PMID: 2508628Sep 1, 1989Paper

Protein kinase C activation alters the sensitivity of agonist-stimulated endothelial-cell prostacyclin production to intracellular Ca2+

The Biochemical Journal
T D CarterJ D Pearson

Abstract

Agonist-stimulated release of prostacyclin (PGI2) from endothelial cells requires elevation of the concentration of intracellular ionized calcium ([Ca2+]i) above a threshold value, and raised [Ca2+]i provides a sufficient transduction signal to account for the extent of PGI2 production. However, chronic activation of protein kinase C has been reported separately to potentiate PGI2 release, but to depress agonist-induced elevations of [Ca2+]i. We show here that pretreatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) dose-dependently induces PGI2 release over many minutes after a significant lag period without any change in [Ca2+]i. In addition, PMA potentiates the transient release of PGI2 in response to agonists in a complex manner depending on the time of pre-incubation and the concentrations of both PMA and agonist. Concomitant measurement of [Ca2+]i and PGI2 release demonstrates that PMA pretreatment dose-dependently inhibits both the peak [Ca2+]i transient and the subsequent steady-state elevation of [Ca2+]i in response to agonists. Determination of the quantitative [Ca2+]i/PGI2 dose/response relationship, when PGI2 release is driven purely by elevating [Ca2+]i with ionomycin, demonstrates that PMA also enhances the Ca2+-se...Continue Reading

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