Endocrinology, Vol 134, 719-727, Copyright © 1994 by Endocrine Society

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Effects of differentiation on neuropeptide-Y receptors and responses in rat pheochromocytoma cells

DA DiMaggio, JM Farah Jr and TC Westfall
Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 63104.

Undifferentiated rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells resemble immature adrenal chromaffin cells, express neuropeptide-Y (NPY) receptors of the Y1 subtype, and synthesize catecholamines as well as NPY. In the present study, we examined how phenotypic alteration of PC12 cells by nerve growth factor (NGF) or glucocorticoid affected cellular responsiveness to NPY and related agonists, especially with regard to modulation of catecholamine overflow. Unlike undifferentiated PC12 cells, cells differentiated to a sympathetic neuronal phenotype with NGF were responsive to the Y2 receptor-selective agonist, NPY 13-36. NPY 13-36 1) inhibited binding of [125I]NPY 1-36, 2) inhibited accumulation of evoked cAMP, and 3) inhibited evoked catecholamine overflow. NGF-differentiated cells were also responsive to the Y1 receptor-selective agonist [Leu31,Pro34]NPY (LP-NPY). Like NPY-(13-36), LP-NPY inhibited binding of [125I]NPY-(1-36); however, LP-NPY and NPY- (13-36) exerted their effects through heterogeneous receptors, as LP- NPY enhanced while NPY 13-36 inhibited evoked catecholamine overflow in NGF-differentiated cells, despite the fact that both agonists inhibited the evoked cAMP. In contrast to NGF-differentiated cells, cells differentiated to a mature chromaffin phenotype with dexamethasone were unresponsive to NPY-(13-36), nor did the Y2 agonist inhibit binding of [125I]NPY-(1-36). Dexamethasone-differentiated PC12 cells were, however, responsive to LP-NPY, as this agonist enhanced evoked catecholamine overflow and inhibited binding of [125I]NPY-(1-36). Peptide-YY also enhanced catecholamine overflow, but only significantly at 100 nM. The data suggest differential expression of NPY receptor subtypes on neuronal and endocrine cells where catecholamine overflow is a key feature. These studies further demonstrate inhibitory or excitatory modulation of catecholamine transmission by NPY via distinct receptor subtypes in homogeneous sympathoadrenomedullary models resembling sympathetic neurons and chromaffin cells.

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