title: The phorbol ester TPA enhances A23187--but not carbachol- and high K+-induced catecholamine secretion from cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.
abstract: The effect of the phorbol ester TPA on catecholamine secretion was studied in cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. The pretreatment of chromaffin cells with TPA caused the enhancement of catecholamine secretion induced by the calcium ionophore, A23187. By contrast, neither carbachol- nor high K+-induced secretion was changed by TPA pretreatment. These results support the concept that protein kinase C plays an important role as a factor transducing the Ca2+ signal to the exocytotic process of catecholamine secretion in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Brocklehurst
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tomares
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Pollard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D010704:Phorbols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D010704:Phorbols; D000001:Calcimycin; D002217:Carbachol; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D011188:Potassium