Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) concentration (0.001-1000 nM)-dependently stimulated cyclic AMP production in rat primary neuronal and glial cell (astrocyte) cultures. The actions of both peptides were much more pronounced in astrocytes than in neuronal cultures. Stimulatory effects of PACAP and VIP on cyclic AMP formation were significantly smaller in cell cultures subjected to 24h lasting hypoxic conditions, induced either chemically (100 microM cobalt chloride) or by low 3% oxygen hypoxia, compared to the normoxic condition (95% air and 5% CO(2)). This picture contrasted with the effects of forskolin that were similar under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. It is suggested that hypoxia leads to changes in PACAP- and VIP-driven cyclic AMP-dependent signaling in the rat brain by influencing molecular processes likely occurring at the level of receptor protein or receptor-Gs protein coupling.

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