Antisense oligodeoxynucleotide to PKC-delta blocks alpha 1-adrenergic activation of Na-K-2Cl cotransport

A role for protein kinase C (PKC)- and -isotypes in ₁-adrenergicregulation of human tracheal epithelial Na-K-2Cl cotransport wasstudied with the use of isotype-specific PKC inhibitors and antisenseoligodeoxynucleotides to PKC- or - mRNA. Rottlerin, a PKC-inhibitor, blocked 72% of basolateral-to-apical, bumetanide-sensitive ³⁶Cl flux innystatin-permeabilized cell monolayers stimulated with methoxamine, an₁-adrenergic agonist, with a50% inhibitory concentration of 2.3 µM. Methoxamine increased PKCactivity in cytosol and a particulate fraction; the response wasinsensitive to PKC- and -_IIisotype-specific inhibitors, but was blocked by general PKC inhibitorsand rottlerin. Rottlerin also inhibited methoxamine-induced PKCactivity in immune complexes of PKC-, but not PKC-. At the subcellular level, methoxamine selectively elevated cytosolic PKC-activity and particulate PKC- activity. Pretreatment of cellmonolayers with antisense oligodeoxynucleotide to PKC- for 48 hreduced the amount of whole cell and cytosolic PKC-, diminished whole cell and cytosolic PKC- activity, and blockedmethoxamine-stimulated Na-K-2Cl cotransport. Sense oligodeoxynucleotideto PKC- and antisense oligodeoxynucleotide to PKC- did not altermethoxamine-induced cotransport activity. These results demonstrate theselective activation of Na-K-2Cl cotransport by cytosolic PKC-.