Influence of protein kinase C, cAMP and phosphatase activity on histamine release produced by compound 48/80 and sodium fluoride on rat mast cells

Agents Actions. 1992 Sep;37(1-2):1-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01987883.

Abstract

We have studied the effect of protein kinase C and protein kinase A activation, and phosphatase inhibition on two different stimuli with distinct mechanisms of action. The first stimulus is compound 48/80, and its action is mediated probably by a Gi-protein, while the other is sodium fluoride, which unspecifically activates G-proteins. We established a comparative study because the action of compound 48/80 is calcium-independent, while fluoride is strictly calcium-dependent. The activation of protein kinase C was attained with the phorbol esther 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, protein kinase A was activated by increasing cAMP levels with forskolin or rolipram, and the phosphatase activity was inhibited with okadaic acid (OA), which inhibits phosphatases type 1 and 2A. Our results show that OA enhances the response to fluoride and compound 48/80 in the absence of calcium, and we conclude that calcium has a negative feedback role on the cell response. Protein kinase A activation strongly inhibits the response to fluoride, and the results show a positive regulation of protein kinase C and a negative regulation of protein kinase A over fluoride response. As previously reported by other authors for the ionophore A23187, TPA notably potentiates the response to fluoride, which supports its possible modulatory role on extracellular calcium-dependent stimuli.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Colforsin / pharmacology
  • Cyclic AMP / metabolism*
  • Enzyme Activation / physiology
  • Ethers, Cyclic / pharmacology
  • Histamine Release / drug effects
  • Histamine Release / physiology*
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Mast Cells / drug effects
  • Mast Cells / physiology*
  • Okadaic Acid
  • Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / metabolism*
  • Protein Kinase C / metabolism*
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Pyrrolidinones / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Rolipram
  • Sodium Fluoride / pharmacology
  • Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / pharmacology
  • p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine / pharmacology

Substances

  • Ethers, Cyclic
  • Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • Colforsin
  • Okadaic Acid
  • p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine
  • Sodium Fluoride
  • Cyclic AMP
  • Protein Kinases
  • Protein Kinase C
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
  • Rolipram
  • Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate