Abstract
Summary: In estrogen-treated rat myometrium, endothelial (ET-1) activated both the phospholipase C (PLC) which degrades PtdInsP2, resulting in an increased accumulation of inositol phosphates, and the phospholipase D pathway (PLD) as evidenced in the presence of butanol by an increased production of phosphatidylbutanol (PBut). Both ET-1 effects displayed similar concentration dependencies (EC50 50 nM) and were mediated by ETA receptors in that they were antagonized by BQ123 and were elicited by ET-3 with a rank order of potency ET-1 < ET-3. Bombesin, another activator of the PLC/ PtdInsP2 pathway, also increased PBut accumulation. Enhanced production of PBut could also be observed with the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin and the phorbol ester PMA, an activator of protein kinase C, suggesting a potential contribution of the PLC/PtdInsP2 pathway in ET-1 induced PLD activity.
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