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Voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels of the aortic cell line A7r5 were studied using 45Ca2+ flux experiments. Ca2+ channels which have been studied belong to the L-type and are very sensitive to inhibitors and activators in the 1,4-dihydropyridine series as well as to (-)desmethoxyverapamil and d-cis-diltiazem. L-type Ca2+ channels in these smooth muscle cells are not affected by cyclic 8-bromo-AMP and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. However, the activity of these channels is strongly depressed after treatment with diacylglycerols (1-oleyl 2-acetylglycerol and 1,2-dioctanoylglycerol). Phorbol esters, which like diacylglycerols are well-known activators of protein kinase C (the Ca2+- and phospholipid-dependent enzyme), inhibit 70% of Ca2+ channel activity (K0.5 = 25 nM for phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and K0.5 = 200 nM for phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate). Phorbol esters that are inactive on kinase C are without effect on Ca2+ channel activity. [Arg8]Vasopressin and bombesin, two peptides that are well known for their action on polyphosphoinositide metabolism, inhibit Ca2+ channel activity to the same extent as active phorbol esters (65-70%). Oxytocin has the same type of effect presumably by acting at the V1-receptor. Both effects of [Arg8]vasopressin and oxytocin are suppressed by [1-(beta-mercapto-beta,beta-diethylpropionic acid)4-valine]arginine vasopressin, a specific vasopressin antagonist at the V1-receptor.
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PMID:Regulation of calcium channels in aortic muscle cells by protein kinase C activators (diacylglycerol and phorbol esters) and by peptides (vasopressin and bombesin) that stimulate phosphoinositide breakdown. 243 72

Rat thoracic aortic smooth-muscle cells (A-10; A.T.C.C. CRL 1476) displays a high density of vasopressin and atrial-natriuretic-factor (ANF) receptors and a low density of beta-adrenergic receptors. ANF stimulates cGMP (cyclic GMP) accumulation in a time- and dose-dependent fashion. Pretreatment of these cells with phorbol dibutyrate (PDBu), a known activator of protein kinase C, attenuated ANF-stimulated cGMP accumulation without affecting basal cGMP concentrations. This effect was concentration-dependent and was observed as early as 2 min after treatment. 4 alpha-Phorbol 12, 13-didecanoate (alpha PDD), which does not activate protein kinase C, did not inhibit the cGMP accumulation. PDBu pretreatment did not affect the density and affinity of ANF receptors. These data suggest that PDBu, presumably via activation of protein kinase C, might stimulate phosphorylation of a key regulatory protein in the ANF/cGMP pathway.
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PMID:An activator of protein kinase C (phorbol dibutyrate) attenuates atrial-natriuretic-factor-stimulated cyclic GMP accumulation in smooth-muscle cells. 282 9

Phorbol esters are tumor promoters and mitogens whose effects may be mediated by changes in ion transport across membranes. Clarification of the transport effects of these agents should be facilitated by using a well-characterized model epithelial system whose intracellular and transmural parameters are readily measurable. The current results constitute a preliminary study of the effects of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (PDBU), and phorbol on the short-circuit current (Isc) across frog skin. TPA produced two effects: a stimulation of Isc of variable magnitude and a far more constant inhibition of the natriferic action of vasopressin. These effects appear related to the action of TPA as a tumor promoter insofar as PDBU (an active ester) also inhibited the natriferic response to vasopressin, whereas phorbol (inactive as a tumor promoter) had no significant effect. TPA is largely active from the mucosal medium, inhibits the natriferic response to adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) as well as that to vasopressin, and does not stimulate Isc in the presence of 10(-4) M mucosal amiloride. Inhibition of prostaglandin E1 production by indomethacin had no effect on the actions of TPA. The results indicate that frog skin is a promising model for studying the transport effects of the phorbol esters. The data further suggest that TPA acts on frog skin by activating the physiological amiloride- and cAMP-sensitive channels gating apical Na+ entry from the mucosal medium into the epithelial cells.
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PMID:Effects of tumor promoters on sodium ion transport across frog skin. 298 64

The action of vasopressin (AVP) in transporting epithelia is mediated by cyclic AMP(cAMP), whereas its effects in hepatocytes are mediated by calcium and phosphoinositides. Based on our recent observation that AVP stimulates phosphoinositide turnover in toad bladder, we examined the role of calcium-phospholipid-dependent kinase (protein kinase C) as a modulator of AVP's hydroosmotic effect. Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), which can substitute for diglyceride as an activator of protein kinase C, the diglyceride dioctanoylglycerol, and RHC-80267, a glyceride lipase inhibitor that should increase diglyceride levels, inhibited AVP-stimulated water flow, but not water flow stimulated by cAMP, suggesting inhibition of cyclic AMP production. Both the dioctanoylglycerol and RHC-80267, but not PMA, also decreased water flow in response to 8-bromo cAMP indicating a potential inhibition at post-cAMP events as well. PMA increased prostaglandin synthesis; however, inhibition of water flow persisted even when prostaglandin synthesis was completely blocked by incubation with naproxen. Furthermore, water flow was not inhibited by incubation with the inactive diglyceride substitute phorbol didecanoate, supporting the specificity of the PMA inhibition. Consistent with the site of action at adenylate cyclase suggested by the transport experiments, PMA and RHC-80237 decreased both cell cAMP content and the cyclic AMP-dependent kinase ratio (-cAMP/+cAMP), an index of intracellular cyclic AMP effect. Assay for protein kinase C activity in toad bladder epithelial cell supernatant demonstrated that the toad bladder indeed contains a kinase stimulable by phospholipid, calcium, and PMA. As an apparently independent effect, we found that addition of PMA, but not dioctanoylglycerol or RHC-80267, to the mucosal bath increased both water permeability and the frequency of granular cell luminal membrane aggregates in the absence of vasopressin, consistent with stimulation of fusion events at the luminal membrane. Our data suggest that protein kinase C can modulate AVP-stimulated water flow in toad bladder by inhibiting cAMP generation, and perhaps post-cAMP steps as well, and support the hypothesis that AVP-stimulated turnover of membrane phosphoinositides antagonize the effects of AVP via changes in diglyceride, calcium, and protein kinase C.
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PMID:Inhibition of vasopressin-stimulated water flow in toad bladder by phorbol myristate acetate, dioctanoylglycerol, and RHC-80267. Evidence for modulation of action of vasopressin by protein kinase C. 299 43

The purpose of the present study was to further characterize the inhibition by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and beta-endorphin release from rat anterior pituitary fragments in vitro. Peptide hormone release was induced by vasopressin, which initiates secretion via cell surface receptors, or by secretagogues which can mimic various post-receptor mechanisms and the effect of PGE2 was examined. Concentration-response curves of the effect of vasopressin on the release of beta-endorphin-like (beta-End-IR) and ACTH-like immunoreactivity (ACTH-IR) were constructed in the absence or presence of a fixed concentration of PGE2. The concentration-response curve of vasopressin was shifted to the right about 8-fold by PGE2 (1 mumol/l) without altering the maximum effect. PGE2 (60 nmol/l-1 mumol/l) markedly reduced beta-End-IR release induced by 8-bromoadenosine-3',5'-cyclic-monophosphate (8Br-cAMP) (1 mmol/l). Omission of Ca2+ from the incubation medium did not prevent PGE2-induced inhibition of 8Br-cAMP-evoked secretion. 4 beta-Phorbol, 12 beta-myristate, 13 alpha-acetate (PMA) stimulated beta-End-IR and ACTH-IR release in a concentration-dependent manner. This effect was not blocked by indometacin or eicosatetraynoic acid. PG E2 (greater than 100 nmol/l) reduced PMA (100 nmol/l)-elicited secretion by about 50%. PG E2 (1 mumol/l) almost halved beta-End-IR release caused by K+ (30 mmol/l). After pre-incubation in Ca2+-free medium, re-introduction of Ca2+ (1.3 mmol/l) elicited beta-End-IR release. This response was abolished by PG E2 (1 mumol/l). The addition of Ba2+ (10 mmol/l) to a Ca2+-free medium markedly enhanced beta-End-IR release.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Effect of prostaglandin E2 on ACTH and beta-endorphin release from rat adenohypophysis in vitro after secretagogues which can mimic various first or second messengers. 301 94

We have reported previously that in the vascular smooth muscle cell line A-10 (ATCC CRL 1476), vasopressin stimulated phosphatidylinositol turnover Ca2+ efflux and inhibited isoproterenol-stimulated cAMP accumulation. Here we report that pretreatment of these cells with phorbol dibutyrate, an activator of protein kinase C, attenuated the responses to vasopressin and isoproterenol. This effect was concentration dependent and could be observed after pretreatment for 2 min. 4 alpha Phorbol 12,13-didecanoate, which does not activate protein kinase C, did not attenuate the responses. These data suggest that activation of protein kinase C by phorbol dibutyrate attenuates the responses of vascular smooth muscle cells to isoproterenol and vasopressin. Although phorbol ester did not affect [3H]-8-arginine vasopressin binding to intact cells, it appeared to uncouple vasopressin receptors from guanine nucleotide-binding protein.
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PMID:Phorbol ester-mediated inhibition of vasopressin and beta-adrenergic responses in a vascular smooth muscle cell line. 302 29

To evaluate a possible modulation by protein kinase C of hormonal, cAMP-mediated effects on renal epithelial cells, we studied the effect of protein kinase C activators and of bradykinin on intracellular cAMP accumulation in MDCK cells. A 15-min pretreatment of cells with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate or 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol induced a dose-dependent inhibition of vasopressin-stimulated cAMP synthesis, but not of basal or glucagon-, prostaglandin E2-, and forskolin-stimulated cAMP generation. 4 alpha-Phorbol 12,13-didecanoate, inactive on protein kinase C, did not affect cAMP accumulation. Bradykinin (0.1-10 microM) also inhibited the stimulatory effect of vasopressin on cAMP synthesis in a concentration-dependent manner, but affected neither basal cAMP content, nor its stimulation by glucagon, prostaglandin E2 and forskolin. The effect of activators of protein kinase C and of bradykinin occurred while renal prostaglandin synthesis was blocked with indomethacin. The inhibitory effect of protein kinase C activators and bradykinin on cAMP generation was reversed by the protein kinase C inhibitor H7, was enhanced by monensin, one effect of which is to block the recycling of membrane receptors, and persisted when the GTP-binding protein N1 was blocked with 1 mM Mn2+. Our data suggest that: protein kinase C can modulate the tubular effects of vasopressin by inhibiting cAMP generation; this effect is not mediated by renal prostaglandins, and might result from a direct action on the vasopressin receptor, or on its coupling with Ns; the modulation by bradykinin of vasopressin effects are likely to be exerted, at least partly, through activation of protein kinase C.
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PMID:Protein kinase C activators and bradykinin selectively inhibit vasopressin-stimulated cAMP synthesis in MDCK cells. 303 98

The effect of the phorbol esters phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (TPA) and phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDB) on changes in free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in single rat hepatocytes, microinjected with the photoprotein aequorin, were investigated. [Arg8]vasopressin and phenylephrine induced a series of repetitive [Ca2+]i transients. Phorbol esters inhibited the alpha 1-adrenoceptor-induced response; sub-nanomolar concentrations decreased the transient frequency, and higher concentrations abolished the transients. The inhibitory effect of PDB was readily reversible. Phorbol esters were less effective in decreasing the frequency of [Arg8]-vasopressin-induced transients, and the inhibition could be overcome by high [Arg8]vasopressin concentrations.
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PMID:Phorbol-ester-induced alterations of free calcium ion transients in single rat hepatocytes. 347 80

Phorbol esters such as phorbol 12, 13-dibutyrate (PdBu; 40 to 200 nmol/L) or 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (20 to 80 nmol/L) added to aspirinized platelet-rich plasma (PRP) 5 to 15 seconds prior to various platelet stimuli (epinephrine, ADP, prostaglandin endoperoxide analog U44069, collagen, PAF, or vasopressin) potentiate the rate and extent of aggregation and ATP secretion induced by those agonists. Platelet aggregation, but not secretion, is potentiated at low concentrations of agonists; platelet secretion is potentiated at higher concentrations of the platelet stimuli. Potentiation of platelet responses was also observed when the preincubation time with PdBu was extended to 12 minutes and also occurred in washed platelets. The potentiating effect of phorbol esters is not mediated by formation of arachidonate metabolites or by released ADP. The sensitizing effect of PdBu on platelet aggregation induced by epinephrine is unique, since in contrast to the other platelet stimuli it is also found at maximal concentrations of epinephrine and does not diminish with prolonged preincubation of platelets with PdBu. Activation of protein kinase C ranges from 20% to 80% over control after 1 to 10 minutes of platelet pretreatment with PdBu but dramatically increases after subsequent addition of a stimulus such as vasopressin. In contrast, agonist-induced myosin light chain phosphorylation is reduced after platelet pretreatment with PdBu. The results indicate that protein kinase C activation enhances platelet aggregation and dense granule secretion triggered by physiologic stimuli, although it desensitizes agonist-induced myosin light chain phosphorylation.
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PMID:Phorbol esters sensitize platelets to activation by physiological agonists. 366 38

Receptor-mediated breakdown of PtdIns(4,5)P2 produces two cellular signals, Ins(1,4,5)P3, which can release intracellular Ca2+, and diacylglycerol, which activates a Ca2+- and phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C). This study assesses the significance of protein kinase C in relation to phenylephrine- and vasopressin-induced Ca2+ mobilization in hepatocytes. Phorbol ester (4 beta-phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate), which can directly activate protein kinase C, had no effect either on Ca2+ efflux from the cell (measured with arsenazo III) or on Ca2+ influx (measured with Quin-2), processes which are inhibited and stimulated, respectively, by both phenylephrine and vasopressin. No evidence of synergism between phorbol ester pretreatment of hepatocytes and the Ca2+ ionophore (ionomycin)-mediated effects on the increase of cytosolic free Ca2+ and phosphorylase activation could be obtained. These findings suggest that protein kinase C is not obligatorily involved in the regulation of hepatocyte Ca2+ fluxes. Pretreatment of hepatocytes with phorbol ester (PMA) or 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol totally inhibited the effects of phenylephrine in elevating the cytosolic free Ca2+; half-maximal inhibitory effects occurred at PMA and 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol concentrations of 1 ng/ml and 12 micrograms/ml, respectively. In contrast, pretreatment with PMA had a much smaller effect on Ca2+ mobilization induced by vasopressin. These observations suggest that protein kinase C may be involved in "down-regulation" of the alpha 1-receptor in hepatocytes and may thus exert a negative influence on the Ca2+-signalling pathway.
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PMID:Differential effects of phorbol ester on phenylephrine and vasopressin-induced Ca2+ mobilization in isolated hepatocytes. 391 20


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