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. 1986 Nov;59(3):347–352.

Phorbol ester regulation of Ca2+ flux during natural, lectin and antibody-dependent killing.

M Jondal, J Ng, M Patarroyo, P A Broliden
PMCID: PMC1453190  PMID: 3793135

Abstract

Phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), an activator of protein kinase C, suppresses natural, lectin and antibody-dependent killing by normal human lymphocytes in short-term radioisotope release assays. Fifty percent inhibition of killing of lymphoid target cells was seen at approximately 5 ng/ml TPA and inhibition was further potentiated by the presence of monocytic cells. In contrast, TPA increased killing of K-562 erythroleukaemic cells by non-adherent NK cells with optimal activity around 1 ng/ml. Two anti-estrogenic drugs, tamoxifen and clomiphene, known to inhibit protein kinase C, gave near to complete inhibition of NK killing at concentrations 12 microM and 30 microM, respectively. Retinal, another protein kinase C inhibitor, inhibited both antibody-dependent killing and lectin-dependent killing. An influx of 45Ca2+ into the effector population was found during effector-target cell conjugation and this flux was suppressed at TPA concentrations similar to those that suppressed killing. The results suggest that killing depends on a co-ordinated activation of protein kinase C together with a channel-dependent calcium influx. TPA may suppress killing by a negative feedback effect of protein kinase C on the hydrolysis of inositol phospholipids, as demonstrated in many other systems, or through the down-regulation of cell surface receptors required for triggering of lysis.

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