title: Activation of protein kinase C inhibits potassium currents in cultured endothelial cells.
abstract: The effect of protein kinase C on potassium channels in cultured endothelial cells was investigated by using whole-cell patch-clamp techniques. Activation of protein kinase C by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu), but not phorbol 12-monomyristate (PMM), an inactive analogue of phorbol esters, depressed an outward calcium-dependent potassium current. The inhibitory actions of PMA and PDBu could be reversed by the kinase inhibitor H-7. Cyclopiazonic acid, an inhibitor of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pump, and LP-805, a novel vasodilator which also releases endothelium-derived relaxing factors, activated the outward calcium-dependent potassium conductance. PMA and PDBu, but not PMM, reduced the outward conductance induced by cyclopiazonic acid and LP-805. These effects of PMA and PDBu on potassium currents may be mediated either by phosphorylation of ion channels, or by decreasing intracellular calcium concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Daniel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D011720:Pyrazoles; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C073993:8-tert-butyl-6,7-dihydropyrrolo(3,2-e)-5-methylpyrazolo(1,5-a)pyrimidine-3-carbonitrile; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D011188:Potassium; C000543:cyclopiazonic acid