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  • Title: Bimodal effect of phorbol ester on B cell activation. Implication for the role of protein kinase C.
    Author: Mond JJ, Feuerstein N, June CH, Balapure AK, Glazer RI, Witherspoon K, Brunswick M.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1991 Mar 05; 266(7):4458-63. PubMed ID: 1847921.
    Abstract:
    The role of protein kinase C PKC in B cell activation is controversial. These studies were undertaken to determine whether protein kinase C has a stimulatory or inhibitory role in B cell activation. We found that treatment of B cells for a short period of time (30 min) with the PKC activator phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBU) primed the cells for enhanced proliferative responses to anti-immunoglobulin (anti-Ig) antibody whereas treatment for a longer period of time (3 h or more) resulted in suppression of proliferation. The enhanced proliferative response to treatment of B cells with PDBU for short periods of time was associated with inhibition of anti-Ig-stimulated increases in phosphatidyl 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) hydrolysis and inhibition of increases in [Ca2+]i, indicating that activation of PKC per se might be sufficient for enhancing B cell activation. The time-dependent effect of phorbol esters on the inhibition of B cell proliferation was found to be closely correlated with the kinetics of disappearance of PKC as measured by Western blot and by enzymatic activity but not with inhibition of [Ca2+]i and PIP2. These data demonstrate a bimodal time-dependent effect of PDBU on B cell activation and suggest that (a) the inhibitory effect of phorbol ester on anti-Ig-induced proliferation may be due to the disappearance of PKC rather than to the inhibition of PIP2 and Ca2+; and (b) the early activation of PKC is a stimulatory rather than an inhibitory signal in the induction of B lymphocyte proliferation by anti-Ig.
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