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  • Title: Stimulatory action of Ba2+ on catecholamine biosynthesis in cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells: possible relation to protein kinase C.
    Author: Morita K, Teraoka K, Azuma M, Oka M, Hamano S.
    Journal: Jpn J Pharmacol; 1990 Dec; 54(4):425-32. PubMed ID: 2087003.
    Abstract:
    The effect of Ba2+ on the catecholamine biosynthetic activity was studied by measuring the formation of [14C]catecholamines from L-[14C]tyrosine in cultured adrenal chromaffin cells. In the absence of Ca2+, [14C]catecholamine formation was markedly stimulated by Ba2+, and this stimulation was observed in a manner dependent on its concentration. The stimulation of [14C]catecholamine formation by relatively low concentrations of Ba2+ was suppressed by polymyxin B, a typical inhibitor of Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C); and this inhibitory action of polymyxin B was attenuated by increasing the Ba2+ concentration. On the other hand, a tendency toward the enhancement of Ba2+-stimulated [14C]catecholamine formation was observed by a protein kinase C activator, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA). In contrast to the acute effect of TPA, [14C]catecholamine formation stimulated by Ba2+ was reduced by long-term exposure of chromaffin cells to a high concentration of TPA, which has already been reported to cause the reduction of protein kinase C activity as a result of the down-regulation of this enzyme. These findings suggest that Ba2+ stimulates catecholamine biosynthesis, probably through its direct action on protein kinase C in adrenal chromaffin cells.
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