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Dual effects of a phorbol ester on calcium-dependent chloride secretion by T84 epithelial cells

U. Kachintorn, P. Vongkovit, M. Vajanaphanich, S. Dinh, K. E. Barrett and K. Dharmsathaphorn
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego 92103.

Ca(2+)-dependent secretagogues (e.g., carbachol, histamine, ionomycin, and 4-bromo-A23187) have relatively transient effects on chloride secretion, even if there is a sustained increase in cytosolic calcium ([Ca2+]i) (as for the ionophores). Because these agents increase both [Ca2+]i and protein kinase C (PKC) activity, chloride secretion might be stimulated by [Ca2+]i and terminated by PKC activity. We tested the effect of a PKC activator, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), on Cl- secretion by T84 cell monolayers by measuring short-circuit current (Isc). PMA alone had no effect on Isc but potentiated increases in Isc when added 10 min or less before Ca(2+)-dependent secretagogues. Chelation of [Ca2+]i with 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid inhibited the increases both in [Ca2+]i and Isc induced by carbachol with or without brief PMA pretreatment. Longer preincubations with PMA inhibited Isc responses to Ca(2+)-dependent secretagogues, even when increased [Ca2+]i was sustained by ionophores. Inhibitors of PKC could reverse the inhibitory effect of PMA but did not reverse the potentiating effect. The effects of PMA on Cl- secretion were reproduced by 1,2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol and were mirrored by effects on K+ channel opening. Thus PMA has dual effects on chloride secretion. Initially, it exerts a stimulatory action and subsequently an inhibitory action. The stimulatory effect only occurs if Ca(2+)-dependent secretion is ongoing. The inhibitory effect of PMA is mediated by PKC and cannot be overcome by increasing [Ca2+]i.

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