PROTEIN KINASE C CONTROLS CA2+ MOBILIZATION IN HUMAN PLATELETS

Author(s):  
W Siffert ◽  
P Scheid ◽  
JW N Akkerman

Platelet stimulation has been shown to result in a rise of cytosolic pH (pHi) as a result of an activation of a Na+/H+ antiport. We have investigated the role of pH in Ca2+ mobilization in human platelets. pHi and free Ca2+, {Ca2+)i, were measured in platelets loaded with the fluorescent indicators BCECF and quin2, respectively. Stimulation of platelets by either thrombin or OAG, an activator of protein kinase C (Pk-C), increased pHi. Pretreatment of platelets with inhibitors of Pk-C, trifluoperazine (TFP) or sphingosine (SPH), blocked the stimulus-induced rise in pHi, suggesting a role of Pk-C in the activation of Na+/H+ exchange. Blocking Na+/H+ exchange by an amiloride analogue or by TFP similarly suppressed the thrombin-induced increase in {Ca2*}i. This effect could be prevented by increasing pHi with the Na+/H+ ionophore monensin or with NH4Cl. The thrombin-induced (0.05 U/ml) rise in {Ca2+}i was more than 3-fold enhanced when the pH was raised from 6.8 to 7.4.Our results demonstrate that pHi controls Ca2+ mobilization in human platelets and suggest that Pk-C contributes to this control by activating the Na+/H+ exchanger.Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. No Sche 46/5-2.

1987 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Grinstein ◽  
S Cohen

The effect of elevating cytoplasmic Ca2+ [( Ca2+]i) on the intracellular pH (pHi) of thymic lymphocytes was investigated. In Na+-containing media, treatment of the cells with ionomycin, a divalent cation ionophore, induced a moderate cytoplasmic alkalinization. In the presence of amiloride or in Na+-free media, an acidification was observed. This acidification is at least partly due to H+ (equivalent) uptake in response to membrane hyperpolarization since: it was enhanced by pretreatment with conductive protonophores, it could be mimicked by valinomycin, and it was decreased by depolarization with K+ or gramicidin. In addition, activation of metabolic H+ production also contributes to the acidification. The alkalinization is due to Na+/H+ exchange inasmuch as it is Na+ dependent, amiloride sensitive, and accompanied by H+ efflux and net Na+ gain. A shift in the pHi dependence underlies the activation of the antiport. The effect of [Ca2+]i on Na+/H+ exchange was not associated with redistribution of protein kinase C and was also observed in cells previously depleted of this enzyme. Treatment with ionomycin induced significant cell shrinking. Prevention of shrinking largely eliminated the activation of the antiport. Moreover, a comparable shrinking produced by hypertonic media also activated the antiport. It is concluded that stimulation of Na+/H+ exchange by elevation of [Ca2+]i is due, at least in part, to cell shrinking and does not require stimulation of protein kinase C.


1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 3305-3312
Author(s):  
M Izquierdo ◽  
J Downward ◽  
J D Graves ◽  
D A Cantrell

T-lymphocyte activation via the antigen receptor complex (TCR) results in accumulation of p21ras in the active GTP-bound state. Stimulation of protein kinase C (PKC) can also activate p21ras, and it has been proposed that the TCR effect on p21ras occurs as a consequence of TCR regulation of PKC. To test the role of PKC in TCR regulation of p21ras, a permeabilized cell system was used to examine TCR regulation of p21ras under conditions in which TCR activation of PKC was blocked, first by using a PKC pseudosubstrate peptide inhibitor and second by using ionic conditions that prevent phosphatidyl inositol hydrolysis and hence diacylglycerol production and PKC stimulation. The data show that TCR-induced p21ras activation is not mediated exclusively by PKC. Thus, in the absence of PKC stimulation, the TCR was still able to induce accumulation of p21ras-GTP complexes, and this stimulation correlated with an inactivation of p21ras GTPase-activating proteins. The protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin could prevent the non-PKC-mediated, TCR-induced stimulation of p21ras. These data indicate that two mechanisms for p21ras regulation coexist in T cells: one PKC mediated and one not. The TCR can apparently couple to p21ras via a non-PKC-controlled route that may involve tyrosine kinases.


1986 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur R. Buckley ◽  
David W. Montgomery ◽  
Ruthann Kibler ◽  
Charles W. Putnam ◽  
Charles F. Zukoski ◽  
...  

1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (01) ◽  
pp. 165-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukio Ozaki ◽  
Yuki Mastsumoto ◽  
Yutaka Yatomi ◽  
Masaaki Higashihara

SummaryProtein kinase C activation in human platelets has a modulatory role in maintaining intracellular pH (pHi), by adjusting pHi at a particular value (7.22). Changes in pHi induced by protein kinase C appeared to be dependent upon the difference between H+ efflux catalyzed by the Na+/H+ exchanger and H+ production. The pHi recovery after acid loading was significantly facilitated by protein kinase C activation. Analysis of the rate constant for pHi recovery suggested that the turnover rate or the apparent affinity of the Na+/H+ exchanger for H+ was increased. Protein kinase C also decreased the Km value of the Na+/H+ exchanger for extracellular Na+. Thus, it is suggested that the role of protein kinase C in platelet pHi regulation is dual, adjusting the pHi value at a certain setpoint on the one hand, and increasing the rate constant of the Na+/H+ exchanger on the other.


1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (04) ◽  
pp. 635-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy-Roch Nofer ◽  
Martin Tepel ◽  
Beate Kehrel ◽  
Michael Walter ◽  
Udo Seedorf ◽  
...  

SummaryIn the present study, we investigated the effect of high density lipoproteins 3 (HDL3) on Na+/H+ exchanger activity and cytosolic pH (pHi) in human platelets. HDL3 alone failed to affect pHi? but preincubation with HDL3 significantly enhanced the Na+/H+ antiport activation brought about by acidification with 100 mM sodium propionate or stimulation with 0.05 U/ml thrombin. The stimulatory effect of HDL3 was unaffected by indomethacin excluding a role for cyclooxygenase products. The HDL3 effect was not mediated by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase as HDL3 failed to increase cytosolic free calcium concentration. However, the potentiating effect of HDL3 was completely blocked in the presence of the protein kinase C inhibitor, bisindoylmaleimide and the phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholi-pase C inhibitor, D609. Furthermore, the effect of HDL3 was abolished after covalent modification of HDL3 with dimethylsuberimidate and was not observed in platelets from Glanzmann thrombasthenia type 1 which do not express GP IIb/IIIa, as well as in platelets preincubated with anti-GP Ilb/IIIa polyclonal antibodies. We conclude that HDL3 enhances the sodium propionate- and thrombin-induced Na+/H+ antiport activity in human platelets via binding to GP Ilb/IIIa and activation of protein kinase C and phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C.


1987 ◽  
Vol 241 (1) ◽  
pp. 301-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Siffert ◽  
G Siffert ◽  
P Scheid

We have investigated changes in cytoplasmic pH (pHi) in activated human platelets, using the fluorescent probe 2,7-biscarboxyethyl-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein. Stimulation of platelets by thrombin or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate increased pHi by about 0.11 pH unit above the resting value. This increase in pHi depended on the presence of external Na+ and was inhibited by ethylisopropylamiloride. The data suggest that protein kinase C mediates Na+/H+ exchange in human platelets.


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