title: Stimulus-secretion coupling in parathyroid cells deficient in protein kinase C activity.
abstract: The role of protein kinase C (PKC) in regulating cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion was studied in bovine parathyroid cells rendered deficient in PKC activity by incubation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Pretreatment with PMA caused a time- and concentration-dependent loss of functional PKC activity as assessed by the failure of [Ca2+]i and PTH secretion to respond to the subsequent addition of PKC activators or the inhibitor staurosporine. Pretreatment for 24 h with 1 microM PMA caused a loss of 85% of the total and 98% of the cytosolic PKC activity. Cells so pretreated were considered to be "PKC downregulated." Increasing the concentration of extracellular Ca2+ or Mg2+ caused corresponding increases in [Ca2+]i that were similar in control and in PKC-downregulated cells. PTH secretion regulated by extracellular Ca2+ or Mg2+ was likewise similar in control and PKC-downregulated cells. Stimulus-secretion coupling is thus unimpaired in parathyroid cells deficient in PKC activity. Cytosolic Ca2+ responses remained depressed in cells incubated for 24 h with low concentrations of PMA (30 or 100 nM). However, under these conditions, extracellular Ca2+ still suppressed PTH secretion similarly to control cells. These results reveal a dissociation between cytosolic Ca2+ and PTH secretion and suggest that signals other than cytosolic Ca2+ are involved in the regulation of PTH secretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Racke
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Nemeth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002413:Cations, Divalent / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000172:deficiency*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium