Use of protein kinase C inhibitors results in rapid [Mg(2+)](i) mobilization in primary cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells: are certain kinase C isoforms natural homeostatic regulators of cystolic free Mg(2+).
The effects of five different protein kinase C inhibitors--calphostin C, chelerythrine, bisindolylmaleimide I, staurosporine and Gö6979--on intracellular free magnesium ([Mg(2+)](i)) content and mobilization were investigated in primary, cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells. All these protein kinase C inhibitors significantly and rapidly increased [Mg(2+)](i) both in normal media (1.2 mM Mg(2+)) and in Mg(2+) free media. These data suggest that the increments of [Mg(2+)](i), induced by the diverse protein kinase C inhibitors, are derived from the release of bound intracellular Mg(2+) and that activation of protein kinase C isozymes are normally responsible for helping to maintain basal levels of [Mg(2+)](i) in rat aortic smooth muscle cells.
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D000470:Alkaloids; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D053119:Benzophenanthridines; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism*; D008301:Maleimides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D010617:Phenanthridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051381:Rats; D019311:Staurosporine / Q000494:pharmacology
D000470:Alkaloids; D053119:Benzophenanthridines; D002227:Carbazoles; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D008301:Maleimides; D009281:Naphthalenes; D010617:Phenanthridines; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C081021:Go 6976; C016299:chelerythrine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine; C058819:calphostin C; D008274:Magnesium; C070515:bisindolylmaleimide I