Abstract
Involvement of protein kinase C in receptor-operated Ca2+ sensitization of cell shortening was investigated by use of alpha-toxin-permeabilized smooth muscle cells from the fundus of the guinea-pig. Most of the isolated cells responded to 0.6 microM Ca2+ with a maximal shortening to approximately 65% of the resting cell length. Addition of acetylcholine (ACh) at a maximal concentration (10 microM) resulted in a marked decrease in the concentration of Ca2+ required to trigger a threshold response from 0.6 microM to 0.2 microM. The augmentation of Ca2+ sensitivity by ACh was not inhibited by specific protein kinase C inhibitors, calphostin C and K-252b at a concentration of 1 microM. These findings suggest that protein kinase C is not involved in the muscarinic receptor-operated augmentation of Ca2+ sensitivity.
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