Regulation of Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation by Protein Kinase C: Possible Inhibition of a Pertussis Toxin-Sensitive G Protein

2015 ◽  
pp. 136-142
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Flavahan ◽  
Paul M. Vanhoutte
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Endothelium Dependent Relaxation

ANP stimulates phospholipase C in cultured RIMCT cells: roles of protein kinases and G protein

1991 ◽  
Vol 260 (4) ◽  
pp. F590-F595 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Berl ◽  
J. Mansour ◽  
I. Teitelbaum
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinases ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Cyclic Nucleotide ◽  
Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Dependent Protein ◽  
Stimulation Of

We examined the possibility that, in addition to stimulation of guanylate cyclase (GC), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) also activates phospholipase C (PLC) in cultured rat inner medullary collecting tubule (RIMCT) cells. ANP (10(-12)M) causes marked release of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) at a concentration that does not stimulate GC. Concentrations of ANP that stimulate GC (greater than or equal to 10(-10) M) result in attenuated IP3 release. Similarly, exogenous dibutyryl guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (10(-6) M) markedly inhibits the response to 10(-10) M ANP. Inhibition of cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase by H 8, but not inhibition of protein kinase C by H 7, restores the response to 10(-8) and 10(-6) M ANP. Therefore, activation of cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase inhibits ANP-stimulated PLC activity. Activation of protein kinase C by phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) decreases ANP-stimulated IP3 production. Pretreatment with H 7, but not H 8, prevents inhibition by PMA. To explore a potential role for G proteins, we examined the effect of guanine nucleotide analogues on ANP-stimulated IP3 production in saponin-permeabilized cells. ANP-stimulated IP3 production is enhanced by GTP gamma S and is inhibited by GDP beta S. Similarly, preincubation with pertussis toxin prevents ANP-stimulated IP3 release. We conclude that ANP stimulates PLC in RIMCT cells via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein. Stimulation of PLC is inhibited on activation of either cyclic nucleotide or Ca2+-phospholipid dependent protein kinases.

scholarly journals Endothelins stimulate tyrosine phosphorylation and activity of p42/mitogen-activated protein kinase in astrocytes

1993 ◽  
Vol 293 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Cazaubon ◽  
P J Parker ◽  
A D Strosberg ◽  
P O Couraud
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Map Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Phorbol Ester ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Protein Kinase Activity ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein

Endothelins (ET-1, -2, -3) display pleiotropic activities, by signalling through G-protein-coupled membrane receptors. We show here that ET-1 and ET-3 stimulate within minutes the tyrosine phosphorylation of a 42 kDa protein (p42) in primary cultures of mouse embryo astrocytes, but not in any of two subclones of rat astrocytoma C6 cells. This effect, measured by anti-phosphotyrosine immunoblotting of cell extracts, was also observed in response to bradykinin, platelet-derived growth factor, the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and the G-protein activator fluoroaluminate. Pretreatment of cells with pertussis toxin, which inactivates Gi/G(o) proteins, did not affect these responses. However, down-regulation of protein kinase C completely blocked the response to phorbol ester and fluoroaluminate and at least partially impaired the ET-1-stimulated phosphorylation of p42. We have identified p42 as p42mapk, a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, on the basis of the following data: by sequential immunoblotting with antiphosphotyrosine and anti-MAP kinase antibodies, (i) similar kinetics are observed for p42 phosphorylation and the decrease in p42mapk electrophoretic mobility, likely corresponding to its tyrosine/threonine phosphorylation [de Vries-Smits, Boudewijn, Burgering, Leevers, Marshall and Bos (1992) Nature (London) 357, 602-604]; (ii) p42 and the shifted form of p42mapk co-migrate on SDS/PAGE; (iii) the myelin-basic-protein kinase activity of p42mapk is stimulated by ET-1, in parallel with the tyrosine phosphorylation of p42. In conclusion, these findings strongly suggest that endothelins can stimulate the tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of p42mapk in astrocytes, via pertussis-toxin-insensitive G protein and protein kinase C-dependent and -independent pathways.

scholarly journals α2A-Adrenergic receptors activate protein kinase C in human platelets via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein

FEBS Letters ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 339 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 79-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rienk Nieuwiand ◽  
Odilia L.C. Wijburg ◽  
Gijsbert van Willigen ◽  
Jan-Willem N. Akkerman
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Adrenergic Receptors ◽  
Human Platelets ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Activate Protein Kinase

scholarly journals Endothelial inositol phosphate generation and prostacyclin production in response to G-protein activation by AlF4−

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (3) ◽  
pp. 703-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
M K Magnússon ◽  
H Halldórsson ◽  
M Kjeld ◽  
G Thorgeirsson
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Inositol Phosphates ◽  
Inositol Phosphate ◽  
Ionophore A23187 ◽  
Kinase C

In order to elucidate the role of guanine-nucleotide-binding proteins (G-proteins) in endothelial prostacyclin (PGI2) production, human umbilical vein endothelial cells, prelabelled with either [3H]inositol or [3H]arachidonic acid, were stimulated with the non-specific G-protein activator aluminium fluoride (AlF4-). AlF4- caused a dose- and time-dependent generation of inositol phosphates, release of arachidonic acid and production of PGI2. The curves for the three events were similar. When the cells were stimulated in low extracellular calcium (60 nM), they released [3H]arachidonic acid and produced PGI2, but depleting the intracellular Ca2+ stores by pretreatment with the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 totally inhibited both events, although the cells still responded when extracellular Ca2+ was added. The Ca2+ ionophore did not inhibit the generation of inositol phosphates in cells maintained at low extracellular Ca2+. Pertussis toxin pretreatment (14 h) altered neither inositol phosphate nor PGI2 production in response to AlF4-. To investigate the functional role of the diacylglycerol/protein kinase C arm of the phosphoinositide system, the cells were pretreated with the protein kinase C activator 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) or the protein kinase C inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulphonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H7). TPA inhibited the AlF4(-)-induced inositol phosphate generation but stimulated both the release of arachidonic acid and the production of PGI2. H7 had opposite effects both on inositol phosphate generation and on PGI2 production. These results suggest that AlF4(-)-induced PGI2 production is mediated by a pertussis-toxin-insensitive G-protein which activates the phosphoinositide second messenger system. This production of PGI2 can be modulated by protein kinase C activation, both at the level of inositol phosphate generation and at the level of arachidonic acid release.

Mechanism of action of endothelin-1 in the canine pulmonary circulation

1995 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 2014-2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Barman ◽  
J. R. Pauly
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Pulmonary Circulation ◽  
Vascular Response ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Voltage Dependent ◽  
Eta Receptor

Possible mechanisms of action by which endothelin (ET)-1 has an effect on pulmonary vascular resistance and compliance in the canine pulmonary circulation were investigated in the isolated blood-perfused dog lung by use of vascular occlusion techniques. In the present study, ET-1 (10(-8) M) increased pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary capillary pressure by postcapillary vasoconstriction. In addition, ET-1 decreased total vascular compliance and middle-compartment compliance. Pretreatment with the ETA receptor antagonist BQ-610 (10(-7) M) or the protein kinase C inhibitors staurosporine (10(-6) M) and calphostin C (10(-6) M) completely blocked the pressor effect of ET-1. Elimination of extracellular calcium mobilization through voltage-dependent calcium channels by verapamil (10(-5) M) or modulation of G protein signal transduction by pertussis toxin challenge (15 micrograms/kg) had no significant effect on the ET-1-induced pulmonary vascular response. The results of the present study indicate that ET-1 causes pulmonary vasoconstriction in the canine pulmonary circulation through ETA receptor mediation and protein kinase C activation, possibly leading to intracellular calcium release. In contrast, the ET-1-induced pulmonary vascular response does not appear to involve extracellular calcium entry through voltage-dependent calcium-channel activation or pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein-signaling mechanisms.

Adenosine A1 receptor-induced upregulation of protein kinase C: role of pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein(s)

1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (5) ◽  
pp. H1619-H1624 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. Marala ◽  
S. J. Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Protein S ◽  
Porcine Coronary Artery ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Adenosine A1 ◽  
A1 Receptor

Biochemical and pharmacological studies have established that adenosine modulates protein kinase C (PKC), which plays an important role in the maintenance of vascular tone. Our earlier studies [Marala and Mustafa. Am. J. Physiol. 268 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 37): H271-H277, 1995. Marala, R. B., K. Ways, and S. J. Mustafa. Am. J. Physiol. 264 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 33): H1465-H1471, 1993] have shown the involvement of adenosine A1 receptors and not the A2 receptors in the upregulation of PKC in porcine coronary artery. The mechanism(s) by which adenosine upregulates PKC is not yet clearly understood. We now report the increased expression of PKC by adenosine A1 receptor through an upstream activation of pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein(s). Incubation of porcine coronary artery for 24 h with a relatively specific A1-receptor agonist (2S)-N6-(2-endo-norbornyl)adenosine (ENBA) elevated the contractile responses to endothelin-1 by about twofold, probably due to an increased expression of PKC. Incubation of porcine coronary artery with ENBA also protected against the phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu)-induced depletion of PKC. Inclusion of pertussis toxin in the incubation medium completely blocked both the upregulatory and the protective effects of ENBA. Incubation with pertussis toxin did not alter the PKC activity as judged by the contractile responses to PDBu. On the contrary, incubation of porcine coronary artery with cholera toxin for 24 h did not alter any of the ENBA responses (upregulation of PKC and the protection against PDBu-induced PKC depletion). Incubation conditions of coronary arteries with toxins are sufficient to cause ADP ribosylation of respective G proteins as judged by back ADP ribosylation studies.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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