title: Regulation of volume-sensitive outwardly rectifying anion channels in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells by PKC.
abstract: We tested the possible role of endogenous protein kinase C (PKC) in the regulation of native volume-sensitive organic osmolyte and anion channels (VSOACs) in acutely dispersed canine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMC). Hypotonic cell swelling activated native volume-regulated Cl(-) currents (I(Cl.vol)) which could be reversed by exposure to phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (0.1 microM) or by hypertonic cell shrinkage. Under isotonic conditions, calphostin C (0.1 microM) or Ro-31-8425 (0.1 microM), inhibitors of both conventional and novel PKC isozymes, significantly activated I(Cl.vol) and prevented further modulation by subsequent hypotonic cell swelling. Bisindolylmaleimide (0.1 microM), a selective conventional PKC inhibitor, was without effect. Dialyzing acutely dispersed and cultured PASMC with epsilon V1-2 (10 microM), a translocation inhibitory peptide derived from the V1 region of epsilon PKC, activated I(Cl.vol) under isotonic conditions and prevented further modulation by cell volume changes. Dialyzing PASMC with beta C2-2 (10 microM), a translocation inhibitory peptide derived from the C2 region of beta PKC, had no detectable effect. Immunohistochemistry in cultured canine PASMC verified that hypotonic cell swelling is accompanied by translocation of epsilon PKC from the vicinity of the membrane to cytoplasmic and perinuclear locations. These data suggest that membrane-bound epsilon PKC controls the activation state of native VSOACs in canine PASMC under isotonic and anisotonic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0046, USA.
authors.forename: Juming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Ge-Xin
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Hatton
authors.forename: Ilia A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Yamboliev
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hume
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000838:Anions / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007473:Ion Channels; D007527:Isoenzymes; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon