title: Modulatory effects of PKC activity on increased 92-kDa gelatinase secretion by neonatal alveolar macrophages.
abstract: We previously demonstrated that alveolar macrophages (AMs) from neonatal rats can secrete more 92-kDa gelatinase than AMs from adult rats. In this study, we investigated the role of the protein kinase C (PKC) pathway in the transductional regulation of 92-kDa gelatinase secretion by rat AMs, and we also evaluated maturational changes in this role with increasing postnatal age. After AM stimulation by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), we observed a dose-dependent increase in gelatinase secretion that was significantly more marked in AMs from 6-day-old rats than in AMs from adult rats and that was inhibited by the PKC inhibitor calphostin C. Adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate mimetics or concanavalin A failed to induce an increase in gelatinase secretion by AMs. Time-dependent variations in PKC activity after PMA stimulation differed significantly between 6-day-old rats and adult rats; PKC activity decreased in adult AMs (50%) but remained stable in 6-day-old AMs. We therefore investigated age-related differences in the intracellular proteolytic degradation of PKC, which is thought to be mediated by calpains. Leupeptin, used as a calpain inhibitor, inhibited the decrease in PKC activity after exposure of adult AMs to PMA and induced a greater than threefold increase in PMA-induced gelatinase secretion. Calpain activity was significantly lower in AM extracts from 6-day-old than from adult rats. The physiological implication of these developmental changes in 92-kDa gelatinase regulation was demonstrated by investigation of AMs from 1-day-old rats that showed a high level of spontaneous PKC-dependent gelatinase secretion coexisting with very low calpain activity. We conclude that sustained PKC activity is a key factor in the increased gelatinase secretion by AMs seen during the postnatal period and is due, at least in part, to reduced PKC degradation.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Physiologie Respiratoire, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 296, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delacourt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rouet-Benzineb
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delclaux
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: L'Hour
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harf
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lafuma
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018093:Gelatinases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D007700:Kinetics; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009281:Naphthalenes; D003208:Concanavalin A; D005576:Colforsin; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D018093:Gelatinases; C058819:calphostin C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate