adenosine-5--o-(3-thiotriphosphate) and Leukemia--Basophilic--Acute

Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings and single-cell Ca2+ measurements were used to study the control of Ca2+ entry through the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ influx pathway (ICRAC) in rat basophilic leukemia cells. When intracellular inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3)-sensitive stores were depleted by dialyzing cells with high concentrations of InsP3, ICRAC inactivated only slightly in the absence of ATP. Inclusion of ATP accelerated inactivation 2-fold. The inactivation was increased further by the ATP analogue adenosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate, which is readily used by protein kinases, but not by 5'-adenylyl imidodiphosphate, another ATP analogue that is not used by kinases. Neither cyclic nucleotides nor inhibition of calmodulin or tyrosine kinase prevented the inactivation. Staurosporine and bisindolylmaleimide, protein kinase C inhibitors, reduced inactivation of ICRAC, whereas phorbol ester accelerated inactivation of the current. These results demonstrate that a protein kinase-mediated phosphorylation, probably through protein kinase C, inactivates ICRAC. Activation of the adenosine receptor (A3 type) in RBL cells did not evoke much Ca2+ influx or systematic activation of ICRAC. After protein kinase C was blocked, however, large ICRAC was observed in all cells and this was accompanied by large Ca2+ influx. The ability of a receptor to evoke Ca2+ entry is determined, at least in part, by protein kinase C. Antigen stimulation, which triggers secretion through a process that requires Ca2+ influx, activated ICRAC. The regulation of ICRAC by protein kinase will therefore have important consequences on cell functioning.

Topics: Adenosine; Adenosine Triphosphate; Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide); Alkaloids; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Cell Line; Dialysis; Egtazic Acid; Fura-2; Homeostasis; Indoles; Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; Kinetics; Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute; Maleimides; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Protein Kinase C; Protein Kinases; Rats; Receptors, Purinergic P1; Staurosporine; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; Tumor Cells, Cultured

Rat basophilic leukemia cells (RBL-2H3) undergo morphological and cytoskeletal changes during antigen (DNP-BSA) or calcium ionophore-induced secretion of allergic mediators from intact or permeabilized cells. We describe the novel finding that the phosphatase-resistant ATP analogue, ATP gamma S, mimics antigen-induced serotonin secretion and cytoskeletal rearrangements in permeabilized cells. Confocal microscopy of unstimulated cells shows that myosin and F-actin are concentrated at the plasma membrane. Upon addition of ATP gamma S, F-actin becomes rearranged into membrane ruffles and also associates with myosin in a cytoplasmic meshwork, concentrated perinuclearly. F-actin and myosin ultimately become colocalized into parallel microfilament bundles located on the basolateral membrane. During this period the cell height decreases whilst the cell area increases more than twofold. Gel electrophoresis shows that the cytoskeletal proportion of actin remains unchanged, indicating that the rearrangements occur within the total F-actin pool. The distribution of microtubules and intermediate filaments is unchanged in the presence of ATP gamma S. These results suggest that overcoming a phosphatase may be sufficient to induce secretion in RBL-2H3 cells, and that this secretion may be regulated by F-actin and myosin rearrangements.

Topics: Actins; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Cell Membrane Permeability; Chemical Fractionation; Histamine Release; Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute; Microscopy, Confocal; Myosins; Rats; Tumor Cells, Cultured

Activation of rat basophilic leukaemia cells (RBL-2H3) leads to the secretion of allergic and inflammatory mediators. These cells can be permeabilized, yet still retain their ability to secrete in response to antigen. Secretion can also be induced in permeabilized cells by the addition of the ATP analogue, ATP gamma S [adenosine-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate)], which is relatively resistant to phosphatase activity. ATP gamma S-induced secretion (35-50% of total amine) is temperature and concentration-dependent. Calcium enhances secretion, but unlike antigen-induced secretion, it does occur in the absence of calcium and without the requirement for inositol phospholipid hydrolysis. Other ATP analogues induced secretion in the rank order AMP-PNP > or = ATP gamma S >>> AMP-PCP > ATP alpha S = ATP [AMP-PNP, adenylyl-imidodiphosphate; AMP-PCP, adenylyl (beta,gamma-methylene)-diphosphonate; ATP alpha S, adenosine-5'-O-(1-thiotriphosphate)]. At equimolar concentrations, ATP inhibits ATP gamma S-induced secretion by 50%, but prolonged incubation in the presence of ATP gamma S surmounts the ATP inhibition. ADP is nearly as effective an inhibitor, but GTP and ITP are ineffective. It is likely that secretion occurs through attachment at an ATP-binding site, effectively blocking the action of a phosphatase, active later in the normal secretory pathway.

Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Calcium; Cell Membrane Permeability; Dinitrophenols; Hydrolysis; Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute; Mast Cells; Phosphatidylinositols; Protein Kinase C; Rats; Serum Albumin, Bovine; Signal Transduction; Tumor Cells, Cultured