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  • Title: Protein kinase C modulates flow-initiated contraction.
    Author: Xie H, Laher I, Bevan JA.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1996 Nov; 279(2):668-74. PubMed ID: 8930170.
    Abstract:
    The objective of this study was to determine whether protein kinase C (PKC) activation is involved, and what its role might be, in flow-induced contraction. Contractions induced by flow (40 microliters/min), K+ (25 mM) and histamine (300 nM) in segments of the rabbit fatal vein were compared under isometric conditions. The PKC activator 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (50 nM) significantly enhanced flow-induced and K(+)-induced, but not histamine-induced, contractions. Down-regulation of PKC by preincubation with phorbol 1,13-dibutyrate (10 nM for 24 hr) markedly inhibited flow contraction. Although histamine-induced contraction was also affected, the response to K+ remained unchanged. The potentiation of flow-induced contraction by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate was prevented by the voltage-gated Ca+2 channel antagonist diltiazem (1 microM). When the PKC activator 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (50 nM) was added in a Ca(+2)-free medium containing manganese (1 mM), flow-induced and 25 mM K(+)-induced contractions were enhanced and unaltered, respectively, but histamine-induced contraction was reduced. It is argued that of three types of contractions studied, PKC predominantly modulates flow-induced contraction. PKC can influence this contraction through increases in both Ca++ entry and Ca++ sensitivity.
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