1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol and 12-deoxyphorbol-13-isobutyrate

The role of protein kinase C in regulating Ca2+ channel activity was investigated using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique in the mouse pituitary tumor cell line AtT-20. The Ca2+ current was activated by depolarizing voltage steps from a holding potential of -80 mV. Extracellular application of the protein kinase C activator 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG) reduced voltage-dependent Ca2+ current. This effect was reversible and dose dependent (10-100 microM). Pertussis toxin did not block the effect of OAG on Ca2+ current, suggesting that OAG does not affect Ca2+ channels via a pertussis toxin sensitive guanosine triphosphate binding protein. Na+-free solutions did not block the effect of OAG on Ca2+ channels, suggesting that this effect of OAG does not involve the Na+/H+ antiporter. The phorbol esters 12-deoxyphorbol-13-isobutyrate (10 microM) and phorbol-12,13-diacetate (100 microM) also reduced Ca2+ current. The results suggest that protein kinase C may be an inhibitory regulator of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels.

Topics: Animals; Calcium; Cell Line; Diglycerides; Electric Stimulation; Glycerides; Ion Channels; Membrane Potentials; Mice; Pertussis Toxin; Phorbol Esters; Pituitary Gland; Protein Kinase C; Sodium; Virulence Factors, Bordetella

The diacylglycerol analogue 1,2-oleoylacetylglycerol (OAG) and the phorbol ester 12-deoxyphorbol 13-isobutyrate (DPB) were tested for their effects on the voltage-dependent calcium (Ca) current in embryonic chicken dorsal root ganglion neurons in vitro. OAG (0.6-60 microM) and DPB (0.01-50 microM) produced reversible decreases in Ca current. Neither drug affected resting membrane conductance, the voltage-dependent potassium current, or the Ca current-voltage relationship. The concentrations of OAG and DPB that reduced Ca current correlate well with those concentrations that have been shown, in other systems, to activate protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation. The time course for OAG action on Ca current is also consistent with an involvement of kinase C. Incubation of dorsal root ganglion cells in 60 microM OAG prevented further reductions in Ca current by either 50 microM DPB or 10 microM norepinephrine, a known modulator of the voltage-dependent Ca channel in these cells. This evidence suggests that protein kinase C may play a role in modulating Ca channel function.

Topics: Animals; Calcium; Chick Embryo; Diglycerides; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electric Conductivity; Enzyme Activation; Ganglia, Spinal; Glycerides; Ion Channels; Kinetics; Neurons, Afferent; Norepinephrine; Phorbol Esters; Potassium; Protein Kinase C