title: PDGF-BB triggered cytoplasmic calcium responses in cells with endogenous or stably transfected PDGF beta-receptors.
abstract: Platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) triggered signal transduction was investigated in human foreskin fibroblasts with endogenous PDGF beta-receptors, and porcine aortic endothelial (PAE) cells with stably transfected PDGF beta-receptors. Immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting showed that PDGF induced dose-dependent autophosphorylation of PDGF beta-receptor, and the PLC-gamma associates with autophosphorylated PDGF beta-receptors and becomes phosphorylated. Activation of PLC-gamma is known to induce fluctuations of the concentration of cytoplasmic calcium ([Ca2+]i). Microfluorometry and digital imaging were employed for measurements of the concentration of [Ca2+]i. In both cell types the growth factor induced four types of [Ca2+]i responses; no rise, a small and sluggish monophasic rise, a biphasic rise with an initial transient peak followed by a sustain elevation, and finally regular oscillations. The frequencies and amplitudes of the oscillatory responses were independent of agonist concentration after stimulation with PDGF-BB. Latency, the period from application of stimulus to the first [Ca2+]i peak, was reduced at higher concentrations of agonist. Also, the proportion of responding cells increased with higher concentrations of ligand. Oscillations of [Ca2+]i were elicited at submaximal concentrations of agonist. In PAE cells PDGF-BB triggered a single [Ca2+]i peak in absence of external Ca2+. Ligand-induced oscillations and sustained increases of [Ca2+]i were counteracted by the inorganic Ca2+ channel blocker Ce3+. These results show that similar types of [Ca2+]i responses occur in different cell types independently of whether the PDGF beta-receptors are expressed endogeneously or after transfection. Potentially, the different [Ca2+]i responses have distinct physiological consequences.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Clinical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ridefelt
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokote
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Claesson-Welsh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siegbahn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D000077214:Becaplermin; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D020797:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000077214:Becaplermin; D020797:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D002118:Calcium