title: Angiotensin II modulates the activity of Na+,K+-ATPase in cultured rat astrocytes via the AT1 receptor and protein kinase C-delta activation.
abstract: In astrocytes the activity of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase pump maintains an inwardly directed electrochemical sodium gradient used by the Na+-dependent transporters and regulates the extracellular K+ concentration essential for neuronal excitability. We show here that incubation of cultured rat astrocytes with angiotensin II (Ang II) modulates Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity, in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Na+,K(+)-ATPase activation was mediated by binding of Ang II to AT1 receptors as it was completely blocked by DuP 753, a specific AT1 receptor subtype antagonist. Stimulation of Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity by Ang II was dependent on protein kinase C (PKC) activation because PKC antagonists abolished the inducing effect of Ang II and the PKC activator phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate enhanced transporter activity. Ang II stimulated translocation of PKC-delta but not that of other PKC isoforms from the cytosol to the plasma membrane. These results indicate that the activity of Na+,K(+)-ATPase in astrocytes is increased by physiological concentrations of Ang II and that the AT1 receptor subtype mediates the Na+,K(+)-ATPase response to Ang II via PKC-delta activation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organ and System Pathophysiology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muscella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aloisi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marsigliante
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Levi
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D051381:Rats; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D044139:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000502:physiology*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D044139:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D000804:Angiotensin II; C497260:Prkcd protein, rat; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase