PMID- 24303997 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141105 LR - 20211021 IS - 1476-5381 (Electronic) IS - 0007-1188 (Print) IS - 0007-1188 (Linking) VI - 171 IP - 6 DP - 2014 Mar TI - PACAP receptor pharmacology and agonist bias: analysis in primary neurons and glia from the trigeminal ganglia and transfected cells. PG - 1521-33 LID - 10.1111/bph.12541 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A major challenge in the development of new medicines targeting GPCRs is the ability to quantify drug action in physiologically relevant models. Primary cell models that closely resemble the clinically relevant in vivo site of drug action are important translational tools in drug development. However, pharmacological studies in these models are generally very limited due to the methodology used. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: We used a neuropeptide system to demonstrate the applicability of using highly sensitive signalling assays in primary cells. We quantified the action of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP)-38, PACAP-27 and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in primary cultures of neurons and glia derived from rat trigeminal ganglia (TG), comparing our observations to transfected cells. KEY RESULTS: PACAP-responsive receptors in rat trigeminal neurons, glia and transfected PAC1n receptors were pharmacologically distinct. PACAP-38, but not PACAP-27, activated ERK in glia, while both forms stimulated cellular cAMP production. PACAP(6-38) also displayed cell-type-dependent, agonist-specific, antagonism. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The complexity of PACAP pharmacology in the TG may help to direct, more effectively, the development of disease treatments targeting the PACAP receptor. We suggest that these methodologies are broadly applicable to other primary cell types of human or animal origin, and that our approach may allow more thorough characterization of ligand properties in physiologically relevant cell types. CI - (c) 2013 The British Pharmacological Society. FAU - Walker, C S AU - Walker CS AD - School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. FAU - Sundrum, T AU - Sundrum T FAU - Hay, D L AU - Hay DL LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AY366498 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Br J Pharmacol JT - British journal of pharmacology JID - 7502536 RN - 0 (Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide) SB - IM CIN - Br J Pharmacol. 2015 Oct;172(19):4782-4. PMID: 24826981 MH - Animals MH - COS Cells MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Neuroglia/cytology/*drug effects MH - Neurons/cytology/*drug effects MH - Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide/agonists/*drug effects MH - *Transfection PMC - PMC3954490 OTO - NOTNLM OT - G-protein coupled receptor OT - PAC1 OT - PACAP OT - VIP OT - bias signalling OT - glia OT - intracellular signalling OT - neuron OT - primary culture OT - trigeminal ganglia EDAT- 2013/12/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/06 06:00 PMCR- 2015/03/01 CRDT- 2013/12/06 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/11/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/12/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/bph.12541 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Pharmacol. 2014 Mar;171(6):1521-33. doi: 10.1111/bph.12541.