title: Enhancement of Ca2+ channel currents in human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells by phorbol esters with and without activation of protein kinase C.
abstract: The effects of phorbol esters on Ca2+ channel currents in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells were studied using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings. Bath application of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) or phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu; 100 nM to 1 microM), known activators of protein kinase C (PKC), enhanced Ca2+ channel currents in a voltage-dependent manner similar to that of Bay K 8644. TPA also enhanced Ca2+ channel currents during cell dialysis with the PKC pseudosubstrate, PKC(19-36), and in cells which had been pre-incubated with 500 nM staurosporine, and which were exposed to staurosporine during recordings. Application of 4 alpha-phorbol-12,13-didecanoate (4 alpha-PDD; 100 nM), which does not activate PKC, caused current enhancement similar to the effects of TPA. However, intracellular dialysis of TPA was without effect on Ca2+ channel currents. Residual Ca2+ channel currents recorded after exposure to 1 microM omega-conotoxin GVIA were still enhanced by TPA, but in the presence of either Bay K 8644 (5 microM) or nifedipine (5 microM), TPA was without effect. When cells were pre-incubated for 10 min at 37 degrees C with 100 nM TPA, currents subsequently recorded in its absence were enhanced as compared to untreated cells; 5 microM nifedipine still inhibited currents to the same degree. This enhancement was not mimicked by 4 alpha-PDD, and was inhibited by staurosporine. Our results indicate that acute applications of phorbol esters (at concentrations commonly used to activate PKC) enhance L-type Ca2+ channel currents in SH-SY5Y cells via a PKC-independent mechanism which appears similar to that induced by Bay K 8644. By contrast, pre-incubation with TPA enhances both L- and N-type currents via activation of PKC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Leeds University, UK.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Reeve
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peers
mesh_terms: D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; D011493:Protein Kinase C