title: Cyclic nucleotides attenuate thrombin-evoked alterations in parameters of platelet Na/H antiport. The role of cytosolic Ca.
abstract: In this work, we explored the role of cyclic nucleotides in modulating parameters of the Na/H antiport in human platelets. Sodium nitroprusside and iloprost, as well as cyclic nucleotide analogues, were used to raise cellular levels of cAMP and cGMP. Cyclic nucleotides reversed the thrombin-evoked alkaline shift in cytosolic pH set point and the activity of the Na/H antiport, concurrently with attenuation of thrombin-induced rise in cytosolic free Ca. No effect of cyclic nucleotides was observed in platelets not treated with thrombin, or platelets subjected to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. cAMP did not reverse ionomycin-induced changes in the parameters of the Na/H antiport. Collectively, these observations indicate that cyclic nucleotides modulate the Na/H antiporter in human platelets through their effect on thrombin-evoked changes in cytosolic free Ca. Presumably, this effect holds for other agonists which stimulate phospholipase C, raise cytosolic-free Ca, and activate the Na/H antiport through protein kinase C dependent and protein kinase C-independent mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Hypertension Research Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103-2714.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lasker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aviv
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D009712:Nucleotides, Cyclic / Q000502:physiology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D009712:Nucleotides, Cyclic; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D009599:Nitroprusside; D003994:Bucladesine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013917:Thrombin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium