Abstract
Background and Aims
Platelet activating factor (PAF), a potent phospholipid mediator, has been implicated in a number of reproductive processes through ovulation to parturition. To clarify the regulatory mechanism of PAF metabolism in the decidua, we have investigated the effect of activation of protein kinase C (PKC) on the secretion of PAF-acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH), a PAF-inactivating enzyme, by human decidual macrophages.
Methods
Decidual macrophage populations were isolated from human decidua by using enzymic digestion, Ficoll-Paque centrifugation, or flow cytometric sorting. The cells were treated with a PKC activator (TPA), H-7, dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate (AMP), Bis-(o-aminophenoxy)-ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid, tetra (acetoxymethyl)-ester (BAPTA/AM) and/or nifedipine. The activity of PAF-AH secreted in the culture medium was assayed.
Results
The PKC activator, TPA, inhibited the PAF-AH secretion by decidual cells in a dose-dependent manner. The TPA also decreased the enzyme secretion by flow cytometrically purified macrophages. The inhibitory effect of TPA was blocked by a PKC inhibitor, H-7. Protein kinase A (PKA) activation by dibutyryl cyclic AMP was without effect on the enzyme secretion. Calcium channel blockers, BAPTA/AM and nifedipine had no effect on the PAF-AH secretion.
Conclusion
It is suggested that the TPA-induced inhibition of PAF-AH secretion may be mediated, in part, by a PKC-dependent signal transduction, and that activation of PKC may result in the increase in the local concentration of PAF in the decidua because of its inhibitory effect on the PAF-AH secretion by decidual macrophages.
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Narahara, H., Utsunomiya, H., Nishida, M. et al. Activation of protein kinase C inhibits the secretion of platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase by human decidual macrophages. Reprod Med Biol 2, 121–126 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1445-5781.2003.00032.x
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