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. 1993 Aug;468:163–176. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019765

Protein kinase C modulates hormone secretion regulated by extracellular polycations in bovine parathyroid cells.

F K Racke 1, E F Nemeth 1
PMCID: PMC1143820  PMID: 8254505

Abstract

1. The role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the regulation of parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion was examined in dissociated bovine parathyroid cells. 2. Increasing the concentration of extracellular Ca2+ from 0.5 to 2 mM inhibited PTH secretion by 60-80%. Similar depressive effects on secretion were obtained by increasing the concentration of extracellular Mg2+ from 1 to 7 mM or by adding La3+ (to 40 microM). The PKC activator phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) depressed PTH secretion at the lower and potentiated secretion at the higher concentrations of extracellular Ca2+, Mg2+ or La3+. The inhibitory effect of PKC on secretion correlated positively with the magnitude of the inhibitory effect elicited by elevated extracellular Ca2+. 3. The stimulatory effects of PKC activators on PTH secretion were reversed completely and the inhibitory effects were reversed partially by the PKC inhibitor staurosporine. Staurosporine alone did not affect secretion at low (0.5 mM) or high (2 mM) concentrations of extracellular Ca2+ but it did depress secretion at intermediate concentrations (around 1 mM) of extracellular Ca2+. 4. The stimulatory effects of PKC activators on secretion were overcome by increases in the concentration of extracellular Ca2+ (to 5 or 10 mM) or La3+ (to 100 microM). In contrast, increasing the concentration of extracellular Mg2+ to 11 or 19 mM did not alleviate the potentiating effects of PKC activators. The different results obtained with Ca2+ and Mg2+ could not be explained by their different effects on cytosolic Ca2+ and suggests that different cations can have varying degrees of efficacy to activate functional responses linked to the Ca2+ receptor on bovine parathyroid cells. 5. PTH secretion stimulated by isoprenaline was not affected by PKC activators or staurosporine. Similarly, the inhibitory effects of extracellular ATP gamma S on secretion were unaffected by PKC activators. These results show that PKC activators affect specifically PTH secretion regulated by extracellular polycations. 6. The stimulatory effect of PKC activators on secretion parallels its inhibitory effects on [Ca2+]i and inositol trisphosphate formation, showing that PKC blunts the mechanisms associated with extracellular Ca(2+)-induced inhibition of secretion. The specificity of these actions suggests that PKC acts at a very early step of stimulus-secretion coupling in parathyroid cells, specific to that used by extracellular polycations and perhaps involving the Ca2+ receptor.

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