Downregulation of vasopressin V1A receptors and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase in rat mesangial cells cultured under high-glucose conditions

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology
Atsuo TaharaMasayuki Shibasaki

Abstract

In the present study we examined the effects of high extracellular glucose concentrations on vasopressin (AVP) V(1A) receptor kinetics and signal transduction in cultured rat mesangial cells. Scatchard analysis of [(3) H]-AVP binding to mesangial cell plasma membranes showed that although high glucose (30 mmol/L) decreased V(1A) receptor numbers relative to cells cultured in normal glucose (10 mmol/L), receptor affinity was not affected. This V(1A) receptor downregulation was associated with an attenuated increase in AVP-stimulated cytosolic free calcium concentrations ([Ca(2+) ](i) ). In addition, high glucose increased both the basal and AVP-stimulated activity of the classic mitogen-activated protein kinase, namely extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). Furthermore, high glucose induced activation of protein kinase C (PKC) in mesangial cells that could be inhibited by coincubation with the PKC inhibitor staurosporine (10 nmol/L). Staurosporine also markedly attenuated the high glucose-induced downregulation of V(1A) receptors on mesangial cells and blocked the depressed [Ca(2+) ](i) response and increased ERK activity induced by AVP. The results indicate that high extracellular glucose downregulates V(1A) receptors on ...Continue Reading

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