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Receptor-evoked Ca2+ mobilization in pancreatic acinar cells: Evidence for a regulatory role of protein kinase C by a mechanism involving the transition of high-affinity receptors to a low-affinity state

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In order to establish a regulatory role for phosphoproteins in the process of receptor-stimulated Ca2+ mobilization, isolated pancreatic acinar cells, loaded with fura-2, were stimulated with cholecystokin-in-octapeptide (CCK8) in the presence of either staurosporine, a general inhibitor of protein kinase activity, or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), an activator of protein kinase C. Staurosporine alone did not affect the average free cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i,av) in a suspension of acinar cells. However, in the presence of 1.0 μM Staurosporine the stimulatory effect of submaximal concentrations of CCK8 was significantly enhanced. The potentiating effect of the inhibitor was paralleled by the increased production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. In addition, staurosporine evoked a transient increase in [Ca2+]i,av in cells prestimulated with a submaximal concentration of CCK8. The data obtained with staurosporine indicate that CCK8-stimulated phosphorylations exert a negative feedback role in the process of receptor-mediated Ca2+ mobilization. The involvement of protein kinase C was investigated by studying the effects of TPA on CCK8-induced Ca2+ mobilization. The phorbol ester induced a rightward shift of the dose/response curve for the CCK8-evoked increase in [Ca2+]i,av, which, in contrast to the unlimited shift obtained with the receptor antagonist D-lorglumide, reached a maximum of approximately one order of a magnitude at 10 nM TPA. The inhibitory effect of TPA was completely overcome by CCK8 at concentrations at or beyond 10 nM. This observation has led to the hypothesis that protein kinase C, directly or indirectly, converts the CCK receptor from a high-affinity state to a low-affinity state. Substantial evidence in favour of this hypothesis was provided by the observation that the increase in [Ca2+]i,av evoked by the CCK8 analogue JMV-180, which acts as an agonist at the high-affinity receptor, was completely blocked by TPA pretreatment. TPA also evoked a rightward shift of the dose/response curve for the carbachol-induced increase in [Ca2+]i,av, indicating that the protein-kinase-C-mediated transition of the affinity state of receptors is a more general phenomenon. In the presence of submaximal CCK8 concentrations, TPA dose-dependently decreased the poststimulatory elevated [Ca2+]i,av to the prestimulatory level, indicating that protein kinase C also inhibits the process of sustained Ca2+ mobilization. The effects of TPA were counteracted by staurosporine, suggesting that the effects of the inhibitor itself were indeed due to inhibition of the receptor-mediated activation of protein kinase C. The data presented are in support of a negative-feedback role for protein kinase C in the process of receptor-mediated Ca2+ mobilization by a process that involves phosphorylation of the CCK receptor, thereby transforming it from a high-affinity state into a low-affinity state.

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Willems, P.H.G.M., Van Hoof, H.J.M., Van Mackelenbergh, M.G.H. et al. Receptor-evoked Ca2+ mobilization in pancreatic acinar cells: Evidence for a regulatory role of protein kinase C by a mechanism involving the transition of high-affinity receptors to a low-affinity state. Pflugers Arch. 424, 171–182 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00374609

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