Human syncytiotrophoblast NPY receptors are located on BBM and activate PLC-to-PKC axis

The American Journal of Physiology
J RobidouxJ Lafond

Abstract

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is abundant in plasma and amniotic fluid of women throughout pregnancy, during which its involvement in placental hormonogenesis has been proposed. In accordance with its putative role, the aim of this study was to characterize the human placental syncytiotrophoblast receptivity to NPY. Thus we performed this study on brush-border membranes (BBM) and basal plasma membranes (BPM). Specific 125I-labeled NPY (125I-NPY) binding to BBM was rapid (20 min), saturable, with a maximum binding capacity of 604 +/- 100 fmol/mg protein, and of high affinity, with a dissociation constant of 11 +/- 3 nM. No saturable binding could be shown in BPM. The rank order of affinity of NPY and related peptides to compete for 125I-NPY binding sites was peptides YY (PYY) > NPY = [Leu31,Pro34]NPY > 13-36NPY > pancreatic polypeptide (PP). It is noteworthy that PYY displaced only 45% of the binding sites. In BBM, both NPY and PYY were potent phospholipase C (PLC) stimulators, leading to a four- to fivefold increase of control phosphodiesterase activity. The latter effect could be prevented by preincubation of membranes with 5 microM U-73122, a known inhibitor of G protein-linked receptor activation of PLC-beta. Furthermore, 5 microM BI...Continue Reading

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