title: Synthetic diacylglycerols induce a rise of quin2-detectable free intracellular calcium in human platelets.
abstract: The two activators of protein kinase C, oleoylacetylglycerol (OAG) and dioctanoylglycerol (DOG), are able to induce a concentration-dependent rise in cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration in gel-filtered human platelets, detected as an increase in quin2 fluorescence. The phorbol ester phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) has no effect. The OAG-induced increase of intracellular Ca2+ is not influenced by forskolin, in contrast to the effect of the diterpene on the thrombin-stimulated increase in cytoplasmic Ca2+. It is concluded that the increase in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration induced by synthetic diacylglycerols and their activation of protein kinase C are two different and independent processes.
mesh_terms: D000634:Aminoquinolines; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005989:Glycerides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000634:Aminoquinolines; D004075:Diglycerides; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005989:Glycerides; C044295:1,2-dioctanoylglycerol; D005576:Colforsin; C038237:1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; C035739:Quin2; D002118:Calcium