title: Substance P induces intracellular calcium increase and translocation of protein kinase C in epidermis.
abstract: Substance P is a neuropeptide present in, and released from, peripheral C nerve endings. The presence of substance P-positive nerve fibres in the epidermis has been reported. We investigated the effect of substance P on the transmembrane signalling system of pig epidermal keratinocytes. Treatment of pig epidermis with substance P resulted in an increase in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), and in intracellular free calcium. The treatment also resulted in translocation of protein kinase C from a cytosol to a membrane fraction. Substance P, however, did not affect the beta-adrenergic- or histamine (H2)- adenylate cyclase responses of the epidermis. Neither forskolin-induced, nor cholera toxin-induced cyclic AMP accumulation were affected by substance P treatment. These results consistent with the view that substance P stimulates phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) hydrolysis of keratinocytes, resulting in IP3-Ca2+ and diacylglycerol-protein kinase C signal activation. Although protein kinase C is known to affect the epidermal adenylate cyclase system, no evidence for such 'cross-talk regulation' was detected in keratinocytes by substance P treatment.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D013373:Substance P; D006632:Histamine; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D002118:Calcium