TY - JOUR
T1 - Protein kinase C activates the non-selective cation channel in the rabbit portal vein
AU - Oike, Masahiro
AU - Kitamura, Kenji
AU - Kuriyama, Hirosi
PY - 1993/7
Y1 - 1993/7
N2 - Effects of protein kinase C (PKC) on a non-selective cation channel current (Ins) were investigated using smooth-muscle cells of the rabbit portal vein. Neither bath application of the PKC activator, phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu; 1 μM), nor the internal application of guanosine 5′-[γ-thio]-triphosphate (GTP[γS]; 3 μM) elicited any current at the holding potential of -60 mV. However, when GTP[γS] (3 μM) was present in the pipette, PDBu elicited a sustained inward current, in a concentration-dependent manner, at the holding potential of -60 mV. On the other hand, an inactive phorbol ester, 4α-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (300 nM and 1 μM) had no effect on the membrane current even when GTP[γS] (3 μM) was in the pipette. The current amplitude induced by PDBu in the presence of GTP[γS] in the pipette was markedly reduced following pretreatment with 10 μM staurosporine, a PKC inhibitor. Neither a reduction in the Cl- concentration in the pipette nor addition of niflumic acid to the bath inhibited the inward current, and the reversal potential estimated from the current/voltage relationship was about -5 mV (physiological salt solution containing 5 mM Ba2+/high CSCl), which revealed that the main component of the current is Ins. An internal application of pertussis toxin markedly reduced the amplitude of Ins induced by PDBu. These results indicate that PKC activates a sustained component of Ins in cooperation with an activated pertussis-toxin-sensitive G protein in the rabbit portal vein.
AB - Effects of protein kinase C (PKC) on a non-selective cation channel current (Ins) were investigated using smooth-muscle cells of the rabbit portal vein. Neither bath application of the PKC activator, phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu; 1 μM), nor the internal application of guanosine 5′-[γ-thio]-triphosphate (GTP[γS]; 3 μM) elicited any current at the holding potential of -60 mV. However, when GTP[γS] (3 μM) was present in the pipette, PDBu elicited a sustained inward current, in a concentration-dependent manner, at the holding potential of -60 mV. On the other hand, an inactive phorbol ester, 4α-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (300 nM and 1 μM) had no effect on the membrane current even when GTP[γS] (3 μM) was in the pipette. The current amplitude induced by PDBu in the presence of GTP[γS] in the pipette was markedly reduced following pretreatment with 10 μM staurosporine, a PKC inhibitor. Neither a reduction in the Cl- concentration in the pipette nor addition of niflumic acid to the bath inhibited the inward current, and the reversal potential estimated from the current/voltage relationship was about -5 mV (physiological salt solution containing 5 mM Ba2+/high CSCl), which revealed that the main component of the current is Ins. An internal application of pertussis toxin markedly reduced the amplitude of Ins induced by PDBu. These results indicate that PKC activates a sustained component of Ins in cooperation with an activated pertussis-toxin-sensitive G protein in the rabbit portal vein.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF00374607
DO - 10.1007/BF00374607
M3 - Article
C2 - 7692386
AN - SCOPUS:0027159891
VL - 424
SP - 159
EP - 164
JO - Pflugers Archiv fur die gesamte Physiologie des Menschen und der Tiere
JF - Pflugers Archiv fur die gesamte Physiologie des Menschen und der Tiere
SN - 0031-6768
IS - 2
ER -