scholarly journals Adenosine-induced activation of ATP-sensitive K+ channels in excised membrane patches is mediated by PKC

1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (2) ◽  
pp. H488-H495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keli Hu ◽  
Gui-Rong Li ◽  
Stanley Nattel

Both protein kinase C (PKC) and adenosine receptor activation have been shown to enhance ATP-sensitive K+(KATP) channels. The present studies were designed to determine whether PKC mediates adenosine effects on the KATP channel. The dependence of KATP channel activity ( nP o) on intracellular ATP concentration ([ATP]i) was determined in excised rabbit ventricular membrane patches. External adenosine (100 μM in the pipette solution) significantly increased KATP nP o at all [ATP]i between 5 and 50 μM by decreasing channel sensitivity to [ATP]i (dissociation constant increased from 7.4 ± 0.8 to 22.2 ± 3.1 μM, P < 0.001), an effect blocked by the adenosine receptor antagonist 8-phenyltheophylline (10 μM). When the highly selective PKC blocker bisindolylmaleimide (BIM) was included in the internal (bath) solution, the KATP-stimulating action of adenosine was prevented. The addition of BIM to the superfusate rapidly inhibited KATP channels activated by adenosine. Endogenous PKC activation by phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (PDD), but not administration of the inactive congener 4α-PDD, enhanced KATP activity. Internal guanosine 5′- O-(2-thiodiphosphate) prevented KATP activation by adenosine, an effect which could be overridden by exposure to PDD. We conclude that PKC mediates adenosine activation of KATP channels in excised membrane patches in a membrane-delimited fashion.

1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (3) ◽  
pp. H1220-H1230 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Ikonomidis ◽  
T. Shirai ◽  
R. D. Weisel ◽  
B. Derylo ◽  
V. Rao ◽  
...  

We showed previously that 20 min of low-volume anoxia ("ischemia") and 20 min of "reperfusion" preconditions quiescent pediatric myocyte cultures against damage resulting from 90 min of subsequent prolonged ischemia and 30 min of reperfusion. The purpose of this study was to assess the roles of adenosine and protein kinase C (PKC) in this preconditioning model. Our results suggest that 1) preconditioned myocytes secrete a protective mediator(s) into the "ischemic" supernatant that is transferable to other cells, and adenosine is released into the supernatant in quantities sufficient for adenosine-receptor activation (2) preconditioning is inhibited by adenosine-receptor antagonism, and myocyte protection similar to preconditioning can be achieved with exogenously administered adenosine or adenosine-receptor stimulation; (3) brief ischemic and adenosine-induced myocyte preconditioning is mimicked by the phorbol ester 4beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PKC agonist) and inhibited by PKC antagonists; and (4) brief ischemic and adenosine-induced myocyte preconditioning both induce PKC translocation to myocyte membranes and increase the PKC phosphorylation rate. These data suggest that adenosine released from ischemic human pediatric myocytes mediates preconditioning through activation of PKC.


2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Jun Pan ◽  
Li-Rong Li

It has been hypothesized that an interaction among adenosine A1 receptors, protein kinase C (PKC) activation, and ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP) mediates ischemic preconditioning in experiments on different animal species. The purpose of this study was to determine if activation of KATP is functionally coupled to A1 receptors and (or) PKC activation during metabolic inhibition (MI) in guinea pig ventricular myocytes. Perforated-patch using nystatin and conventional whole-cell recording methods were used to observe the effects of adenosine and adenosine-receptor antagonists on the activation of KATP currents during MI induced by application of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) and 2-deoxyglucose (2DG) without glucose, in the presence or absence of a PKC activator, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Adenosine accelerated the time course activation of KATP currents during MI under the intact intracellular condition or dialyzed condition with l mmol/L ATP in the pipette solution. The accelerated effect of adenosine activation of KATP under MI was not reversed by a nonselective Al adenosine receptor antagonist, 8-(p-sulfophenyl)theophylline (SPT), or a specific Al adenosine receptor antagonist, 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX). However, the adenosine A2 receptor antagonist alloxazine reversed the time course activation of the KATP current under MI. An adenylate cyclase activator, forskolin, did not further abbreviate the time course activation of KATP with or without adenosine. Application of a PKC blocker, chelerythrine, reversed the time course activation of KATP by adenosine under MI. In addition, pretreatment with a PKC activator, PMA, had similar effects to adenosine, while adenosine did not further shorten the time required for activation of KATP currents during MI with PMA pretreatment. There is no direct evidence of activation of KATP currents by adenosine A1 receptor during metabolic inhibition under our experimental condition. However, adenosine A2 receptor activation is involved in the KATP channel activation in the guinea pig ventricular myocytes, of which effect is not mediated through the increase in intracellular cAMP. Adenosine seems to interact with PKC activation to open KATP during MI, but a possible link between the adenosine A2 receptor and PKC activation in this process needs further elucidation.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (1) ◽  
pp. H350-H359 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Damron ◽  
B. A. Summers

Modulation of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) by inotropic stimuli alters contractility in cardiac muscle. Arachidonic acid (AA), a precursor for eicosanoid formation, is released in response to receptor activation and myocardial ischemia and has been demonstrated to alter K+ and Ca2+ channel activity. We investigated the effects of AA on contractility by simultaneously measuring [Ca2+]i and shortening in single field-stimulated rat ventricular myocytes. [Ca2+]i transients were measured using fura 2, and myocyte shortening was assessed using video edge detection. AA stimulated a doubling in the amplitude of the [Ca2+]i transient and a twofold increase in myocyte shortening. In addition, AA stimulated a 30% increase in the time to 50% diastolic [Ca2+]i and a 35% increase in the time to 50% relengthening. These effects of AA were mediated by AA itself (56 +/- 5%) and by cyclooxygenase metabolites. Pretreatment with the protein kinase C inhibitors staurosporine and chelerythrine nearly abolished (> 90% inhibition) these AA-induced effects. Inhibition of voltagegated K+ channels with 4-aminopyridine mimicked the effects of AA. Addition of AA to the 4-aminopyridine-treated myocyte had no additional effect on parameters of contractile function. These data indicate that AA alters the amplitude and duration of Ca2- transients and myocyte shortening via protein kinase C-dependent inhibition of voltage-gated K+ channels. Release of AA by phospholipases in response to receptor activation by endogenous mediators or pathological stimuli may be involved in mediating inotropic responses in cardiac muscle.


1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (6) ◽  
pp. F1094-F1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. N. Ling ◽  
D. C. Eaton

Na+ "self-inhibition" in tight epithelia describes the reduction in apical Na+ permeability observed with increasing luminal Na+ concentration. Patch clamp was used to examine regulation of self-inhibition at the level of single Na+ channels. After cell-attached patches (pipette solution, 129 mM NaCl) were obtained on amphibian distal nephron cells (A6), the 129 mM NaCl (high Na+) apical bath outside of the patch was replaced with 3 mM NaCl (low Na+). Within minutes there was an increase in open channel probability (Po) and the appearance of one to five "new" channels in patch membranes. A similar increase occurred when apical Na+ entry was blocked by luminal amiloride (10 microM). A23187 (1 microM), a calcium ionophore, added after low Na+ exchange, abolished the rise in channel activity. Increased Po and new channels, induced by either luminal Na+ or amiloride, were also reversed by either 4B-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 0.1 microM) or 1-oleyl-2-acetyl glycerol (OAG; 10 microM) over 15-30 min. 4 alpha-Phorbol (0.1 microM), an inactive phorbol, did not reduce channel activity. D-Sphingosine (100 microM), a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, increased Po and new channels. Conclusions: 1) modulation of apical Na+ permeability by luminal Na+ does not require direct interaction of Na+ with the channel protein but, rather, appears to involve an intracellular regulatory pathway, 2) relieving self-inhibition alters both the number and kinetics of single Na+ channels, 3) the effect of low Na+ must be modulated via decreased apical Na+ entry and intracellular Na+, since amiloride yielded similar results, 4) changes in intracellular Na+ probably affect Na+ channel activity via cytosolic Ca2+, 5) the effects of decreasing luminal Na+ are reversed by PKC activators and mimicked by PKC inhibitors suggesting a possible role for PKC in Na+ self-inhibition.


Circulation ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 116 (suppl_16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Chahine ◽  
Yongxia Qu ◽  
Mohamed Boutjdir

The recently reported α 1D calcium channel in the heart is known to be regulated by protein kinase C (PKC) at the whole cell level and has been implicated in atrial fibrillation. The biophysical basis of this regulation at the single channel level is not known. Therefore, the effect of PKC activation was studied on α 1D calcium channel expressed in tsA201 cells using cell-attached method. Unitary currents were recorded in the presence of 70 mM Ba 2+ as the charge carrier. Unitary currents were evoked by 500 ms depolarizing pulses from a holding potential of −80 mV every 0.5 Hz. Under basal condition, channel activity was rare and infrequent, however Bay K 8644 (1 μM) induced channel openings with a conductance of 22.3 pS. Single channel analysis of open and closed time distributions were best fitted with a single exponential. PKC activation by PMA (10 nM), a phorbol ester derivative, resulted in a decrease in open probability and increase in closed-time without any significant effect on the conductance of the α 1D calcium channel. This is consistent with a decreased entry of α 1D Ca channel into open states in the presence of PMA. These data show, for the fist time, 1) the α 1D calcium channel activity at the single channel level and 2) the biophysical basis of by which PKC activation inhibits the α 1D calcium channel. The shortening of the open-time and the lengthening of the closed-time constants and the increase in blank sweeps may explain the inhibition of the α 1D Ca-channel activity and the reduction in whole-cell α 1D Ca current previously reported. Altogether, these data are relevant to the understanding of the patho-physiology of α 1D calcium channel and its regulation by the autonomics.


2009 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 1128-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren P. Casey ◽  
Brandon D. Madery ◽  
Tasha L. Pike ◽  
John H. Eisenach ◽  
Niki M. Dietz ◽  
...  

We tested the hypothesis that adenosine contributes to augmented skeletal muscle vasodilation during hypoxic exercise. In separate protocols, subjects performed incremental rhythmic forearm exercise (10% and 20% of maximum) during normoxia and normocapnic hypoxia (80% arterial O2 saturation). In protocol 1 ( n = 8), subjects received an intra-arterial administration of saline (control) and aminophylline (adenosine receptor antagonist). In protocol 2 ( n = 10), subjects received intra-arterial phentolamine (α-adrenoceptor antagonist) and combined phentolamine and aminophylline administration. Forearm vascular conductance (FVC; in ml·min−1·100 mmHg−1) was calculated from forearm blood flow (in ml/min) and blood pressure (in mmHg). In protocol 1, the change in FVC (ΔFVC; change from normoxic baseline) during hypoxic exercise with saline was 172 ± 29 and 314 ± 34 ml·min−1·100 mmHg−1 (10% and 20%, respectively). Aminophylline administration did not affect ΔFVC during hypoxic exercise at 10% (190 ± 29 ml·min−1·100 mmHg−1, P = 0.4) or 20% (287 ± 48 ml·min−1·100 mmHg−1, P = 0.3). In protocol 2, ΔFVC due to hypoxic exercise with phentolamine infusion was 313 ± 30 and 453 ± 41 ml·min−1·100 mmHg−1 (10% and 20% respectively). ΔFVC was similar at 10% (352 ± 39 ml·min−1·100 mmHg−1, P = 0.8) and 20% (528 ± 45 ml·min−1·100 mmHg−1, P = 0.2) hypoxic exercise with combined phentolamine and aminophylline. In contrast, ΔFVC to exogenous adenosine was reduced by aminophylline administration in both protocols ( P < 0.05 for both). These observations suggest that adenosine receptor activation is not obligatory for the augmented hyperemia during hypoxic exercise in humans.


1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (05) ◽  
pp. 800-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Ternisien ◽  
M Ramani ◽  
V Ollivier ◽  
F Khechai ◽  
T Vu ◽  
...  

SummaryTissue factor (TF) is a transmembrane receptor which, in association with factors VII and Vila, activates factor IX and X, thereby activating the coagulation protease cascades. In response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) monocytes transcribe, synthesize and express TF on their surface. We investigated whether LPS-induced TF in human monocytes is mediated by protein kinase C (PKC) activation. The PKC agonists phorbol 12- myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and phorbol 12, 13 dibutyrate (PdBu) were both potent inducers of TF in human monocytes, whereas 4 alpha-12, 13 didecanoate (4 a-Pdd) had no such effect. Both LPS- and PMA-induced TF activity were inhibited, in a concentration dependent manner, by three different PKC inhibitors: H7, staurosporine and calphostin C. TF antigen determination confirmed that LPS-induced cell-surface TF protein levels decreased in parallel to TF functional activity under staurosporine treatment. Moreover, Northern blot analysis of total RNA from LPS- or PMA-stimulated monocytes showed a concentration-dependent decrease in TF mRNA levels in response to H7 and staurosporine. The decay rate of LPS-induced TF mRNA evaluated after the arrest of transcription by actinomycin D was not affected by the addition of staurosporine, suggesting that its inhibitory effect occurred at a transcriptional level. We conclude that LPS-induced production of TF and its mRNA by human monocytes are dependent on PKC activation.


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