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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 269: H590-H598, 1995;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 269, Issue 2 590-H598, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of PKC downregulation on norepinephrine- and prostaglandin F2 alpha-induced contraction in rat aorta

R. M. Rapoport, A. K. Campbell and E. Bazan
Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

The purpose of this study was to investigate, through phorbol ester-induced protein kinase C (PKC) downregulation, the role of PKC in the regulation of alpha-adrenergic agonist- and prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha-induced contraction in vascular smooth muscle. In rat aorta, long-term phorbol ester exposure (10 microM phorbol dibutyrate for 17 h), a procedure that decreased PKC activity by > 95%, and maximal phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-induced contraction by approximately 75%, decreased tissue sensitivity to norepinephrine (NE) and PGF2 alpha 2.8- and 4.6-fold, respectively, while maximal contraction was not significantly decreased. In contrast, long-term phorbol ester exposure did not alter tissue sensitivity to KCl, while maximal KCl contraction was decreased by 40%. Long-term phorbol ester exposure, as well as short-term phorbol ester exposure (1 microM PMA for 1 h), abolished the initial transient NE contraction elicited in Ca(2+)-free solution. In contrast, long-term phorbol ester exposure did not alter the plateau NE or PGF 2 alpha contraction elicited in Ca(2+)-free solution. Short-term phorbol ester exposure of PKC-downregulated tissues potentiated the plateau PGF2 alpha contraction elicited in Ca(2+)-free solution, although the magnitude of potentiation was less than that observed in non-PKC downregulated tissues.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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