scholarly journals Activation of Na+/H+ exchange in human platelets stimulated by thrombin and a phorbol ester

1987 ◽  
Vol 241 (1) ◽  
pp. 301-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Siffert ◽  
G Siffert ◽  
P Scheid
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Fluorescent Probe ◽  
Phorbol Ester ◽  
Human Platelets ◽  
Cytoplasmic Ph ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Stimulation Of

We have investigated changes in cytoplasmic pH (pHi) in activated human platelets, using the fluorescent probe 2,7-biscarboxyethyl-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein. Stimulation of platelets by thrombin or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate increased pHi by about 0.11 pH unit above the resting value. This increase in pHi depended on the presence of external Na+ and was inhibited by ethylisopropylamiloride. The data suggest that protein kinase C mediates Na+/H+ exchange in human platelets.

Stimulation of porcine thyroid cell alkalinization and growth by EGF, phorbol ester, and diacylglycerol

1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (3) ◽  
pp. E445-E450
Author(s):  
N. Takasu ◽  
I. Komiya ◽  
Y. Nagasawa ◽  
T. Asawa ◽  
T. Shinoda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Cell Growth ◽  
Phorbol Ester ◽  
Thyroid Cell ◽  
Ph Indicator ◽  
Thyroid Cells ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Epidermal Growth ◽  
Stimulation Of

We studied the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF), 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), and 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol (OAG) on cytoplasmic pH (pHi) and cell growth in cultured porcine thyroid cells. pHi was measured using 2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl-5,6-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF), an internalized fluorescent pH indicator. EGF, TPA, and OAG alkalinized the thyroid cells and stimulated their growth. These EGF-, TPA-, and OAG-stimulated cell alkalinization and growth depended on extracellular Na concentrations and were inhibited by amiloride, an inhibitor of Na(+)-H+ exchanger, indicating that EGF-, TPA-, and OAG-stimulated cell alkalinization and growth may occur through activation of Na(+)-H+ exchange. Alkalinization seems to be involved in thyroid cell growth. TPA (a tumor-promoting phorbol ester) and OAG (synthetic diacylglycerol), both potent activators of protein kinase C, imitate the action of EGF in rapidly elevating pHi and stimulating cell growth in thyroid cells. Trifluoperazine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, inhibited EGF-, TPA-, and OAG-stimulated cell alkalinization and growth. The data suggest that activation of protein kinase C may be involved in the mechanism of EGF-stimulated cell alkalinization and growth of the thyroid cells.

scholarly journals Inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase does not impair primary activation of human platelets

1996 ◽  
Vol 318 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelika G. BÖRSCH-HAUBOLD ◽  
Ruth M. KRAMER ◽  
Steve P WATSON
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Phorbol Ester ◽  
Substrate Inhibition ◽  
Human Platelets ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Ionophore A23187 ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein

Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), a family of protein serine/threonine kinases regulating cell growth and differentiation, are activated by a dual-specificity kinase through phosphorylation at threonine and tyrosine. We used a recently described selective inhibitor of the p42/p44mapk-activating enzyme, PD 98059 [2-(2´-amino-3´-methoxyphenyl)-oxanaphthalen-4-one], to investigate the role of the p42/p44mapk pathway in human platelets. PD 98059 inhibited p42/p44mapk activation in thrombin-, collagen- and phorbol ester-stimulated platelets, as determined from in-gel renaturation kinase assays, with an IC50 of approx. 5 µM (thrombin stimulation). It also prevented activation of MAPK kinase, which was measured in whole-cell lysates with glutathione S-transferase/p42mapk fusion protein (GST–MAPK) as substrate. Inhibition of p42/p44mapk did not affect platelet responses to thrombin or collagen such as aggregation, 5-hydroxytryptamine release and protein kinase C activation. In addition, PD 98059 did not interfere with release of arachidonic acid, a response mediated by cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2), or with cPLA2 phosphorylation. This suggests that platelet cPLA2 is not regulated by p42/p44mapk after stimulation with physiological agonists. In contrast, phorbol ester-induced phosphorylation of cPLA2 and potentiation of arachidonic acid release stimulated by Ca2+ ionophore A23187 were inhibited by PD 98059, indicating that p42/p44mapk phosphorylates cPLA2 after activation of protein kinase C by the non-physiological tumour promoter.

scholarly journals Osmotic and phorbol ester-induced activation of Na+/H+ exchange: possible role of protein phosphorylation in lymphocyte volume regulation.

1985 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Grinstein ◽  
S Cohen ◽  
J D Goetz ◽  
A Rothstein
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Phorbol Ester ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Phorbol Esters ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Atp Depletion ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Stimulation Of

The Na+/H+ antiport is stimulated by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13, acetate (TPA) and other phorbol esters in rat thymic lymphocytes. Mediation by protein kinase C is suggested by three findings: (a) 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol also activated the antiport; (b) trifluoperazine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, blocked the stimulation of Na+/H+ exchange; and (c) activation of countertransport was accompanied by increased phosphorylation of specific membrane proteins. The Na+/H+ antiport is also activated by osmotic cell shrinking. The time course, extent, and reversibility of the osmotically induced and phorbol ester-induced responses are similar. Moreover, the responses are not additive and they are equally susceptible to inhibition by trifluoperazine, N-ethylmaleimide, and ATP depletion. The extensive analogies between the TPA and osmotically induced effects suggested a common underlying mechanism, possibly activation of a protein kinase. It is conceivable that osmotic shrinkage initiates the following sequence of events: stimulation of protein kinase(s) followed by activation of the Na+/H+ antiport, resulting in cytoplasmic alkalinization. The Na+ taken up through the antiport, together with the HCO3- and Cl- accumulated in the cells as a result of the cytoplasmic alkalinization, would be followed by osmotically obliged water. This series of events could underlie the phenomenon of regulatory volume increase.

Phorbol esters inhibit ammoniagenesis and gluconeogenesis in proximal tubular segments

1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (6) ◽  
pp. F1073-F1079
Author(s):  
M. C. Chobanian ◽  
M. R. Hammerman
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Proximal Tubule ◽  
Phorbol Ester ◽  
Phorbol Esters ◽  
Extracellular Ph ◽  
Linear Functions ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Proximal Tubular ◽  
Stimulation Of

To characterize the regulation of ammoniagenesis and gluconeogenesis in renal proximal tubule, ammonia and glucose productions were measured in suspensions of canine proximal tubular segments incubated with 10 mM L-glutamine. Productions were linear functions of time for 120 min and were decreased as extracellular pH was increased from 7.0 to 7.5 To ascertain whether activation of protein kinase c affects either process, we incubated segments with tumor-promoting phorbol esters, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), or phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate, or with the inactive phorbol ester 4 alpha-phorbol. Ammoniagenesis and gluconeogenesis were inhibited by incubation with 10(-6) M of the two former compounds but not the latter compound. Inhibition of ammoniagenesis and gluconeogenesis occurred after incubation with as little as 10(-9) M phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate. Phorbol ester-induced inhibition was observed under conditions such that extracellular [Na+] was greater than intracellular [Na+], but not when extracellular [Na+] equaled intracellular [Na+], and was not observed in the presence of amiloride. Our findings are consistent with a role for protein kinase c in the control of ammoniagenesis and gluconeogenesis in proximal tubule. Such control could be mediated via stimulation of Na+-H+ exchange.

PROTEIN KINASE C CONTROLS CA2+ MOBILIZATION IN HUMAN PLATELETS

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Siffert ◽  
P Scheid ◽  
JW N Akkerman
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Human Platelets ◽  
Cytosolic Ph ◽  
Fluorescent Indicators ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ◽  
Ionophore Monensin ◽  
Stimulation Of

Platelet stimulation has been shown to result in a rise of cytosolic pH (pHi) as a result of an activation of a Na+/H+ antiport. We have investigated the role of pH in Ca2+ mobilization in human platelets. pHi and free Ca2+, {Ca2+)i, were measured in platelets loaded with the fluorescent indicators BCECF and quin2, respectively. Stimulation of platelets by either thrombin or OAG, an activator of protein kinase C (Pk-C), increased pHi. Pretreatment of platelets with inhibitors of Pk-C, trifluoperazine (TFP) or sphingosine (SPH), blocked the stimulus-induced rise in pHi, suggesting a role of Pk-C in the activation of Na+/H+ exchange. Blocking Na+/H+ exchange by an amiloride analogue or by TFP similarly suppressed the thrombin-induced increase in {Ca2*}i. This effect could be prevented by increasing pHi with the Na+/H+ ionophore monensin or with NH4Cl. The thrombin-induced (0.05 U/ml) rise in {Ca2+}i was more than 3-fold enhanced when the pH was raised from 6.8 to 7.4.Our results demonstrate that pHi controls Ca2+ mobilization in human platelets and suggest that Pk-C contributes to this control by activating the Na+/H+ exchanger.Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. No Sche 46/5-2.

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