Effects of membrane polyunsaturated fatty acids on opiate peptide inhibition of basal and prostaglandin E1-stimulated cyclic AMP formation in intact N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells

Abstract

The effects of membrane polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on opiate peptide-mediated inhibition of basal and prostaglandin E1-stimulated cyclic AMP formation were examined in intact N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells. Addition of opiate peptides such as methionine 5-enkephalin (metEnk) to control cultures and to cultures that had been supplemented for 48 hr with 50 microM linoleic acid resulted in dose-dependent decreases in cAMP formation; these decreases were blocked by naloxone. Maximum inhibition of basal cyclase activity was 50-55% in both control and PUFA-enriched cells; however, half-maximal inhibition required ten times more metEnk in supplemented cultures than in controls. This is consistent with our observation that the affinity of binding of [tyrosyl-3',5'-3H(N)](2-D-alanine-5-D-leucine)enkephalin ([3H]DADLE) to intact PUFA-enriched cells was lower than that to control cells. Receptor density was not modified as a result of supplementation. Addition of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) to the cells produced rapid dose-dependent increases in cAMP formation. Maximum responses were higher in PUFA-enriched than in control cells (1924 and 972 pmol cAMP formed/mg protein respectively). Also, the apparent value for EC50 for PGE1 was consistently lower in supplemented cultures. MetEnk reduced PGE1-stimulated cAMP formation by 45-55% in both control and supplemented cells, and values for IC50 were similar (approximately 30 nM) in both. In the presence of the opiate peptide, values for EC50 for PGE1 were similar in control and PUFA-enriched cultures (0.07 and 0.09 microM respectively). The data from these studies suggest that membrane PUFA increase the efficiency of coupling of receptors that stimulate cAMP formation and decrease the efficiency of those that mediate inhibition.