MESSENGER SYSTEMS

We have investigated the effects of isoproterenol (ISO) and forskolin on carbachol(CCh)- and fluoroaluminate (AlF4-)-induced phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) hydrolysis, myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) production, 1,2-diacylglycerol, measured as phosphatidic acid (PA) formation, and contraction in the bovine iris sphincter smooth muscle. The data from these studies can be summarized as follows. (1) CCh (20-mu-M) stimulated significantly PIP2 hydrolysis, IP3 production, PA formation, and contraction. (2) Addition of ISO (0.1-25-mu-M), which raises the tissue cAMP level, to muscle precontracted with CCh attenuated PIP2 hydrolysis, IP3 production, PA formation and contraction in a time- and dose-dependent manner. (3) AlF4- (10-mu-M) induced a slow but progressive hydrolysis of PIP2, accompanied by parallel production of IP3, formation of PA, and contraction of the smooth muscle. The effects of AlF4- were dose-dependent and inhibited by deferoxamine, an Al3+ ion chelator. (4) Both forskolin (1-25-mu-M), which directly stimulates adenylate cyclase, and ISO inhibited the responses induced by AlF4- (10-mu-M) in a dose-dependent manner. (5) NaF (1-5 mM) had no effect on the activity of phospholipase C (PLC), purified from bovine iris sphincter. Furthermore, phosphorylation of the enzyme by catalytic subunit of protein kinase A had no inhibitory effect on PLC activity against PIP2. In conclusion, neither the muscarinic receptor nor PLC are the target sites for cAMP inhibition; instead the putative G-protein, which couples the activated muscarinic receptor to PLC, may be phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase. This could attenuate the stimulation of PLC by the G-protein, thus resulting in inhibition of PIP2 hydrolysis and consequently leading to muscle relaxation. These results demonstrate cross-talk between the cAMP and IP3-Ca2+ second messenger systems and suggest that this could constitute a regulatory mechanism for the process of contraction-relaxation in smooth muscle.