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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
Catecholamines acting through the beta-adrenergic receptor (beta AR) coupled-adenylylcyclase system stimulate a variety of responses by airway epithelial cells which affect airway caliber and the response to inflammatory stimuli. Although the tracheobronchial epithelium (TBE) is composed of several phenotypically differentiated cell types, surprisingly little is known about the expression of the beta AR system by the major subpopulations of TBE cells (i.e., basal and columnar). We, therefore, examined the function of the beta AR system in columnar and basal cell-enriched populations of rabbit tracheocytes. Cells were collected from 35 rabbits in 17 separate experiments and separated into basal and columnar cell-enriched fractions by centrifugal elutriation. The columnar fraction demonstrated a significantly greater (P < 0.005) adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) response to isoproterenol (10(-9)-10(-5) M) than the basal cell-enriched fraction (i.e., 74.7 +/- 5.1 and 49.4 +/- 2.8 pmol/10(6) cells, in columnar and basal cell-enriched fractions, respectively, P < 0.0001) as well as a higher beta AR density (i.e., 8,678 +/- 840 and 4,754 +/- 406 beta AR sites/cell, respectively, P < 0.0001). However, when corrected for differences in cell size assessed from measurements of total cell protein, cAMP production per milligram protein and beta AR density per milligram protein were similar in the two cell fractions (P > 0.50 for both comparisons). beta AR subtype assessed by beta 1AR and beta 2AR subtype selective antagonists demonstrated that the beta 2AR subtype predominated (i.e., > 90%) in both cell populations (P > 0.5).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L456-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of the beta-adrenergic receptor-adenylylcyclase system in basal and columnar airway epithelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19140.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.