Abstract:
:Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system and exerts its actions via both ionotropic (GABA(A)) and metabotropic (GABA(B)) receptors. The GABA(B) receptor is a dimer composed of R1 and R2 components and classically couples to the heterotrimeric G(i) protein. In addition to their location on neurons, GABA and functional GABA(B) receptors have been detected in peripheral tissue such as airway smooth muscle. We questioned whether airway epithelium expresses receptors that could respond to GABA. We detected the mRNA encoding multiple-splice variants of the GABA(B)R1 and GABA(B)R2 in total RNA isolated from native human and guinea pig airway epithelium and human airway epithelial cell lines (BEAS-2B and H441). Immunoblots identified the GABA(B)R1 and GABA(B)R2 proteins in both guinea pig airway epithelium and BEAS-2B cells. The expression of GABA(B)R1 protein was immunohistochemically localized to basal mucin-secreting and ciliated columnar epithelial cells in guinea pig trachea. Baclofen inhibited adenylyl cyclase activity, induced ERK phosphorylation and cross-regulated phospholipase C, leading to increased inositol phosphates in BEAS-2B cells in a pertussis toxin-sensitive manner, implicating G(i) protein coupling. Thus, these receptors couple to G(i) and cross-regulate the phospholipase C/inositol phosphate pathway. The second messengers of these pathways, cyclic AMP and calcium, play pivotal roles in airway epithelial cell primary functions of mucus clearance. Furthermore, the enzyme that synthesizes GABA, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65/67), was also localized to airway epithelium. GABA may modulate an uncharacterized signaling cascade via GABA(B) receptors coupled to G(i) protein in airway epithelium.
journal_name
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biolauthors
Mizuta K,Osawa Y,Mizuta F,Xu D,Emala CWdoi
10.1165/rcmb.2007-0414OCsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-09-01 00:00:00pages
296-304issue
3eissn
1044-1549issn
1535-4989pii
2007-0414OCjournal_volume
39pub_type
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