Effects of phorbol esters on contraction and protein kinase C activation in rabbit aorta |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, 231 Bethesda Avenue, Cincinatti, OH 45267-0575, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | This study investigates the relationship between the contractile efficacy of phorbol esters and their ability to activate protein kinase C in intact rabbit aorta. Phorbol dibutyrate (PDB) induced a maximal contraction approximately 3.5-fold greater than that to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). The magnitude of maximal PDB- and PMA-induced contraction correlated with the magnitude of protein kinase C activation, as assessed by the decrease in cytosolic protein kinase C activity. KCl (60mM) did not potentiate the PMA-induced decrease in cytosolic protein kinase C activity. These results suggest that the lack of efficacy of PMA is due to its inability to activate protein kinase C in the intact rabbit aorta. It is speculated that the different contractile efficacies of phorbol esters result from selective activation of protein kinase C isoforms, and that the amounts of these isoforms varies amongst vascular tissues. |
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