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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 248: C527-C534, 1985;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 248, Issue 5 527-C534, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Action of a phorbol ester on B-cells: potentiation of stimulant-induced electrical activity

C. S. Pace and K. T. Goldsmith

The possible role of protein kinase c in regulating the electrical events in the B-cell plasma membrane was examined by using the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), a known activator of this enzyme. TPA has been found to enhance glucose- and sulfonylurea-induced insulin secretion with little or no effect on the fluxes of 86Rb+ or 45Ca2+ across the plasma membrane. TPA, 0.2 microM, did not influence the membrane potential from 0 to 5.6 mM glucose but increased by two- to threefold the fraction of the plateau phase of the oscillatory electrical activity induced by 7.0-11.1 mM glucose. This effect of TPA was completely blocked by 0.5 mM spermidine, an inhibitor of protein kinase c. However, spermidine had no influence on the electrical activity elicited by glucose alone. Glyburide, 10 nM, initiated slow depolarization and constant spike activity after about 18 and 25 min, respectively. TPA or 2.8 mM glucose reduced the lag period for glyburide to elicit an electrical response by about 75%. The duration of the spikes was increased two- to threefold by the presence of glucose or TPA with glyburide. There were also characteristic differences in the shape of the spikes under each experimental condition. Spermidine inhibited the influence of glucose, but not TPA, on the glyburide-induced electrical response. These results indicate that TPA may influence stimulant-induced electrical events via protein kinase c or by directly altering the ionic permeability of the plasma membrane.


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