scholarly journals Thapsigargin potentiates histamine-stimulated HCl secretion in gastric parietal cells but does not mimic cholinergic responses.

1991 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
C S Chew ◽  
A C Petropoulos

The role of calcium in control of HCl secretion by the gastric parietal cell was examined using a recently available intracellular calcium-releasing agent, thapsigargin, which has been shown, in some cell types, to induce sustained elevation of intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i), an action that appears to be independent of inositol lipid breakdown and protein kinase C activation and to be mediated, at least partially, by selective inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2(+)-ATPase. Using the calcium-sensitive fluorescent probe, fura-2, in combination with digitized video image analysis of single cells as well as standard fluorimetric techniques, we found that thapsigargin induced sustained elevation of [Ca2+]i in single parietal cells and in parietal cells populations. Chelation of medium calcium led to a transient rise and fall in [Ca2+]i, indicating that the sustained elevation in [Ca2+]i in response to thapsigargin was due to both intracellular calcium release and influx. Although thapsigargin appeared to affect the same calcium pool(s) regulated by the cholinergic agonist, carbachol, and the pattern of thapsigargin-induced increases in [Ca2+]i were similar to the plateau phase of the cholinergic response, thapsigargin did not induce acid secretory responses of the same magnitude as those initiated by carbachol (28 vs 600% of basal). The protein kinase C activator, 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) potentiated the secretory response to thapsigargin but this combined response also did not attain the same magnitude as the maximal cholinergic response. In the presence but not the absence of medium calcium, thapsigargin potentiated acid secretory responses to histamine, which elevate both cyclic AMP (cAMP) and [Ca2+]i in parietal cells, as well as forskolin and cAMP analogues but had no effect on submaximal and an inhibitory effect on maximal cholinergic stimulation. Furthermore, thapsigargin did not fully mimic potentiating interactions between histamine and carbachol, either in magnitude or in the pattern of temporal response. Assuming that the action of thapsigargin is specific for intracellular calcium release mechanisms, these data suggest that 1) sustained influx of calcium is necessary but not sufficient for cholinergic activation of parietal cell HCl secretion and for potentiating interactions between cAMP-dependent agonists and carbachol; 2) mechanisms in addition to elevated [Ca2+]i and protein kinase C activation may be involved in cholinergic regulation; and 3) increases in [Ca2+]i in response to histamine are not directly involved in the mechanism of histamine-stimulated secretion.

2010 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 2061-2071.e2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad El–Zaatari ◽  
Yana Zavros ◽  
Art Tessier ◽  
Meghna Waghray ◽  
Steve Lentz ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 368 (2) ◽  
pp. 535-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd M. QUINTON ◽  
Soochong KIM ◽  
Carol DANGELMAIER ◽  
Robert T. DORSAM ◽  
Jianguo JIN ◽  
...  

Platelet fibrinogen receptor activation is a critical step in platelet plug formation. The fibrinogen receptor (integrin αIIbβ3) is activated by agonist-mediated Gq stimulation and resultant phospholipase C activation. We investigated the role of downstream signalling events from phospholipase C, namely the activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and rise in intracellular calcium, in agonist-induced fibrinogen receptor activation using Ro 31-8220 (a PKC inhibitor) or dimethyl BAPTA [5,5′-dimethyl-bis-(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetra-acetic acid], a high-affinity calcium chelator. All the experiments were performed with human platelets treated with aspirin, to avoid positive feedback from thromboxane A2. In the presence of Ro 31-8220, platelet aggregation caused by U46619 was completely inhibited while no effect or partial inhibition was seen with ADP and the thrombin-receptor-activating peptide SFLLRN, respectively. In the presence of intracellular dimethyl BAPTA, ADP- and U46619-induced aggregation and anti-αIIbβ3 antibody PAC-1 binding were completely abolished. However, similar to the effects of Ro 31-8220, dimethyl BAPTA only partially inhibited SFLLRN-induced aggregation, and was accompanied by diminished dense-granule secretion. When either PKC activation or intracellular calcium release was abrogated, aggregation and fibrinogen receptor activation with U46619 or SFLLRN was partially restored by additional selective activation of the Gi signalling pathway. In contrast, when both PKC activity and intracellular calcium increase were simultaneously inhibited, the complete inhibition of aggregation that occurred in response to either U46619 or SFLLRN could not be restored with concomitant Gi signalling. We conclude that, while the PKC- and calcium-regulated signalling pathways are capable of inducing activating fibrinogen receptor independently and that each can synergize with Gi signalling to cause irreversible fibrinogen receptor activation, both pathways act synergistically to effect irreversible fibrinogen receptor activation.


1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (2) ◽  
pp. G356-G363 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Chiba ◽  
S. K. Fisher ◽  
B. W. Agranoff ◽  
T. Yamada

In previous studies we demonstrated that parietal cell stimulation with gastrin and carbamoylcholine (carbachol) is accompanied by increased turnover of membrane inositol phospholipids. We conducted the present studies to examine whether membrane-associated protein kinase C activity is enhanced as a consequence of these events and to explore the role of this enzyme in regulating parietal cell function. We observed that carbachol and gastrin dose dependently increased membrane-associated protein kinase C activity while histamine did not. Furthermore, compounds such as phorbol esters and diacylglycerol, which are known to be direct stimulants of protein kinase C activity, also stimulated parietal cell aminopyrine uptake. In contrast, the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and the synthetic diacylglycerol 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol inhibited both aminopyrine uptake and membrane inositol phospholipid turnover in parietal cells induced by carbachol and gastrin. The inhibitory effect appeared to result from reduction in the quantity of muscarinic and gastrin receptors without alterations in their specific affinities. These data suggest that protein kinase C mediates stimulation of parietal cells by gastrin and carbachol but also activates an autoregulatory mechanism via downregulation of muscarinic and gastrin receptors.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (2) ◽  
pp. G246-G256 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Chew ◽  
C. J. Zhou ◽  
J. A. Parente

Although activation of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate by histamine and of Ca2+-dependent signaling pathways by cholinergic agonists is a generally recognized mechanism for increasing parietal cell HCl secretion, the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in this process is controversial. In this study, acid-secretory responses of gastric glands from rabbits [measured as accumulation of aminopyrine (AP)] were found to be relatively resistant to the PKC inhibitors calphostin C, chelerythrine chloride, staurosporine, and the bisindolylmaleimide-like inhibitors Ro 31-8220, Go 6976, and bisindolylmaleimide I hydrochloride. Western analyses of the PKC isozyme profile in highly enriched parietal cells (98% purity) indicated that this cell type expresses abundant levels of the novel isoforms PKC-epsilon and PKC-mu and abundant levels of the atypical isoforms PKC-iota, PKC-lambda, and PKC-zeta. In contrast, there appeared to be low to undetectable expression of the classical isoforms PKC-alpha and PKC-beta1/beta2, respectively. Relatively high concentrations of Ro 31-8220 potentiated both carbachol- and histamine-stimulated AP accumulation (IC50 857 +/- 100 and 910 +/- 98 nM, respectively). There was a similar dose dependence for Ro 31-8220 inhibition of in situ phosphorylation of a parietal cell phosphoprotein, pp66 (IC50 750 +/- 120 nM). Similar concentrations of Ro 31-8220 also inhibited phosphorylation of the cytoskeletal, actin membrane cross-linking phosphoprotein ezrin, but not other phosphoproteins. Ezrin phosphorylation was increased by carbachol and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA). Because carbachol and TPA stimulate pp66 phosphorylation in a Ca2+-independent manner, our results suggest that one or more novel PKC isoforms may be involved in negative regulation of HCl secretion. In related experiments, PKC-epsilon, but not PKC-mu, was immunolocalized by confocal microscopy to a parietal cell compartment that bore a striking resemblance to that containing filamentous actin. Moreover, pp66 was enriched in a Triton X-100-insoluble parietal cell fraction, suggesting a potential cytoskeletal localization for this unknown protein. Given their location and sensitivity to Ro 31-8220, it is possible that pp66 and ezrin interact in a PKC-dependent manner to regulate the well-known morphological changes that occur in concert with agonist-dependent activation of parietal cell HCl secretion.


1987 ◽  
Vol 247 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
F H Valone ◽  
B Johnson

The mechanisms by which platelet-activating factor (PAF) and thrombin increase intracellular calcium were examined. Platelets were loaded with the calcium-sensitive fluorescent probe Quin 2 and then were suspended in buffer containing 0.5 mM-Mn2+ in order to quantify simultaneously calcium release from intracellular stores and divalent cation influx. Pretreating platelets with agents which activate protein kinase C [the phorbol ester phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) or the diacylglycerol 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG)] inhibited increased intracellular calcium by PAF and thrombin in a dose-related manner. That protein kinase C regulates intracellular calcium by phosphorylating proteins in two distinct pathways was suggested by two observations. PAF-induced calcium release was more sensitive to inhibition by PMA and OAG than was manganese influx and the kinetics of recovery from inhibition were different for the two pathways. Both PMA and OAG aggregated Quin 2-loaded platelets without eliciting measurable increases in intracellular calcium. In contrast, prostacyclin, which increases intracellular cyclic AMP, inhibited calcium release and influx in parallel, suggesting that this agent acts at a step common to both pathways.


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