title: Vascular protein kinase C in Wistar-Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: Phorbol esters which activate protein kinase C (PKC) produced concentration-related force development in aorta from spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY); all were 2-7 x more potent in SHR. However, total PKC activity in aortas, as well as carotid, caudal and renal arteries, was not different, when SHR was compared with WKY. Binding of phorbol dibutyrate to particulate aortic PKC was similar in SHR and WKY (same apparent Kd and Bmax values), as was potency for displacement of phorbol dibutyrate by phorbol myristate acetate. Furthermore, there was no difference in potency with staurosporine, H-7, and calmidazolium in inhibiting SHR and WKY aortic PKC. These data demonstrate enhanced contractile sensitivity to PKC-activating phorbol esters in SHR aortic smooth muscle that is not related to activity, phorbol ester binding, or sensitivity to inhibitors when SHR PKC is compared with WKY PKC. Thus, signal transduction events distal to PKC activation may be responsible for enhanced vascular contractile sensitivity to phorbol esters in SHR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals Research Division, Rensselaer, NY 12144.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Cumiskey
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D006973:Hypertension / Q000201:enzymology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D011955:Receptors, Drug; C083141:phorbol ester binding protein; C027776:phorbol ester receptor; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D011493:Protein Kinase C