title: Role of protein kinase C in the control of vascular prostacyclin: study of phorbol esters effect in bovine aortic endothelium and smooth muscle.
abstract: In bovine aortic endothelial cells, phorbol 12-myristate, 13-acetate induced a smaller stimulation of prostacyclin release than ionophore A23187: the combination of both agents was highly synergistic. The responses of the bovine aortic smooth muscle were very different in the 2 preparations studied. In media explants cultured for short periods, neither phorbol 12-myristate, 13-acetate, nor A23187, alone or in combination, were able to increase prostacyclin release, whereas serotonin was an effective stimulus. In cultured smooth muscle cells, outgrown from the explants, phorbol 12-myristate, 13-acetate increased prostacyclin release to the same levels as A23187 or serotonin. It is concluded that increased cytosolic Ca++ level and protein kinase C activity induce a synergistic stimulation of endothelial prostacyclin. On the other hand, the phenotypic modulation of the arterial smooth muscle, from a contractile to a synthetic state, seems to be associated with a profound change in the control of prostacyclin.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000378:metabolism*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D000001:Calcimycin; D011464:Epoprostenol; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium