title: Intracellular calcium rise produced by platelet-activating factor is deactivated by fMet-Leu-Phe and this requires uninterrupted activation sequence: role of protein kinase C.
abstract: Stimulation of the neutrophils with fMet-Leu-Phe inhibits the rise in intracellular concentration of free calcium produced by the subsequent addition of platelet-activating factor. This deactivation is not observed in pertussis toxin treated cells. In addition, preincubation of the cells with the protein kinase C activator phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate for three minutes abolishes completely the rise in calcium produced by platelet-activating factor. This inhibition is prevented by the addition of the protein kinase C inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinoline-sulfonyl)-2-methyl piperazine prior to the addition of the phorbol ester. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, at a concentration that does not produce significant inhibition, accelerates the rate of calcium removal from the cytoplasm, and this is abolished by the protein kinase C inhibitor. In contrast, the deactivation by fMet-Leu-Phe is not prevented by the protein kinase C inhibitor. The results presented here suggest that the protein kinase C system may regulate the opening by platelet-activating factor of possible plasma membrane associated pertussis toxin independent calcium channels and/or the binding of platelet-activating factor to the receptors. In addition, protein kinase C activation increases the rates of the calcium efflux pump and/or calcium sequestering by intracellular organelles. The most simple and straightforward explanation of the observed deactivation by fMet-Leu-Phe is that the addition of fMet-Leu-Phe to neutrophils stimulates the production of platelet-activating factor which then binds to and deactivates the receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06032.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Molski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Sha'afi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001572:Benzofurans; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D007700:Kinetics; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2