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The actions of Pasteurella multocida toxin on neuronal cells

Surguy, SM; Duricki, DA; Robbins, J; Reilly, JM; Lax, AJ; (2014) The actions of Pasteurella multocida toxin on neuronal cells. Neuropharmacology , 77 9 - 18. 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.09.005. Green open access

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Abstract

Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT) activates the G-proteins Gα, Gα, Gα Gα and Gα by deamidation of specific glutamine residues. A number of these alpha subunits have signalling roles in neurones. Hence we studied the action of this toxin on rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurones and NG108-15 neuronal cells. Both Gα and Gα could be identified in SCGs with immunocytochemistry. PMT had no direct action on Kv7 or Cav2 channels in SCGs. However PMT treatment enhanced muscarinic receptor mediated inhibition of M-current (Kv7.2 + 7. 3) as measured by a 19-fold leftward shift in the oxotremorine-M concentration-inhibition curve. Agonists of other receptors, such as bradykinin or angiotensin, that inhibit M-current did not produce this effect. However the amount of PIP hydrolysis could be enhanced by PMT for all three agonists. In a transduction system in SCGs that is unlikely to be affected by PMT, Go mediated inhibition of calcium current, PMT was ineffective whereas the response was blocked by pertussis toxin as expected. M1 muscarinic receptor evoked calcium mobilisation in transformed NG108-15 cells was enhanced by PMT. The calcium rises evoked by uridine triphosphate acting on endogenous P2Y receptors in NG108-15 cells were enhanced by PMT. The time and concentration dependence of the PMT effect was different for the resting calcium compared to the calcium rise produced by activation of P2Y receptors. PMT's action on these neuronal cells would suggest that if it got into the brain, symptoms of a hyperexcitable nature would be seen, such as seizures. © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Type: Article
Title: The actions of Pasteurella multocida toxin on neuronal cells
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.09.005
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.09.005
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
UCL classification: UCL
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1468936
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