Selective translocation of protein kinase c isozymes by PAF in rabbit platelets |
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Authors: | Calcerrada M C Latorre E Mora-Gil M V Catalán R E Miguel B G Martínez A M |
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Institution: | Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I, Facultad de Química, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain. |
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Abstract: | The action of platelet activating factor (PAF) on subcellular distribution and activity of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms in rabbit platelets was analyzed. The results showed an increase of PKC alpha in membrane fraction, concomitantly with a decrease in cytosolic fraction after 5 min PAF treatment, indicating that a translocation of PKC alpha occurred. In addition, PKC zeta was redistributed in a "reverse" form, from the membrane to cytosolic fraction after PAF treatment. PAF induced an increase of PKC alpha activity, whereas a decrease rather than increase in PKC zeta was observed by using immunoprecipitation assays. In addition, some results indicated that PI3 kinase activation was not involved in PAF-induced PKC zeta translocation as occur in several cells and with other agonists. These actions were time- and concentration-dependent, and were inhibited by the treatment with a PAF antagonist. No translocation was observed when the platelets were incubated with lysoPAF, a PAF related compound.The redistribution of PKC isoforms take place through the activation of high specificity PAF binding sites. The pretreatment of the rabbit platelets with staurosporine, a putative inhibitor of PKC, completely blocked the PAF-evoked aggregation without affecting to PAF-evoked shape change and serotonin release. All together, these data could suggest that the specific translocation of PKC isoforms play an important role in the activation of rabbit platelets. |
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