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. 1993 Feb 15;290(Pt 1):27–32. doi: 10.1042/bj2900027

Thrombin Ca(2+)-dependently stimulates protein tyrosine phosphorylation in BC3H1 muscle cells.

S Offermanns 1, E Bombien 1, G Schultz 1
PMCID: PMC1132378  PMID: 7679896

Abstract

The proteinase thrombin, known to act via heptahelical G-protein-coupled receptors, is a mitogenic agent for different cell types, including the mouse muscle cell line BC3H1. In this study, the effect of thrombin on tyrosine phosphorylation was examined using anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies. Thrombin was found to induce phosphorylation of 65-70 and 110-120 kDa proteins in BC3H1 cells. The effect of thrombin was concentration-dependent, being half-maximal and maximal at concentrations of 0.03 and 1 unit/ml respectively. The thrombin-induced increase in phosphorylation was rapid (< or = 10 s) and transient, with a peak response after about 1-2 min. The effect of thrombin could be mimicked by the thrombin receptor agonist peptide SFLLRN-NH2. Preincubation of cells with pertussis toxin (PT) had no effect on thrombin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation. Epidermal growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor and insulin stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of different proteins, among which were 65-70 and 110-120 kDa proteins. The phorbol ester 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) as well as the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 both stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins identical to those phosphorylated by thrombin, suggesting that activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and elevation of the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration alone are sufficient to induce tyrosine phosphorylation. However, calphostin C and other PKC inhibitors, which completely inhibited tyrosine phosphorylation induced by PMA, had no influence on the effect of thrombin, whereas loading of cells with the intracellular Ca2+ chelator bis-(O-aminophenoxy)ethane-NNN'N'-tetra-acetic acid totally blocked thrombin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation. Thus tyrosine phosphorylation stimulated by thrombin is an early PT-insensitive cellular response which is either directly mediated by elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ concentration or by a presently unknown mechanism that requires an elevated cytosolic Ca2+ concentration.

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