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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
The lipid mediator platelet-activating factor (1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, AGEPC) has been shown to elicit several important biochemical signaling responses in mammalian cells, including polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis, arachidonic acid release/eicosanoid production, and protein tyrosine phosphorylation. In the present study, the roles of Ca2+ and protein kinase C (PKC), two signaling components of the phospholipase C pathway, in AGEPC-stimulated eicosanoid production and protein tyrosine phosphorylation, were investigated in cultured rat Kupffer cells. AGEPC at nanomolar concentrations induced an increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), stimulated membrane PKC activity, and resulted in protein tyrosine phosphorylation. The maximal increase in [Ca2+]i and membrane PKC activity in response to AGEPC were observed within 30-50 s, whereas the AGEPC-induced protein tyrosine phosphorylation reached maximal levels within 2-5 min. [Ethylenebis(oxyethylenenitrilo)]tetraacetic acid (EGTA) but not 8-(N,N-diethylamino)-octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride (TMB-8), an inhibitor of calcium release from intracellular compartments, nearly abolished the AGEPC-induced increase in [Ca2+]i suggesting involvement of extracellular calcium influx in this event. Both EGTA and TMB-8 abolished or inhibited AGEPC-stimulated protein tyrosine phosphorylation and eicosanoid formation, respectively. The calcium ionophore A23187 alone stimulated eicosanoid production and protein tyrosine phosphorylation with an identical pattern to that of AGEPC. Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), an activator of PKC, which did not affect [Ca2+]i, mimicked the actions of AGEPC, stimulating eicosanoid production and promoting tyrosine phosphorylation of a set of proteins similar to those phosphorylated following AGEPC stimulation. AGEPC-enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of some of the protein substrates and eicosanoid production were inhibited in cells "down-regulated" for PKC. Furthermore, both PMA- and AGEPC-stimulated eicosanoid production and protein tyrosine phosphorylation were attenuated or abolished by at least one of the PKC inhibitors, staurosporine, and calphostin C. Taken together, these results are consistent with the conclusions that: (a) AGEPC stimulates the phospholipase-mediated arachidonic acid release/eicosanoid synthesis cascade and protein tyrosine phosphorylation through extracellular Ca(2+)-dependent and PKC-dependent and -independent mechanism(s) and (b) the Ca(2+)-PKC interaction determines the efficacy of the AGEPC-stimulated cellular events.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6725-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Calcimycin, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Egtazic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Eicosanoids, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Gallic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Kupffer Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Platelet Activating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Radioimmunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, pubmed-meshheading:1551880-Tyrosine
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Platelet-activating factor-stimulated protein tyrosine phosphorylation and eicosanoid synthesis in rat Kupffer cells. Evidence for calcium-dependent and protein kinase C-dependent and -independent pathways.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7760.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't