title: Angiotensin II inhibition of ATP-sensitive K+ currents in rat arterial smooth muscle cells through protein kinase C.
abstract: 1. The effects of the vasoconstrictor angiotensin II (Ang II) on whole-cell ATP-sensitive K+ currents (IK,ATP) of smooth muscle cells isolated enzymatically from rat mesenteric arteries were investigated using the patch clamp technique. 2. Ang II, at a physiological concentration (100 nM), reduced IK,ATP activated by 0.1 mM internal ATP and 10 microM levcromakalim by 36.4 +/- 2.3%. 3. The protein kinase C (PKC) activator 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG, 1 microM) reduced IK,ATP by 44.1 +/- 2.7%. GDP beta S (1 mM), included in the pipette solution, abolished the inhibition by Ang II, while that by OAG was unaffected. 4. Pretreatment with the PKC inhibitors staurosporine (100 nM) or calphostin C (500 nM) prevented the Ang II-induced inhibition of IK,ATP. 5. Ang II inhibition was unaffected by cell dialysis with PKA inhibitor peptide (5 microM), and the PKA inhibitor Rp-cAMPS (100 microM) did not reduce IK,ATP. 6. Our results suggest that Ang II modulates KATP channels through activation of PKC but not through inhibition of PKA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Quayle
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Standen
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D019806:Cromakalim / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D019311:Staurosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D013873:Thionucleotides; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D019806:Cromakalim; D000804:Angiotensin II; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; C016957:adenosine-3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate; C023427:guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate); C038237:1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine; C058819:calphostin C; D011188:Potassium; D005905:Glyburide