title: Heterogeneity of the regulation of phospholipase C by phorbol esters in T lymphocytes.
abstract: In many cells, protein kinase C (PKC) activation inhibits cellular phospholipase C thereby preventing receptor-mediated phosphatidylinositol (PI) metabolism. In T lymphocytes, the T cell antigen receptor (Ti)/CD3 complex regulates PI hydrolysis and we have examined the consequences of PKC activation on Ti/CD3-mediated PI metabolism in human peripheral blood-derived T lymphocytes (T lymphoblasts) and the leukemic T cell line Jurkat. In Jurkat cells, PI metabolism after Ti/CD3 stimulation, is inhibited by PKC activation. PKC activation also inhibits calcium-induced PI metabolism in permeabilized Jurkat cells. In marked contrast, PI metabolism after Ti/CD3 stimulation in T lymphoblasts, is not inhibited by PKC activation. Moreover, in permeabilized T lymphoblasts PI metabolism can be induced by calcium in synergy with guanine 5'-O-(3-thiotrisphosphate) via a PKC-insensitive mechanism. The different effect of PKC stimulation on PI metabolism in Jurkat cells and T lymphoblasts reveals heterogeneity of PLC regulation in T lymphocytes. The data also indicate that the role of PKC as a regulator of Ti/CD3 signal transduction can differ depending on cell type.
authors.affiliation: Lymphocyte Activation Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, England.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cantrell
mesh_terms: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000502:physiology; D017252:CD3 Complex; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D013873:Thionucleotides; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium