title: Thapsigargin induces IL-2 receptor alpha-chain in human peripheral and Jurkat T cells via a protein kinase C-independent mechanism.
abstract: Thapsigargin (TG), an inhibitor of Ca(2+)-ATPase, depletes intracellular Ca2+ stores and induces a sustained Ca2+ influx without altering phosphatidyl inositol levels. TG plus phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) but not TG alone induced IL-2 in Jurkat T cells, suggesting that TG had no effect on protein kinase C (PKC). However, TG induced increases in IL-2R alpha protein as well as IL-2R alpha mRNA in Jurkat T cells in a dose-dependent manner. A similar increase in IL-2R alpha by TG was also observed in human peripheral T cells. Further, like PMA, TG markedly induced NF kappa B in Jurkat T cells. However, TG and PMA exhibited a synergistic action on IL-2R alpha expression, suggesting that TG and PMA induce IL-2R alpha through distinct pathways. PMA- but not TG-induced IL-2R alpha is inhibited by the PKC inhibitor H7, whereas TG- but not PMA-induced IL-2R alpha was inhibited by cholera toxin, forskolin and 1,9-dideoxy forskolin. In toto, these results suggest that TG induces IL-2R alpha in human T cells through a PKC-independent pathway.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neuroscience, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sei
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reich
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D015973:Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D019311:Staurosporine; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D006873:Hydroquinones; D007546:Isoquinolines; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010879:Piperazines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D013729:Terpenes; D005576:Colforsin; C019359:2,5-di-tert-butylhydroquinone; D000001:Calcimycin; D019284:Thapsigargin; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; C047983:1,9-dideoxyforskolin; D002118:Calcium