Signalling from adenosine receptors to mitogen-activated protein kinases.

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Schulte G, Fredholm BB

Signalling from adenosine receptors to mitogen-activated protein kinases.

Cell Signal. 2003 Sep;15(9):813-27. doi: 10.1016/s0898-6568(03)00058-5.

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Abstract

The purine nucleoside adenosine acts via four distinct adenosine receptor subtypes: the adenosine A(1), A(2A), A(2B), and A(3) receptor. They are all G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) coupling to classical second messenger pathways such as modulation of cAMP production or the phospholipase C (PLC) pathway. In addition, they couple to mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), which could give them a role in cell growth, survival, death and differentiation. Although each of the adenosine receptors can activate one or more of the MAPKs, the mechanisms appear to differ substantially, both between receptor subtypes in the same cell type and between the same receptor in different cell types.

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