“…For instance, stimulation of two receptors on prostate cancer epithelial cells, 1-adrenoceptor ( 1-AR) and metabotropic purinergic receptor (P2Y-R), produce divergent effects on cell proliferation: 1-AR stimulation enhances proliferation (Thebault, et al, 2006), and stimulation of P2Y-R results in growth arrest (Vanoverberghe, et al, 2003). These divergent effects on proliferation are surprising, given that both receptors act via a common phospholipase C (PLC)-catalyzed inositol phospholipid breakdown signalling pathway that results in the derivation of two second messengers important for Ca 2+ signalling (Marshall, et al, 1999, von Kugelgen, et al, 2000, IP 3 and diacylglycerol (DAG). Our recent work with primary human prostate cancer epithelial cells brought some insight into these puzzling observations (Thebault, et al, 2006).…”